Filaria dance sign and subclinical hydrocoele in two East African communities with bancroftian filariasis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 649-653

  Simonsen, Paul E ^a   Bernhard, Peter ^a   Jaoko, Walter G ^b   Meyrowitsch, Dan W ^a,c   Malecela Lazaro, Mwele N ^d   Magnussen, Pascal ^a   Michael, Edwin ^e  

^a DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult worms; Circulating antigens; Filaria dance sign; Kenya; Lymphatic filariasis; Microfilariae; Subclinical hydrocoele; Tanzania; Ultrasonography; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FILARIASIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; MICROFILARIA; MICROFILARIASIS; OBSERVATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PUBERTY; SCROTUM; WORM; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

CELL FUSING AGENT VIRUS; FILARIA; NEMATODA; WUCHERERIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0036881543     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90342-1     Document Type: Article

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