Scarification as a risk factor for rapid progression of filarial elephantiasis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 446-

  Dunyo, Samuel K ^a   Ahorlu, Collins K ^a   Simonsen, Paul E ^b  

^a University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Elephantiasis; Lymphatic filariasis; Risk factors; Scarification; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; ELEPHANTIASIS; FILARIASIS; RISK FACTOR; SCAR FORMATION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 12644291186     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90278-9     Document Type: Article

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