Clinical correlates of filarial infection in Haitian children: An association with interdigital lesions

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 759-765

  Fox, Leanne M ^a   Wilson, Susan F ^b   Addiss, David G ^c   Louis Charles, Jacky ^d   Beau De Rochars, Madsen V ^d   Lammie, Patrick J ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d Hopital Sainte Croix   (Haïti)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CIRCULATING FILARIAL ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; INTERDIGITATING CELL; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PUBERTY; SEXUAL MATURITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 26844566857     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.73.759     Document Type: Article

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