Reliable and frequent detection of adult Wuchereria bancrofti in Ghanaian women by ultrasonography

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1111-1114

  Mand, Sabine ^a,b   Debrah, Alex ^c   Batsa, Linda ^c   Adjei, Ohene ^d   Hoerauf, Achim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c KUMASI CENTRE FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Ghana)

^d KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Filaria dance sign; Ultrasonography; Women; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN;

FILARIASIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GHANA; HUMAN; LYMPH VESSEL; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MONITORING; MUSCLE CELL; OBSERVATION; RELIABILITY; THIGH; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

FILARIA; NEMATODA; WUCHERERIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 7044235248     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01304.x     Document Type: Article

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