Lymphatic filariasis in western Ethiopia with special emphasis on prevalence of Wuchereria bancrofti antigenaemia in and around onchocerciasis endemic areas

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 117-127

  Shiferaw, Welelta ^a   Kebede, Tadesse ^a   Graves, Patricia M ^b   Golasa, Lemu ^a   Gebre, Teshome ^b   Mosher, Aryc W ^b   Tadesse, Abiot ^a   Sime, Heven ^a   Lambiyo, Tariku ^a   Panicker, K N ^a   Richards, Frank O ^b   Hailu, Asrat ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b CARTER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigenaemia; Ethiopia; Immunochromatographic Test (ICT); Lymphatic filariasis; Onchocerciasis; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANCROFTIAN FILARIASIS; CHYLURIA; DERMATITIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PREVALENCE; SKIN INFECTION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI ANTIGENEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PREVALENCE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; TESTICULAR HYDROCELE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; YOUNG ADULT;

WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 84855524663     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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