Parasitological, serological and clinical evidence for high prevalence of podoconiosis (non-filarial elephantiasis) in Midakegn district, central Ethiopia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 722-726

  Geshere Oli, Geleta ^a   Tekola Ayele, Fasil ^b   Petros, Beyene ^c  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Non filarial elephantiasis; Podoconiosis; Prevalence; Serology; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH RISK; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERVIEW; KNEE; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MICROSCOPY; PODOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE; SCROTAL SWELLING; SEROLOGY; SHOE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELEPHANTIASIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; YOUNG ADULT;

ETHIOPIA;

WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 84861703623     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.02978.x     Document Type: Article

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