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Frequent detection of worm movements in onchocercal nodules by ultrasonography

BACKGROUND: Ultrasonography (USG) is known to be a suitable tool for diagnosis in lymphatic filariasis as the adult filarial nematode Wuchereria bancrofti in scrotal lymphatic vessels of infected men can be detected by the characteristic pattern of movement, the Filaria Dance Sign. In onchocerciasis...

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Autores principales: Mand, Sabine, Marfo-Debrekyei, Yeboah, Debrah, Alex, Buettner, Marcelle, Batsa, Linda, Pfarr, Kenneth, Adjei, Ohene, Hoerauf, Achim
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1079913/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15788103
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2883-4-1