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Animated documentation of the filaria dance sign (FDS) in bancroftian filariasis

BACKGROUND: Ultrasonography is able to detect adult Wuchereria bancrofti worms in scrotal lymphatic vessels of infected men on account of the characteristic pattern of adult worm movements, known as the filarial dance sign. Furthermore, the technique is able to delineate associated pathology, such a...

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Autores principales: Mand, Sabine, Marfo-Debrekyei, Yeboah, Dittrich, Matthias, Fischer, Kerstin, Adjei, Ohene, Hoerauf, Achim
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC151680/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12636874
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2883-2-3