Lymphatic filariasis: a method to identify subclinical lower limb change in PNG adolescents.

• Päätekijät: Susan Gordon (Tekijä), Wayne Melrose (Tekijä), Jeffrey Warner (Tekijä), Petra Buttner (Tekijä), Leigh Ward (Tekijä)
• Aineistotyyppi: Kirja
• Julkaistu: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Aiheet: article
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Lymphedema related to lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a disabling condition that commonly manifests in adolescence. Fifty-three adolescents, 25 LF infected and 28 LF non-infected, in age and sex-matched groups, using the Binax ICT rapid card test for filarial antigen were recruited to the study. None o...