Parasitological and clinical aspects of bancroftian filariasis in Kassena-Nankana District Upper East Region, Ghana

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Parasitological and clinical aspects of bancroftian filariasis in Kassena-Nankana District Upper East Region, Ghana. / Gyapong, John O.; Magnussen, Pascal; Bioka, Fred N.

In: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 88, No. 5, 01.01.1994, p. 555-557.

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Gyapong, JO, Magnussen, P & Bioka, FN 1994, 'Parasitological and clinical aspects of bancroftian filariasis in Kassena-Nankana District Upper East Region, Ghana', Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, vol. 88, no. 5, pp. 555-557. https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(94)90160-0

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Gyapong, J. O., Magnussen, P., & Bioka, F. N. (1994). Parasitological and clinical aspects of bancroftian filariasis in Kassena-Nankana District Upper East Region, Ghana. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 88(5), 555-557. https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(94)90160-0

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Gyapong JO, Magnussen P, Bioka FN. Parasitological and clinical aspects of bancroftian filariasis in Kassena-Nankana District Upper East Region, Ghana. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 1994 Jan 1;88(5):555-557. https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(94)90160-0

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Gyapong, John O. ; Magnussen, Pascal ; Bioka, Fred N. / Parasitological and clinical aspects of bancroftian filariasis in Kassena-Nankana District Upper East Region, Ghana. In: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 1994 ; Vol. 88, No. 5. pp. 555-557.

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abstract = "A survey of the prevalence of bancroftian filariasis was conducted in AugustSeptember 1992 in the northern part of the Kassena-Nankana District, Upper East Region, Ghana. 200 compounds from 3 different communities were randomly selected from the vitamin A trial database. All resident compound members were examined for clinical manifestations of lymphatic filariasis and capillary blood was obtained between 21:00 and 01:00 and examined using the counting chamber technique. 1603 people were examined, 741 males and 862 females. The overall prevalence of microfilaraemia was 32·4% (95% confidence interval 30·1–34·7). Geometric mean microfilaria density (infected persons only) was 794 per mL. The most important clinical manifestation was hydrocele (in 32% of males) followed by limb elephantiasis (in 3·6% of the study population). There was no significant difference between the 3 communities in clinical or parasitological findings.",
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