title: Scarification as a risk factor for rapid progression of filarial elephantiasis.
authors.affiliation: Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Dunyo
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Ahorlu
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Simonsen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004605:Elephantiasis, Filarial / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D005869:Ghana; D006801:Humans; D016488:Medicine, African Traditional; D012307:Risk Factors; D014958:Wuchereria bancrofti