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Table 3 Anatomical sites where onchocercomas with living adult filariae occurred:

From: Frequent detection of worm movements in onchocercal nodules by ultrasonography

Anatomical site

Crena analis

Trochanter

Iliac crest

Thorax

Knee

Foot

Total

Number

7

5

3

3

3

1

22 (observed in 18 patients)