Winterbottom's sign

Winterbottom's sign

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It may be suggestive of cerebral infection.cite journal |author=Ormerod WE |title=Hypothesis: the significance of Winterbottom's sign |journal=J Trop Med Hyg |volume=94 |issue=5 |pages=338–40 |year=1991 |month=October |pmid=1942213 |doi= |url=]

Eponym

The name originates from Chris Winterbottom, a parasitoligst who first developed the diagnostic technique, which is now used across Africa, for surveying the migration of the disease from endemic areas of those with preclinical infections.

References

* [http://www2.ncid.cdc.gov/travel/yb/utils/ybGet.asp?section=dis&obj=aftrypano.htm&cssNav=browseoyb CDC website on trypanosomiasis]


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