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Bancroftian Filariasis and Ivermectin
New England Journal of Medicine, 1990Lymphatic filariasis due to infection with Wuchereria bancrofti was introduced into the Americas with the importation of infected African slaves. In the early 1900s, both asymptomatic microfilaremia and the most obvious stigma of lymphatic filariasis, elephantiasis, were present in residents of Charleston, South Carolina.1 Although lymphatic filariasis
Peter F. Weller, Leo X. Liu
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Immunodiagnosis of bancroftian filariasis.
Ciba Foundation symposium, 1987The development of immunodiagnostic tests (IDTs) for bancroftian filariasis must be aimed at defined objectives, such as the determination of exposure rates, the detection of microfilaraemia and the diagnosis of clinical filariasis. Assays for both antibody and antigen detection are necessary.
M. M. Ismail, Senarath Dissanayake
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Community diagnosis of Bancroftian filariasis
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1993The objective of this study was to find the best tests for efficiently estimating the true prevalence of Bancroftian filariasis in endemic areas. The study population comprised 427 people over 10 years of age in an endemic village in Egypt. Four tests were evaluated; a standardized clinical examination, night blood examinations for microfilariae (50 ...
Abdel M. Gad +4 more
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Epidemiology and immunopathology of bancroftian filariasis
Microbes and Infection, 1999Human lymphatic filariasis affects 120 million people worldwide. Although the disease is considered to be potentially erradicable by the World Health Organization, comprehensive studies on epidemiological aspects as well as mechanisms of pathology development are still premature.
Adriana B. de Almeida, David O. Freedman
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A Quantitative Approach to the Study of Bancroftian Filariasis
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1974Abstract Exposure to infection with Wuchereria bancrofti was studied for 1 year in a suburb of Calcutta, India, and correlated with parasitological and clinical observations on the human study population. Blood surveys at the beginning and end of the study showed microfilaremia rates of 12.4% and 14.8%, respectively.
N. C. Bhattacharya, Duane J. Gubler
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A multidisciplinary study on bancroftian filariasis in Jakarta
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1978A study on bancroftian filariasis in Jakarta has indicated that one person in one year could be exposed to 223,000 bites of Culex pipens fatigans and to 1,941 infective-stage larvae of Wuchereria bancrofti. Blood surveys with 20 mm3 samples revealed a microfilaria rate of 6%. Although some cases of hydrocele (4% of 272 males examined) were found, there
T. Suzuki +7 more
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A Survey of Bancroftian Filariasis in the Dominican Republic
The Journal of Parasitology, 1987Albert L. Vincent, Department of Comprehensive Medicine, University of South Rorida, College of Medicine, 12901 North 30th Street, Box 41, Tampa, Florida, 33612-4799; Anerico Gonzalvo, Department of Pathology, Tampa General Hospital, Davis Island, Tampa, Florida, 33606; Bruce C.
Bruce C. Cowell +4 more
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Serological Diagnosis of Bancroftian and Malayan Filariasis
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1978A study was undertaken to define the sensitivity and specificity of serological tests in bancroftian and malayan filariasis and correlate the findings with clinical disease. Sera were collected from subjects on three different islands in the Philippines: one endemic for bancroftian filariasis, another endemic for malayan filariasis and the third ...
Rebecca S. Davis, David I. Grove
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The dynamics of infection and disease in Bancroftian filariasis
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1991This study examines the relationship between the dynamic of Wuchereria bancrofti infection and the development of chronic lymphatic disease. Data sets from Pondicherry, south India, and Calcutta are used to estimate the age-specific proportion of the endemic population which has converted from microfilaria positive to amicrofilaraemia, and is assumed ...
Rajagopalan Pk +4 more
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Treatment of Bancroftian Filariasis with Hetrazan in British Guiana
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine, 1949Summary and Conclusions From the study of 296 cases of Bancroftian filariasis treated with Hetrazan in British Guiana the following conclusions and recommendations for treatment seem to be justified: 1. Rapid reductions in microfilariae are obtained when oral doses of from 0.2 to 2.0 mg. per kg. of Hetrazan are given three times daily.
Redginal Hewitt, Michael Kenney
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