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Immunosuppression in bancroftian filariasis
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1979Immunological function in Filipino patients with bancroftian filariasis, manifested as either asymptomatic microfilaraemia or chronic obstructive disease, was compared with that found in healthy control subjects living in the same area. As a group, patients with filariasis had raised serum IgG levels, impairment of antibody responses to tetanus and ...
Ian J. Forbes, David I. Grove
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Lymphangiography in bancroftian filariasis
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 19641) A safe and effective method of lymphangiography is described in detail. 2) Utilizing a fat-soluble contrast medium this technique permits opacification of lymph nodes as well as peripheral lymphatics. 3) In the present study patients with filarial lymphoedema, scrotal oedema, inguinal adenopathy and chyluria were investigated.
Kevin M. Cahill, Robert L. Kaiser
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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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