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Bancroftian Filariasis in Puerto Limón, Costa Rica

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1977
In four neighborhoods of Puerto Limón, a Caribbean coastal city in a tropical rainforest area of Costa Rica, examination of 1-ml samples of night blood from 1,142 randomly selected, and 1,196 associated, persons by the Knott and filter-chamber techniques revealed microfilariae of Wuchereria bancrofti in about 3% of the 2,338 samples.
Herman Weinstock, Carlos Granados, Alberto Zúñiga, José Luis Garcés, Eladio Hernández, Francisco Paniagua   +5 more
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Bancroftian filariasis in a paediatric population: an ultrasonographic study

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1999
Little is known about lymphatic filariasis or the anatomical location of adult Wuchereria bancrofti in children. Seventy-eight children from Greater Recife, 23 microfilaria-positive and 55 microfilaria-negative in approximately 60 microL blood, underwent ultrasound examinations of the major superficial lymphatic vessels of the limbs, scrotal area (boys)
A. Santos, David G. Addiss, Zulma Medeiros, Joaquim Norões, Gerusa Dreyer, Gerusa Dreyer, José Figueredo-Silva   +6 more
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Abnormal Lymphatic Function in Presymptomatic Bancroftian Filariasis

Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1995
Despite the common association of filarial infection with elephantiasis, the great majority of those infected are in fact clinically asymptomatic microfilariae carriers. The assumption has been that infection but not disease exists in these presymptomatic persons.
David O. Freedman, Besh S, A Maciel, P J de Almeido Filho, M C Maia e Silva, Cynthia Braga, Antónia Furtado   +6 more
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Arthritis in children: An occult manifestation of Bancroftian filariasis

The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 1993
A form of unexplained arthritis, not attributable to known causes, seen in children (0-14 yrs) in this endemic zone of Bancroftian filariasis was investigated for its association with filariasis. Nineteen cases of undiagnosed arthritis were screened for filarial IgG antibodies to Wuchereria by Stick Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA).
Kumud Parkhe, Bhaskar C Harinath, A. Gawdi, Pushpa Chaturvedi, S. K. Dey   +4 more
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Pathogenesis of Lymphatic Disease in Bancroftian Filariasis:

Parasitology Today, 2000
The pathogenesis of lymphatic filariasis has been a matter of debate for many decades. Here, Gerusa Dreyer and colleagues propose a dynamic model of bancroftian filariasis, integrating clinical, parasitological, surgical, therapeutic, ultrasonographic and histopathological data.
Gerusa Dreyer, Joaquim Norões, Willy F. Piessens, José Figueredo-Silva   +3 more
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Cellular immune response studies in bancroftian filariasis

Journal of Helminthology, 1997
AbstractAn attempt was made to identify the filarial specific antigens that are capable of inducing immune response in human filariasis. Lymphocytes were taken from three clinically defined groups living in an endemic area in Madras, namely microfilaraemic (MF) subjects with microfilariae in their blood smear without any clinical symptoms, chronic ...
Perumal Kaliraj, Kunthala Jayaraman, J. Regunathan   +2 more
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Bancroftian filariasis and the reticulo-endothelial system

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1937
Abstract In Bancroftian filariasis the rise and the fall of the microfilarial tide are caused by different mechanisms. There is now anatomical evidence, furnished by O'Connor , that the rise is caused by timed parturition of female worms, and here the significance of spent worms has been imperfectly grasped either as a normal daily event or as a ...
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Episodic adenolymphangitis and lymphoedema in patients with bancroftian filariasis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1995
In order to explore the relationship between acute and chronic disease, age-specific data on the frequency and duration of episodic adenolymphangitis (ADL) in patients with 3 defined grades of lymphoedema in bancroftian filariasis were examined. The age distribution of grades I and II exhibited a convex age profile, but that of grade III showed a ...
Perumal Vanamail, J. Yuvaraj, Donald A. P. Bundy, Edwin Michael, V. Dhanda, S. P. Pani, Bryan T. Grenfell   +6 more
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Abnormalities of the leg lymphatics are not specific for bancroftian filariasis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1998
Studies using conventional angiography or non-invasive scintigraphy have revealed widespread abnormalities in the lymphatics of the legs of patients with bancroftian filariasis, regardless of whether clinical lymphoedema is present. To determine if the observed changes were specific for filarial infections, we imaged the lymphatics of both legs in ...
Willy F. Piessens, Zulma Medeiros, Gerusa Dreyer, Fernanda Marchetti   +3 more
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Renal Abnormalities in Microfilaremic Patients with Bancroftian Filariasis

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1992
To determine the frequency of renal abnormalities occurring with Bancroftian filarial infections and to assess the effects of treatment on such abnormalities, we initiated a prospective, hospital-based study of 20 microfilaremic and five amicrofilaremic patients with Wuchereria bancrofti infections.
Zulma Medeiros, Eric A. Ottesen, Amaury Coutinho, Abraham Rocha, Luiz Dias de Andrade, Fátima Béliz, Izolda Moura, Eliane Galdino, Gerusa Dreyer, Ilecir Casimiro   +9 more
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