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Lymphangiography in bancroftian filariasis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1964
1) 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.
K M, CAHILL, R L, KAISER
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Community diagnosis of Bancroftian filariasis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1993
The 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 ...
R, Faris, R M, Ramzy, A M, Gad, G J, Weil, A A, Buck   +4 more
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Bancroftian filariasis in Kenya

Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology, 1977
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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.
H, Weinstock, F, Paniagua, J L, Garcés, A, Zúñiga, C, Granados, E, Hernández   +5 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.
D O, Freedman, P J, de Almeido Filho, S, Besh, M C, Maia e Silva, C, Braga, A, Maciel, A F, Furtado   +6 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 ...
J, Regunathan, K, Jayaraman, P, Kaliraj
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Immunodiagnosis of bancroftian filariasis.

Ciba Foundation symposium, 1987
The 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.
S, Dissanayake, M M, Ismail
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Serological Diagnosis of Bancroftian and Malayan Filariasis

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1978
A 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 ...
D I, Grove, R S, Davis
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Immunodiagnosis of bancroftian filariasis.

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 1990
The indirect fluorescent antibody test, the enzyme-linked immuno sorbent assay and the indirect haemagglutination test were evaluated in immunodiagnosis of bancroftian filariasis using W. bancrofti microfilarial antigens. The tests gave a higher positive reactions with microfilaraemic, clinical filarial and endemic normal sera respectively.
S A, Romia, A A, Abou-Zakham, H, Rezk, A F, Abou-Shady   +3 more
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Transplacental transfer of Bancroftian filariasis.

Journal of the National Medical Association, 1978
A pregnant patient with Bancroftian filariasis and documented evidence of transplacental transfer of the larvae is the basis of this report.
R D, Bloomfield, J R, Suarez, A C, Malangit   +2 more
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