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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.
K M, CAHILL, R L, KAISER
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Nursing times, 1976 This article reports an autochthonous case of Wuchereria bancrofti in Zambia is presented.The first report of an autochthonous case of Wuchereria bancrofti in Zambia is presented.
Hira, P. R., Creator
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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 ...
R, Faris +4 more
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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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A case of exposure to Bancroftian filariasis in a traveller to Thailand
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2006 A New Zealander travelling recreationally to Asia became exposed to Bancroftian filariasis. The traveller had presented incidentally with gastrointestinal illness.
Marc T M Shaw
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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.
D J, Gubler, N C, Bhattacharya
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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.
A L, Vincent +4 more
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MSbB in the treatment of bancroftian filariasis
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1962Abstract 1. 1) MSbB given by mouth to 10 patients for approximately 1 week had a significant filaricidal effect on W. bancrofti . 2. 2) The tolerance towards the test dosage of 8–19 mg./kg. daily and 49–138 mg./kg. for the total dose, was satisfactory.
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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 ...
D I, Grove, R S, Davis
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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
L S, Self +7 more
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