Current Epidemiological Assessment of Bancroftian Filariasis in Tanga Region, Northeastern Tanzania [PDF]
Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2016 Background. Tanzania started a countrywide lymphatic filariasis elimination programme in 2000 adopting the mass drug administration (MDA) strategy. The drug used for the programme was the combination of ivermectin and albendazole.
Happyness J. Mshana +3 more
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Larvicidal Activity of Cassia occidentalis (Linn.) against the Larvae of Bancroftian Filariasis Vector Mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus. [PDF]
J Parasitol Res, 2014 Background & Objectives. The plan of this work was to study the larvicidal activity of Cassia occidentalis (Linn.) against the larvae of Culex quinquefasciatus. These larvae are the most significant vectors. They transmit the parasites and pathogens which cause a deadly disease like filariasis, dengue, yellow fever, malaria, Japanese encephalitis ...
Kumar D +3 more
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Incidental diagnosis of subcutaneous filariasis with an unusual presentation in a non-endemic area—Need to worry? [PDF]
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary CareWe report an interesting case of Bancroftian filariasis diagnosed on fine needle aspiration cytology in a young female hailing from a non-endemic hilly area of India, who presented with a subcutaneous swelling on the left forearm.
Shivanee Sharma +4 more
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Current Evidence on the Use of Antifilarial Agents in the Management of bancroftian Filariasis [PDF]
Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2011 Many trials have explored the efficacy of individual drugs and drug combinations to treat bancroftian filariasis. This narrative review summarizes the current evidence for drug management of bancroftian filariasis.
Sumadhya Deepika Fernando +2 more
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Bancroftian filariasis in an endemic area of Brazil: differences between genders during puberty [PDF]
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2005 Gender differences in susceptibility to infectious diseases have been observed in various studies. A survey was performed in a bancroftian filariasis endemic area in the city of Olinda, Brazil.
Cynthia Braga +4 more
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Bancroftian Filariasis: Chyluria/Hematuria (Report of 42 cases)
Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2003 NA
Santosh M Shrestha, Sobhana Shrestha
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Epidemiological study of bancroftian filariasis in Recife, Northeastern Brazil [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1996 Wuchereria bancrofti in Pernambuco was first documented in 1952 (Azevedo & Dobbin 1952), and since then it has been reported in surveys carried out in selected areas of Recife. Several surveys were carried out from 1981 to 1991 by SUCAM.
Amélia Maciel +8 more
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A case of subconjunctival bancroftian filariasis
Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology and Research, 2014 Rakesh K Barot +3 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2008 BackgroundThis study employed various monitoring methods to assess the impact of repeated rounds of mass drug administration (MDA) on bancroftian filariasis in Papua New Guinea, which has the largest filariasis problem in the Pacific region.Methodology ...
Gary J Weil +7 more
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Current Bancroftian Filariasis Elimination on Thailand-Myanmar Border: Public Health Challenges toward Postgenomic MDA Evaluation [PDF]
International Scholarly Research Notices, Volume 2013, Issue 1, 2013., 2013 From regional and global perspectives, Thailand has progressed toward lymphatic filariasis transmission‐free zone in almost entire endemic provinces, being verified by WHO by the end of 2012 after the 5‐year implementation of mass drug administration (MDA) with diethylcarbamazine and albendazole as part of the National Program to Eliminate Lymphatic ...
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