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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, Chawla R, Dhamodaram P, Balakrishnan N.   +3 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Laboratory Evaluation of a Rapid IgG4 Antibody Test (BLF Rapid™) for Bancroftian Filariasis. [PDF]

Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2018
At the end phase of the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis, antibody testing may have a role in decision-making for bancroftian filariasis-endemic areas.
Noordin R, Yunus MH, Robinson K, Won KY, Babu S, Fischer PU, Hisam S, Mahmud R.   +7 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Pharmacokinetics of Moxidectin combined with Albendazole or Albendazole plus Diethylcarbamazine for Bancroftian Filariasis. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2023
Moxidectin (MOX) is a milbemycin endectocide recently approved by the U.S. FDA for the treatment of onchocerciasis in persons at least 12 years of age. MOX has been shown to have a good safety profile in recent clinical trials.
Chhonker YS, Bjerum C, Bala V, Ouattara AF, Koudou BG, Gabo TP, Alshehri A, Meïté A, Fischer PU, Weil GJ, King CL, Budge PJ, Murry DJ.   +12 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Seasonal changes of infectivity rates of Bancroftian filariasis vectors in coast province, Kenya [PDF]

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2009
Background & objectives: Bancroftian filariasis in Kenya is endemic in coastal districts with anestimated number of 2.5 million people at risk of infection.
Sichangi Kasili, Florence Oyieke, C. Wamae, Charles Mbogod   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Current Bancroftian Filariasis Elimination on Thailand‐Myanmar Border: Public Health Challenges toward Postgenomic MDA Evaluation

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 ...
Adisak Bhumiratana, Apiradee Intarapuk, Surachart Koyadun, Pannamas Maneekan, Prapa Sorosjinda-Nunthawarasilp, P. Horrocks, W. Mosca, P. A. Nogueira, J. Ogwal-Okeng, S. Tesana   +9 more
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Survey of Bancroftian filariasis infection in humans and Culex mosquitoes in the western Brazilian Amazon region: implications for transmission and control

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2013
Introduction The aim of this work was to identify possible lymphatic filariasis foci in the western Brazilian Amazonian that could be established from the reports of Rachou in the 1950s.
Rodolfo Luís Korte, Gilberto Fontes, Juliana de Souza Almeida Aranha Camargo, Eliana Maria Maurício da Rocha, Edicarlos André Cavalcante de Araújo, Marcelo Zagonel de Oliveira, Rafael Vital dos Santos, Luís Marcelo Aranha Camargo   +7 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Filariose bancroftiana no Brasil Bancroftian filariasis in Brazil [PDF]

Revista de Saúde Pública, 1998
Foi feita revisão dos estudos sobre a distribuição geográfica e prevalências da filariose linfática bancroftiana no Brasil. Entre 1951 a 1958 foram realizados inquéritos hemoscópicos e entomológicos no País, sendo a transmissão autóctone comprovada em ...
Eliana M. M. Rocha, Gilberto Fontes
doaj   +2 more sources

Imported bancroftian filariasis discovered in a patient infected with Plasmodium falciparum: First case of concomitant parasitism in the Al-Buraimi Governorate, Oman. [PDF]

Infect Dis Rep, 2020
Malaria and lymphatic filariasis (LF) are endemic in tropical and subtropical regions of sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Central and South America. Ninety-two percent (200 million) of malaria cases in 2017 were detected in the WHO African Region.
Ullah MM, Al Balushi AYMD, Al Aliyani NRS, Kalarikkal B, Miranda RIC, Sherif SM, Al Habsi ASM, Al Saidi EK, Anver A, Qassem NH.   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

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, Inês Dourado, Ricardo Ximenes, Janaína Miranda, Neal Alexander   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Bancroftian filariasis in Kwale District, Kenya

East African Medical Journal, 2009
To determine the prevalence of Wuchereria bancrofti infection in an area designated for filariasis control trial.A cross-sectional survey.Three villages in Kinango location, Kwale district, Coast Province, Kenya.Oral informed consent to participate was obtained from adults and parents or guardians of children below fifteen years of age.Microfilaraemia ...
Njenga, SM, Muita, M, Kirigi, G, Mbugua, J, Mitsui, Y, Fujimaki, Y, Aoki, Y   +6 more
openaire   +5 more sources