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Relevance of the eosinophil blood count in bancroftian filariasis as a screening tool for the treatment. [PDF]

Pathog Glob Health, 2013
Musso D.
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Reduction in acute filariasis morbidity during a mass drug administration trial to eliminate lymphatic filariasis in Papua New Guinea. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Acute painful swelling of the extremities and scrotum are debilitating clinical manifestations of Wuchereria bancrofti infection. The ongoing global program to eliminate filariasis using mass drug administration is expected to decrease this ...
Alexander Neal D. E., James W Kazura, Bockarie, Moses, Daniel J Tisch, Bockarie, Moses J, Tisch, Daniel J., Daniel J. Tisch, Dagoro, H., Kazura, James W, Alpers, Michael Philip, Kiniboro, Benson, Kiniboro Benson, Alexander, Neal DE, Siba, P., Tisch, Daniel J, Henry Dagoro, Kazura, J., Kiniboro, B., Michael P. Alpers, Tisch Daniel J., Michael P Alpers, Neal D. E. Alexander, Alpers Michael P., James W. Kazura, Alpers, Michael P, Dagoro, Henry, Peter M. Siba, Moses J. Bockarie, Alexander, N., Alexander, Neal D.E., Alpers, Michael P., Neal D E Alexander, Siba, Peter M, Siba Peter M., Dagoro Henry, Bockarie, M., Kazura James W., Tisch, D., Siba, Peter M., Kazura, James W., Moses J Bockarie, Peter M Siba, Bockarie Moses J., Benson Kiniboro   +43 more
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Aspectos da realidade social de crianças e adolescentes atendidos em serviço de referência para filariose bancroftiana, Recife, estado de Pernambuco Aspects of the social realities of children and adolescents seen at a reference service for bancroftian filariasis in Recife, state of Pernambuco

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2008
Os autores abordam aspectos da realidade social de crianças e adolescentes residentes em Jaboatão dos Guararapes/PE, diagnosticados como portadores de infecção filarial bancroftiana e tratados no Núcleo de Ensino, Pesquisa e Assistência em Filariose da ...
Denise Mattos, Solange Mota, Gerusa Dreyer   +2 more
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Is the coverage of mass-drug-administration adequate for elimination of Bancroftian filariasis? An experience from West Bengal, India.

Trop Parasitol, 2015
Background: Bancroftian filariasis is the second most common mosquito-borne disease in India. Government of India adopted mass-drug-administration (MDA) since 2004 for its elimination by 2015 AD. Objective: The aim was to assess the coverage, compliance,
Haldar D, Ghosh D, Mandal D, Sinha A, Sarkar GN, Sarkar S.   +5 more
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Lymphatic Filariasis Control in Tanzania: Effect of Six Rounds of Mass Drug Administration with Ivermectin and Albendazole on Infection and Transmission. [PDF]

, 2013
Control of lymphatic filariasis (LF) in most countries of sub-Saharan Africa is based on annual mass drug administration (MDA) with a combination of ivermectin and albendazole, in order to interrupt transmission. We present findings from a detailed study
Simonsen, Paul E, Mwele N Malecela, Derua, Yahya A, William N Kisinza, Paul E Simonsen, Pedersen, Erling M, Kisinza, William N, Yahya A Derua, Malecela, Mwele N., Derua, Yahya A., Kisinza, William N., Malecela, Mwele N, Magesa, Stephen M., Pedersen, Erling Møller, Stephen M Magesa, Erling M Pedersen, Magesa, Stephen M, Simonsen, Paul Erik   +17 more
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Rift Valley Fever – assessment of effectiveness of surveillance and control measures in the EU

EFSA Journal, Volume 18, Issue 11, November 2020., 2020
Abstract Effectiveness of surveillance and control measures against Rift Valley Fever (RVF) in Mayotte (overseas France) and in continental EU were assessed using mathematical models. Surveillance for early detection of RVF virus circulation implies very low design prevalence values and thus sampling a high number of animals, so feasibility issues may ...
EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (EFSA AHAW Panel), Søren Saxmose Nielsen, Julio Alvarez, Dominique Joseph Bicout, Paolo Calistri, Klaus Depner, Julian Ashley Drewe, Bruno Garin‐Bastuji, José Luis Gonzales Rojas, Christian Gortázar Schmidt, Mette Herskin, Virginie Michel, Miguel Ángel Miranda Chueca, Paolo Pasquali, Helen Clare Roberts, Liisa Helena Sihvonen, Karl Stahl, Antonio Velarde Calvo, Arvo Viltrop, Christoph Winckler, Simon Gubbins, Sotiria‐Eleni Antoniou, Alessandro Broglia, Josè Cortiñas Abrahantes, Sofie Dhollander, Yves Van der Stede   +25 more
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Evaluation of Actin‐1 Expression in Wild Caught Wuchereria bancrofti‐Infected Mosquito Vectors

Journal of Pathogens, Volume 2020, Issue 1, 2020., 2020
Background. Wuchereria bancrofti is the major cause of lymphatic filariasis transmitted by mosquito vectors. In the vector‐parasite interaction and among other proteins, actin‐1 has been implicated for successful transmission of the pathogen in laboratory‐controlled experiments.
Moses Edache Entonu, Aliyu Muhammad, Iliya S. Ndams, Giovanna Franciosa   +3 more
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Are we nearly there yet? Coverage and compliance of mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis elimination. [PDF]

, 2015
Lymphatic filariasis has been targeted for elimination by 2020, and a threshold of 65% coverage of mass drug administration (MDA) has been adopted by the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF).
Alexander, Neal DE
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Lymphatic filariasis in Brazil: epidemiological situation and outlook for elimination

Parasites & Vectors, 2012
Since the World Health Assembly’s (Resolution WHA 50.29, 1997) call for the elimination of lymphatic filariasis by the year 2020, most of the endemic countries identified have established programmes to meet this objective.
Fontes Gilberto, Leite Anderson, Vasconcelos de Lima Ana Rachel, Freitas Helen, Ehrenberg John, da Rocha Eliana Maria Mauricio   +5 more
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Will mass drug administration eliminate lymphatic filariasis? Evidence from northern coastal Tanzania [PDF]

, 2012
Copyright @ 2012 The Authors. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and 85 reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source
Allen, Tim, Parker, Melissa, Parker, M, Allen, T   +3 more
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