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Surveillance of Wuchereria bancrofti infection by anti-filarial IgG4 in urine among schoolchildren and molecular xenomonitoring in Sri Lanka: a post mass drug administration study

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2019
Background Surveillance of hidden foci or resurgence of the bancroftian filariasis has high priority to maintain the elimination status in Sri Lanka.
Hidekazu Takagi, Thishan C. Yahathugoda, Bumpei Tojo, Upeksha L. Rathnapala, Fumiaki Nagaoka, Mirani V. Weerasooriya, Makoto Itoh   +6 more
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Epidemiological study of bancroftian filariasis in Recife, Northeastern Brazil

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, Abraham Rocha, Keyla Belizia F Marzochi, Zulma Medeiros, Alexandre B Carvalho, Leda Regis, Wayner Souza, Tiago Lapa, André Furtado   +8 more
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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
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Sero-antigen prevalence of lymphatic filariasis and risk factors of podoconiosis in Busiriba sub-county, Kamwenge district, Southwestern Uganda, August–September 2018

BMC Research Notes
Objective Given the neglected nature of filariasis, especially in Uganda where data are scarce, this cross-sectional study aimed to determine the sero-antigen prevalence of lymphatic filariasis and risk factors associated with non-lymphatic filariasis ...
Vicent Mwesigye, Benson Musinguzi, Benson Okongo, William Mucunguzi, Michael Nyende Kakaire, Richard Migisha   +5 more
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Importance of Microfilariae Detection on Night’s Peripheral Blood Smear Without Eosinophilia in a Febrile Case with Right Lower Limb Swelling

GAIMS Journal of Medical Sciences
Bancroftian filariasis is caused by the filarial parasite Wuchereria Bancrofti and is transmitted by Culexmosquitoes. It is found in tropical and subtropical countries.
Shweta S Joshi, Bhushan M Warpe, Bhavin S Sharma   +2 more
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[Bancroftian filariasis in Brazil].

Revista de saude publica, 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 apenas 11 Municípios: Ponta Grossa (SC), 14,5%; Belém (PA), 9,8%; Barra de Laguna (SC), 9,4%; Recife ...
Rocha, Eliana M. M., Fontes, Gilberto
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Terapia complementar em área endêmica de filariose bancroftiana, pelos Clubes da Esperança Hope Clubs as adjunct therapeutic measure in bancroftian filariasis endemic areas

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2006
Em 1997, a Organização Mundial de Saúde anunciou um ambicioso projeto de eliminação global da filariose linfática como problema de saúde pública. Esse projeto baseia-se em dois pilares: interrupção da transmissão e controle da morbidade.
Gerusa Dreyer, Joaquim Norões, Denise Mattos   +2 more
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Field evaluation of the whole blood immunochromatographic test for rapid bancroftian filariasis diagnosis in the northeast of Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2003
This study evaluated the whole blood immunochromatographic card test (ICT card test) in a survey performed in Northeastern Brazil. 625 people were examined by the thick blood film (TBF) and ICT card test.
Braga Cynthia, Dourado Maria Inês, Ximenes Ricardo Arraes de A., Alves Luiz, Brayner Fabio, Rocha Abraham, Alexander Neal   +6 more
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Histopathologic Improvement with Lymphedema Management, Léogâne, Haiti

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004
In countries where bancroftian filariasis is endemic, lymphedema of the leg is a public health problem, particularly for women, who are disproportionately affected.
Susan F. Wilson, Jeannette Guarner, Alix L. Valme, Jacky Louis-Charles, Tara L. Jones, David G. Addiss   +5 more
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Identification and control of an isolated, but intense focus of lymphatic filariasis on Satawal Island, Federated States of Micronesia, in 2003

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2017
Background There is very limited data available on the prevalence of Bancroftian filariasis in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Considerable attempts to eliminate the disease had occurred in the Pacific region by the year 2003, and the ...
Moses Pretrick, Wayne Melrose, Jean-Paul Chaine, Deon Canyon, Jaime Carron, Patricia M. Graves, Richard S. Bradbury   +6 more
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