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Histopathologic Improvement with Lymphedema Management, Léogâne, Haiti

open access: yesEmerging 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   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yesPLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2023
Chhonker YS   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Identification and control of an isolated, but intense focus of lymphatic filariasis on Satawal Island, Federated States of Micronesia, in 2003

open access: yesTropical 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   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bancroftian filariasis among the Mbembe people of Cross River state, Nigeria [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2010
Background & objective: Bancroftian filariasis is a major public health and socioeconomic problemsin the humid tropical and subtropical regions of the world.
O.E. Okon, C.I. Iboh, K.N. Opara
doaj  

Human infection with sub-periodic Brugia spp. in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka: a threat to filariasis elimination status?

open access: yesParasites & Vectors, 2018
Background Post-mass drug administration (MDA) surveillance during the lymphatic filariasis (LF) elimination program in Sri Lanka, revealed the re-emergence of brugian filariasis after four decades.
Chandana H. Mallawarachchi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Elimination of bancroftian filariasis (Wuchereria bancrofti) in Santa Catarina state, Brazil [PDF]

open access: bronze, 2000
Birgit Schlemper   +11 more
openalex   +1 more source

A comparison of two tests for filarial antigenemia in areas in Sri Lanka and Indonesia with low-level persistence of lymphatic filariasis following mass drug administration

open access: yesParasites & Vectors, 2015
Background Filarial antigen tests are key tools for mapping the distribution of bancroftian filariasis and for detecting areas with persistent infections following mass drug administration (MDA).
Thishan C. Yahathugoda   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identification and characterization of Loa loa antigens responsible for cross-reactivity with rapid diagnostic tests for lymphatic filariasis.

open access: yesPLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018
The Global Program to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) relies on rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) to determine where annual mass drug administration for LF is required and when it can be stopped.
Marla I Hertz   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ecologic and Biologic Determinants of Filarial Antigenemia in Bancroftian Filariasis in Papua New Guinea [PDF]

open access: bronze, 2001
Daniel J. Tisch   +5 more
openalex   +1 more source

Immunodiagnosis of bancroftian filariasis—Problems and progress

open access: yesJournal of Biosciences, 1984
The immunodiagnosis of bancroftian filariasis is a major challenge to the immunoparasitologist. Significant progress is yet to be made in developing convenient laboratory animal model and inin vitro cultivation of filarial parasites making it very difficult to obtain required amount of parasite material for research.
openaire   +2 more sources

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