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The impact of repeated rounds of mass drug administration with diethylcarbamazine plus albendazole on bancroftian filariasis in Papua New Guinea.

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, Will Kastens, Melinda Susapu, Sandra J Laney, Steven A Williams, Christopher L King, James W Kazura, Moses J Bockarie   +7 more
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Bancroftian filariasis among the Mbembe people of Cross River state, Nigeria [PDF]

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

Parasites & 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, T. G. A. Nilmini Chandrasena, Ranjan Premaratna, S. M. N. S. M. Mallawarachchi, Nilanthi R. de Silva   +4 more
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A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL COMPARING SINGLE- AND MULTI-DOSE COMBINATION THERAPY WITH DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE AND ALBENDAZOLE FOR TREATMENT OF BANCROFTIAN FILARIASIS [PDF]

, 2004
M. El Setouhy, Reda M. R. Ramzy, EHAB S. AHMED, Amr Kandil, Omar Hussain, Hoda A. Farid, Hanan Helmy, Gary J. Weil   +7 more
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Bancroftian Filariasis Still Endemic in Some Foci in Sohag Governorate, Upper Egypt [PDF]

, 2019
Refaat M. A. Khalifa, Amal Mostafa Ahmed, Mohamed AA Taha, Nasr Eldeen MM Ali MM Ali, Haitham KA Abd El Samea   +4 more
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Bancroftian filariasis on Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania: An update on the status in urban and semi‐urban communities [PDF]

, 1999
Erling M Pedersen, W. L. Kilama, A.B.M. Swai, C. M. Kihamia, H. T. Rwiza, U M Kisumku   +5 more
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The Burden of Bancroftian Filariasis in Nigeria: A Review. [PDF]

Ethiop J Health Sci, 2020
Hussaini A, Isaac C, Rahimat H, Inegbenosun C, Obasuyi C, Solomon E.   +5 more
europepmc   +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

Parasites & 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, Taniawati Supali, Ramakrishna U. Rao, Yenny Djuardi, Difa Stefani, Femmy Pical, Peter U. Fischer, Melanie M. Lloyd, Prasad H. Premaratne, Mirani V. Weerasooriya, Gary J. Weil   +10 more
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Bancroftian Filariasis—Absence of Wolbachia after Doxycycline Treatment [PDF]

, 2008
Sabine Mand, Dietrich W. Büttner, Achim Hoerauf   +2 more
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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
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   +1 more source