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

PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2023
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
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Use of mebendazole in combination with DEC in bancroftian filariasis [PDF]

, 1988
A pilot study was conducted in an endemic village for bancroftian filariasis to find out the compliance and antifilarial action of large doses of mebendazole (30 mg/kg/day).
Nagabhushana Rao, R S, Prabhakar, R, Sarma, R V S N, Tripathy, S P, Vallishayee , R S   +4 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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Ivermectin in the treatment of Bancroftian filariasis infection in Orissa, India [PDF]

, 1993
Ivermectin treatment has evaluated for its efficacy and side reactions in sixty patients of Orissa with Bancroftian filarial infection and microfilaremia. Ivermectin was administered as a single oral dose at four dosage levels (20, 50.
Kar, S K, Kumaraswami, V, Mania, J, Patnaik, S   +3 more
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Laboratory and field evaluation of a new rapid test for detecting Wuchereria bancrofti antigen in human blood [PDF]

, 2013
Global Program to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) guidelines call for using filarial antigen testing to identify endemic areas that require mass drug administration (MDA) and for post-MDA surveillance.
Bolay, Fatorma K, Curtis, Kurt C, Fakoli, Lawrence, Fischer, Kerstin, Fischer, Peter U, Gankpala, Lincoln, Lammie, Patrick J, Majewski, Andrew C, Pelletreau, Sonia, Weil, Gary J, Won, Kimberly Y   +10 more
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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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Detection of Circulating Filarial Antigen [PDF]

, 1985
Affinity binding to specific solid phase antibody, immune complex binding to Raji cells or PEG precipitation of immune complexes was used in conjunction with Western blotting to detect circulating filarial antigen in filarial sera.
Narayanan Nair, C, Paranjape, R S
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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
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The effect of compliance on the impact of mass drug administration for elimination of lymphatic filariasis in Egypt [PDF]

, 2007
We studied effects of compliance on the impact of mass drug administration (MDA) with diethylcarbamazine and albendazole for lymphatic filariasis (LF) in an Egyptian village. Baseline microfilaremia (mf) and filarial antigenemia rates were 11.5% and 19.0%
Abd Elaziz, Khaled M, El Setouhy, Maged, Farid, Hoda A, Helmy, Hanan, Kamal, Hussein A, Ramzy, Reda M.R., Shannon, William D, Weil, Gary J   +7 more
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