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Bancroftian filariasis in four slums of Bankura, West Bengal, India

, 2016
Objective To assess the prevalence of disease and microfilaremia in four slums of Bankura, West Bengal, India. Methods Data on age and sex-specific of all the respondents were collected and compared with microfilaria rate and density (20 mm 3 blood was ...
B. Mandal, I. Bhattacharjee, Debasish Mondal, J. Kundu, G. Chandra   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Strategies to control Yaws and other Neglected Tropical Diseases in the South Pacific Islands / Estrategias para el control del Pián y otras Enfermedades Tropicales Desatendidas en Islas del Pacífico Sur [PDF]

, 2012
Every year, through mass drug administration (MDA), hundreds of millions of the world’s poorest people receive a single annual dose of one or more drugs to eliminate certain parasitic worm or bacterial infections.
Mitjà Villar, Oriol
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Bancroftian filariasis in two urban areas of Recife, Brasil: the role of individual risk factors Filariose bancroftiana em duas áreas urbanas do Recife, Brasil: o papel dos fatores de risco individuais

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1995
Bancroftian filariasis is spreading in towns of endemic areas as in Recife, northeastern Brazil, where it is a major public health problem. This paper deals with the prevalence of microfilaraemia and filarial disease in two urban areas of Recife ...
M. de Fátima Militão de Albuquerque, Mauro C Marzochi, Ricardo A. de A. Ximenes, M. Cintia Braga, M. C. Maia Silva, André F Furtado   +5 more
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A review of factors that influence individual compliance with mass drug administration for elimination of lymphatic filariasis. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: The success of programs to eliminate lymphatic filariasis (LF) depends in large part on their ability to achieve and sustain high levels of compliance with mass drug administration (MDA). This paper reports results from a comprehensive review
Fischer, Peter U, Gary J Weil, Krentel, Alison, Weil, Gary J, Gary J. Weil (107560), Alison Krentel, Peter U. Fischer (107554), Peter U Fischer, Alison Krentel (488333)   +8 more
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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
doaj   +1 more source

[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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Screening mosquito house entry points as a potential method for integrated control of endophagic filariasis, arbovirus and malaria vectors. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND\ud \ud Partial mosquito-proofing of houses with screens and ceilings has the potential to reduce indoor densities of malaria mosquitoes. We wish to measure whether it will also reduce indoor densities of vectors of neglected tropical diseases.\
Ngonyani, Hassan, Dickson W Lweitoijera, Moore Sarah J., Moore, Sarah J., Ogoma, Sheila B., Mukabana, Wolfgang R., Sheila B Ogoma, Wolfgang R. Mukabana, Sarah J. Moore, Sheila B. Ogoma, Killeen, Gerry, Killeen, Gerry F, Sarah J Moore, Mukabana Wolfgang R., Wolfgang R Mukabana, Tanya L Russell, Furer, Benjamin, Moore, Sarah J, Lweitoijera, Dickson W., Gerry F Killeen, Gerry F. Killeen, Dickson W. Lweitoijera, Tanya L. Russell, Mukabana, Wolfgang R, Ogoma Sheila B., Lweitoijera Dickson W., Hassan Ngonyani, Lweitoijera, Dickson W, Killeen, Gerry F., Russell, Tanya L, Benjamin Furer, Killeen Gerry F., Russell, Tanya L., Russell Tanya L., Ngonyani Hassan, Ogoma, Sheila B, Furer Benjamin   +36 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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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
doaj   +1 more source