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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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Vector control complements mass drug administration against bancroftian filariasis in Tirukoilur, India

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2007
OBJECTIVE: To determine the role of vector control in further decreasing the transmission of bancroftian filariasis achieved by mass drug administration and the long-term impact on filariometric indices.
IP Sunish, R Rajendran, TR Mani, A Munirathinam, AP Dash, BK Tyagi   +5 more
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Filariose linfática: doença potencialmente eliminável

Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Os resultados obtidos com o uso de esquemas terapêuticos simples, como dose única anual ou bianual de Ivermectina (IV), Dietilcarbamazina (DEC) sozinhas ou combinadas, têm sido surpreendentemente promissores na redução da infecção linfática causada pela ...
Gerusa Dreyer, Giovanini Coelho
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Long-term persistence of cellular hyporesponsiveness to filarial antigens after clearance microfilaraemia [PDF]

, 1999
The persistence of parasite-specific cellular hyporesponsiveness after clearance of blood microfilariae (mf) was studied in 18 individuals who had been treated with a single dose of ivermectin, diethylcarbamazine, or a combination 2-3 years previously ...
Gopinath, R, Hanna, E, Kavitha, V, Kumaraswami, V, Nutman, T B, Peruamal Pillai, S V, Rajasekharan, A, Vijayasekaran, V   +7 more
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Subkutane Dirofilariasis: Infektion mit Dirofilaria repens. [PDF]

, 1990
A female patient resident in Germany is described, who had developed dirofilariasis presenting as a hard subcutaneous nodule at the glabella. Dirofilaria repens was isolated after surgical removal of the skin lesion.
Barutzki, D., Bergner, T., Löscher, Thomas, Przybilla, B.   +3 more
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Genital manifestations of tropical diseases [PDF]

, 2004
Genital symptoms in tropical countries and among returned travellers can arise from a variety of bacterial, protozoal, and helminthic infections which are not usually sexually transmitted.
Richens, J
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Effects of diethylcarbamazine and ivermectin treatment onBrugia malayigene expression in infected gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) [PDF]

, 2019
Mary Maclean, W. Walter Lorenz, Michael T. Dzimianski, Christopher Anna, Andrew R. Moorhead, Barbara J. Reaves, Adrian J. Wolstenholme   +6 more
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Diethylcarbamazine Attenuates the Development of Carrageenan-Induced Lung Injury in Mice

Mediators of Inflammation, 2014
Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) is an antifilarial drug with potent anti-inflammatory properties as a result of its interference with the metabolism of arachidonic acid.
Edlene Lima Ribeiro, Karla Patricia de Souza Barbosa, Ingrid Tavares Fragoso, Mariana Aragão Matos Donato, Fabiana Oliveira dos Santos Gomes, Bruna Santos da Silva, Amanda Karolina Soares e Silva, Sura Wanessa Santos Rocha, Valdemiro Amaro da Silva Junior, Christina Alves Peixoto   +9 more
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Yellapragada Subba Row: The Unsung Hero

Muller Journal of Medical Sciences and Research, 2013
A genius in more than one basic field, with many important discoveries/inventions such as folate, methotrexate, aureomycin, and diethylcarbamazine etc., The wonder drugs he created helped conquer many diseases considered incurable till then, and even ...
Priyanka Kamath, K Ashok Shenoy
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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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