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, 2021
Lymphatic filariasis, regularly known as elephantiasis, is a dismissed tropical malady. A filarial parasite causes the disease when it is transmitted to humans through mosquitoes.
Sangavi Pandiyan +1 more
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Lymphatic filariasis, regularly known as elephantiasis, is a dismissed tropical malady. A filarial parasite causes the disease when it is transmitted to humans through mosquitoes.
Sangavi Pandiyan +1 more
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Pharmacognosy Magazine, 2021
Introduction: Elephantiasis is a medical condition associated with skin thickening and excessive swelling of the lower limbs. It is caused by parasitic nematodes which are filarial in nature; hence, it is also known as lymphatic filariasis. The condition
Z. Adams, O. Thekisoe, L. Buwa-Komoreng
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Introduction: Elephantiasis is a medical condition associated with skin thickening and excessive swelling of the lower limbs. It is caused by parasitic nematodes which are filarial in nature; hence, it is also known as lymphatic filariasis. The condition
Z. Adams, O. Thekisoe, L. Buwa-Komoreng
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Huge filarial elephantiasis vulvae in a Nigerian woman with subfertility
Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 2008Filariasis is a helminthic infection caused by tissue nematodes. It is estimated that at least 120 million people are infected worldwide and another 1 billion are "at risk" of infection. The prevalence is increasing due to uncontrolled urbanization in many of the endemic countries.
Adebiyi Gbadebo, Adesiyun +1 more
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Parasite immunology (Print)
Lymphatic filariasis results in chronic edema, pain, elephantiasis and disfigurement in humans. It was previously reported that platelet aggregation is inhibited in lymphatic filariasis patients, compared to healthy controls.
Sushil Surtani +4 more
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Lymphatic filariasis results in chronic edema, pain, elephantiasis and disfigurement in humans. It was previously reported that platelet aggregation is inhibited in lymphatic filariasis patients, compared to healthy controls.
Sushil Surtani +4 more
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The burden of non-filarial elephantiasis in Ethiopia
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2007Although known for many years, non-filarial elephantiasis remains a public health problem in tropical Africa, including the farming community of Ethiopia. The problem may be exacerbated in women who shoulder most of the burden of agricultural labour in the countryside.
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Elephantiasis and nodular scabies coinfection: a rare case report
Paediatrica IndonesianaIndonesia is a tropical country and home to many infectious diseases. Two of them are filariasis and scabies. The coinfection of filarial infection and scabies may cause severe morbidity for the patient, especially children.
Yunita Armiyanti +2 more
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Surgery of Elephantiasis of the Scrotum of Filarial Origin
New England Journal of Medicine, 1948A NEW interest in tropical diseases has been attained in American medicine because of the widespread contact with exotic diseases by troops in the worldwide conflict that terminated on V-J Day. Among these none is more bizarre than elephantiasis of Filaria (Wuchereria) bancrofti origin.
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Filarial elephantiasis of penis: a crippling manifestation.
Archivos espanoles de urologia, 1991Filarial involvement of penis in endemic areas is not an uncommon entity. In the late stage it may lead to crippling "ramhorn" penis. A case of filarial penis is presented which was successfully managed by split thickness free graft.
K, Rakesh +3 more
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The pathology of non-filarial elephantiasis of the lower legs
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1972Abstract 1. 1. The pathology of non-filarial elephantiasis of the lower legs is described, with special reference to the lymph nodes of the groin. 2. 2. The blockage of lymph flow is due to proliferation and hypertrophy of the littoral cells of the sinuses of the nodes as a response to an irritant from the peripheral drainage area. 3.
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Non-filarial elephantiasis in the Mt. Elgon area (Kapchorwa District) of Uganda
Acta Tropica, 2001Following reports of a high frequency of elephantiasis in Kwen County (Kapchorwa District) on the slopes of Mt. Elgon in Uganda, a baseline survey for lymphatic filariasis was carried out in three villages in the affected area. Individuals aged 1 year and above were examined for chronic manifestations of lymphatic filariasis, and for specific ...
A W, Onapa, P E, Simonsen, E M, Pedersen
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