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Elephantiasis Nostras Verrucosa secondary to recurrent trauma and insect bites: A case report [PDF]

Journal of Preventive and Complementary Medicine
Background: Elephantiasis, the most advanced stage of lymphedema, is classically linked to filarial infections in tropical regions. However, non-parasitic etiologies such as trauma, obesity, and recurrent infections are increasingly recognized ...
Sophia Echevarria, Nuzhat Abbasi, Zafar Qureshi, Syed Rizvi   +3 more
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Epidemiology and individual, household and geographical risk factors of podoconiosis in ethiopia: results from the first nationwide mapping [PDF]

, 2014
Although podoconiosis is one of the major causes of tropical lymphoedema and is endemic in Ethiopia its epidemiology and risk factors are poorly understood.
Abeba Gebretsadik, Abraham Aseffa, Alemu, Amha Kebede, Amirossadat, Ashenafi Assefa, Asrat Hailu, Bartholomew, Cohen, Davey, Davey, Davey, Deribe, Deribe, Deribe, Desta, Fikre Enquselassie, Freeman, Gail Davey, Gebrehanna, Geshere Oli, Heven Sime, Hotez, Jenny, Jorge Cano, Kebede Deribe, Lee, Maria P. Rebollo, Mathieu, Melanie J. Newport, Molla, Molla, Molla, Molla, Molyneux, Moses J. Bockarie, Mousley, Onapa, Oomen, Oumer Shafi, Price, Price, Price, Price, Price, Price, Pullan, Rachel L. Pullan, Richard Reithinger, Sikorski, Silvester, Simon J. Brooker, Tekola, Tekola, Tekola Ayele, Tekola Ayele, Tekola-Ayele, Tora, Wanji, Weinert, Yakob   +60 more
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Betelvine (Piper betle L.): A comprehensive insight into its ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, and pharmacological, biomedical and therapeutic attributes

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Volume 26, Issue 11, Page 3083-3119, June 2022., 2022
Abstract Piper betle L. (synonym: Piper betel Blanco), or betel vine, an economically and medicinally important cash crop, belongs to the family Piperaceae, often known as the green gold. The plant can be found all over the world and is cultivatedprimarily in South East Asian countries for its beautiful glossy heart‐shaped leaves, which are chewed or ...
Protha Biswas, Uttpal Anand, Suchismita Chatterjee Saha, Nishi Kant, Tulika Mishra, Harison Masih, Ananya Bar, Devendra Kumar Pandey, Niraj Kumar Jha, Madhumita Majumder, Neela Das, Vijaykumar Shivaji Gadekar, Mahipal S. Shekhawat, Manoj Kumar, Radha, Jarosław Proćków, José M. Pérez de la Lastra, Abhijit Dey   +17 more
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Influence of seasonal variation on reported filarial attacks among people living with lymphedema in Ghana

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) is a vector-borne neglected tropical disease caused by the filarial nematode parasites that can lead to the disfiguring swelling of the limbs (lymphedema or elephantiasis for late stage) and/or genitalia (hydrocele ...
Alexander Kwarteng, Yarhands Dissou Arthur, John Kanyiri Yamba, Augustina A. Sylverken, Priscilla Kini, Samuel Terkper Ahuno, Ellis Owusu-Dabo   +6 more
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Lymphangiogenesis and lymphatic remodeling induced by filarial parasites: implications for pathogenesis. [PDF]

PLoS Pathogens, 2009
Even in the absence of an adaptive immune system in murine models, lymphatic dilatation and dysfunction occur in filarial infections, although severe irreversible lymphedema and elephantiasis appears to require an intact adaptive immune response in human
Sasisekhar Bennuru, Thomas B Nutman
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Eosinophils in filarial infections: Inducers of protection or pathology?

Frontiers in Immunology, 2022
Filariae are parasitic roundworms, which can cause debilitating diseases such as lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis. Lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis, and onchocerciasis, commonly referred to as river blindness, can lead to ...
Alexandra Ehrens, Alexandra Ehrens, Achim Hoerauf, Achim Hoerauf, Marc P. Hübner, Marc P. Hübner   +5 more
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Modelling environmental factors correlated with podoconiosis: a geospatial study of non-filarial elephantiasis [PDF]

, 2014
Introduction The precise trigger of podoconiosis — endemic non-filarial elephantiasis of the lower legs — is unknown. Epidemiological and ecological studies have linked the disease with barefoot exposure to red clay soils of volcanic origin ...
Atkinson, Peter M, Baxter, Peter, Davey, Gail, Le Blond, Jennifer S, Molla, Yordanos B, Newport, Melanie J, Wardrop, Nicola A   +6 more
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Vulval Elephantiasis: A Case Report

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2012
Introduction. Elephantiasis is a chronic manifestation of filariasis; it commonly affects limbs, scrotum, and trunk. Females have lower incidence of filarial infection. Vulval elephantiasis due to filariasis is still rarer.
Harsh Mohan, Bhumika Bisht, Poonam Goel, Geeta Garg   +3 more
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Scroto-perineal hidradenitis suppurativa complicated by giant scrotal elephantiasis

Urology Annals, 2015
Scrotal elephantiasis has been a recognized complication of inguinal node irradiation, filarial infection, tumor involvement and surgical lymphatic destruction, but has rarely been reported in association with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS).
Badr Alharbi, Ahmed Shlash, Khaled Bedaiwi, Qais Al Hooti, Abdulrahman Almohaisen, Saud Shlash, Mohammad Said   +6 more
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The burden of neglected tropical diseases in Ethiopia, and opportunities for integrated control and elimination [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a group of chronic parasitic diseases and related conditions that are the most common diseases among the 2·7 billion people globally living on less than US$2 per day.
A Alemu, A Aseffa, A Deressa, A Haileamlak, A Yami, Abraham Aseffa, AD Bryceson, Ahmed Ali, AM Dorkenoo, Asrat Hailu, AZ Zein, B Erko, B Erko, B Liese, B Yakob, BA Boatin, C Bogh, C Hanson, C Prasittisuk, C Sikorski, Central Statistical Agency [Ethiopia], ICF International, D Fekadu, DG Addiss, DH Molyneux, DH Molyneux, DR ten Eyck, E Litt, E Negera, E Negera, E Ruiz-Tiben, E Yimer, EW Price, F Demissie, F Tekola, FMOH, FMOH, FMoH, G Davey, G Davey, G Davey, G Mengistu, G Tefera, Gail Davey, GS Smith, H Birrie, H Kloos, H Kloos, J Alvar, J Alvar, JH Kolaczinski, JH Kolaczinski, JO Gyapong, K Bogel, KA Grépin, Kadu Meribo, Kebede Deribe, L Erosie, L Jemaneh, M Fekadu, M Fekadu, M Herrero, MA Brady, MC Baker, Ministry of Health, MJ Burton, MJ Taylor, N Kebede, NB Kabatereine, P Steinmann, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PM Emerson, R ter Horst, RL Pullan, RW Ashford, S Bashaye, S Brooker, S Brooker, S Cairncross, S Negash, SG Gundersen, T Wondimagegnehu, Teshome Gebre, The Carter Center, W Shiferaw, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, Y Berhane, Z Tadesse, ZA Zein   +103 more
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