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A Global Systematic Review on the Potential of Metal‐Based Nanoparticles in the Fight Against Mosquito Vectors

Journal of Tropical Medicine, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Background: Mosquito‐borne diseases, such as malaria, filariasis, dengue, chikungunya, Zika, and other viral infections, pose significant public health challenges worldwide. For many years, chemical insecticides were used in the form of indoor residual spraying (IRS) and insecticide‐treated nets (ITNs).
Awoke Minwuyelet, Delenasaw Yewhalaw, Yibeltal Aschale, Andrea Sciarretta, Getnet Atenafu, Priya Gusain   +5 more
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Urban Lymphatic Filariasis in the Metropolis of\ud Dar es Salaam, Tanzania [PDF]

, 2013
The last decades have seen a considerable increase in urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa, and it is estimated that over 50% of the population will live in urban areas by 2040.
Malecela, Mwelecele N, Mosha, Franklin W, Mwakitalu, Mbutolwe E, Pedersen, Erling M, Simonsen, Paul E   +4 more
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Burden assessment of podoconiosis in Wayu Tuka woreda, east Wollega zone, western Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study [PDF]

, 2016
Objective Podoconiosis is a neglected tropical disease characterised by a slowly progressive swelling of the foot and lower leg. It is prevalent among subsistence barefoot farmers who live and work in highland areas of the tropics.
Amberbir, Tsige, Bekele, Kenate, Davey, Gail, Deribe, Kebede, Samuel, Abdi, Tadele, Geleta   +5 more
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Western Anthelmintics in Early Twentieth‐Century China Colonial Practices and Knowledge on “Tropical Diseases” of the In/between**

Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Volume 47, Issue 4, Page 330-351, December 2024.
Abstract Protestant (medical) missionaries were the main proponents of Western medicine in China after the Opium Wars. Several studies have highlighted how they used spectacular surgery as a means of gaining public trust. As well as surgery, they also administered anthelmintic drugs such as santonin as a tool of persuasion and conversion.
Dominik Merdes
wiley   +1 more source

A Phase 1, Randomized, Double‐Blind, Placebo‐Controlled, Single Ascending Dose Trial of AWZ1066S, an Anti‐Wolbachia Candidate Macrofilaricide

Clinical Pharmacology in Drug Development, Volume 13, Issue 9, Page 1071-1081, September 2024.
Abstract AWZ1066S has been developed as a potential treatment for the neglected tropical diseases lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis. AWZ1066S targets the Wolbachia bacterial endosymbiont present in the causative nematode parasites. This phase 1, first‐in‐human study aimed to assess the safety and pharmacokinetics of AWZ1066S in healthy human ...
Graham Devereux, Marcin Bula, Karen Tripp, Richard Fitzgerald, Nicola Eraut, Muhammad Salman Alam, Tomoyuki Moriyama, Raku Shinkyo, Lauren Walker, Duolao Wang, Fabian Gusovsky, Jeannette van der Velde, Joseph D. Turner, Weiqian David Hong, Paul M. O'Neill, Mark J. Taylor, Stephen A. Ward   +16 more
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Filarial parasites develop faster and reproduce earlier in response to host immune effectors that determine filarial life expectancy.

PLoS Biology, 2010
Humans and other mammals mount vigorous immune assaults against helminth parasites, yet there are intriguing reports that the immune response can enhance rather than impair parasite development.
Simon A Babayan, Andrew F Read, Rachel A Lawrence, Odile Bain, Judith E Allen   +4 more
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Aedes aegypti as potential vector of filariasis in Pekalongan, Central Java Province, Indonesia

JKKI (Jurnal Kedokteran dan Kesehatan Indonesia), 2021
Background: The filariasis elimination program in Indonesia has been conducted, but new cases and some chronic cases are still often found. Objective: This study aims to determine levels of endemicity and to identify filarial worm species in filariasis ...
Siti Istianah, Budi Mulyaningsih, Sitti Rahmah Umniyati, Eggi Arguni   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The complexities of blood‐feeding patterns in mosquitoes and sandflies and the burden of disease: A minireview

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 10, Issue 5, September 2024.
Mosquitoes and phlebotomine sandflies are infectious disease vectors through hematophagy. The development of hematophagy likely provided an evolutionary advantage, offering a rich nutrient source for reproduction. These insects exhibit diverse blood‐feeding patterns, from invertebrates to various vertebrates. Multiple sensory cues to guide host‐seeking
Fatma Bursali, Mustapha Touray
wiley   +1 more source

Isolated perinephric abscess as the initial manifestation of filariasis—an unusual presentation

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 12, Issue 3, March 2024.
Graphical Abstract Key Clinical Message Filariasis may present as an isolated perinephric abscess. Hence, a high index of suspicion should be maintained in endemic settings. Abstract In cases with unexplained fever, eosinophilia and perinephric collection, it is necessary to do detailed infectious disease work up. High index of suspicion is required to
Govind Sharma, Rajat Sachdeva, Shweta Aggarwal, Amogh Verma, Ayush Anand, Ajeet Singh, Prakasini Satapathy   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Extent of podoconiosis-related stigma in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

, 2014
Studies have indicated that social stigma related to podoconiosis (endemic non-filarial elephantiasis) has a major impact on the psychosocial wellbeing of patients.
A Soykan, A Tora, A Tora, B Yakob, B Yakob, BG Link, Central Statistical Agency (CSA), D Ayode, E GebreHanna, EW Price, F Goffman, F Tekola, F Tekola, F Tekola, F Tekola, G Davey, G Scambler, G Scambler, GP Singh, H Franklin, J Rafferty, JE Cook, K Deribe, K Desta, L Brown, M Heijnders, MG Weiss, RM Amiya, S Cohen, S Sengupta, T Bekele, USAID, WH Van Brakel, WR Brieger, YB Molla   +34 more
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