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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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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
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Insulin receptor knockdown blocks filarial parasite development and alters egg production in the southern house mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018
Lymphatic filariasis, commonly known as elephantiasis, is a painful and profoundly disfiguring disease. Wuchreria bancrofti (Wb) is responsible for >90% of infections and the remainder are caused by Brugia spp.
Andrew Bradley Nuss, Mark R Brown, Upadhyayula Suryanarayana Murty, Monika Gulia-Nuss   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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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Macrophage-derived human resistin is induced in multiple helminth infections and promotes inflammatory monocytes and increased parasite burden. [PDF]

, 2015
Parasitic helminth infections can be associated with lifelong morbidity such as immune-mediated organ failure. A better understanding of the host immune response to helminths could provide new avenues to promote parasite clearance and/or alleviate ...
A Tarkowski, AL Moncayo, AM Gan, B Min, Cathy Steel, CH Kuo, CM Steppan, D Artis, D Voehringer, DD Taub, DR Herbert, DR Herbert, DR Neill, Edward J. Pearce, F Chen, Gang Chen, GD Thomas, Graham Le Gros, H Helmby, HK Park, HS Jung, J Bethony, J Urban, J Wang, JA Jackson, Jessica C. Jang, JF Urban Jr, JI Odegaard, JJ Reece, Josiah I. Chung, JT Pesce, K Migita, KT Cuenco, L Boring, L Le Goff, L Patel, LC Osborne, M Lehrke, M Lehrke, M Qatanani, Mali Camberis, Mark A. Barnes, Meera G. Nair, MG Nair, MG Nair, MG Nair, Mitchell A. Lazar, MM Pirvulescu, MP Reilly, N Silswal, P Loke, PF Weller, Philip J. Cooper, PJ George, PJ Hotez, R Anuradha, RM Anthony, RT Semnani, RZ Yang, S Babu, S Babu, S Babu, S Babu, S Jiang, S Lee, Spencer H. Wang, Thomas B. Nutman, TT MacDonald, W He, Y Benomar, YY Hsieh   +70 more
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Filarial lymphoedema and elephantiasis of lower limb: A review of 44 cases

Journal of British Surgery, 1986
Abstract Twenty patients with early lymphoedema due to filariasis and twenty-four patients with elephantiasis of the lower limb were subjected to lymph nodovenous shunt (LNVS) and Charles' operation respectively. In 62 per cent of cases subjected to LNVS operation, there was a rapid relief of lymphoedema followed by slow reduction, 24 ...
S K Mohapatro, S S Mohanty, M C Dandapat
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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

Filarial elephantiasis among Haitian women: social context and behavioural factors in treatment [PDF]

Tropical Medicine & International Health, 1998
Few studies have addressed the social and behavioural aspects of lymphatic filariasis. The research reported here investigated the ethnographic context of filarial elephantiasis among women in Léogane, Haiti, and focused on explanatory models of the illness, the impact of the disease on women's lives, and the difficulties patients experienced in ...
Jacky Louis-Charles, David G. Addiss, Gladys Mayard, Jeannine Coreil   +3 more
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The impact of podoconiosis on quality of life in Northern Ethiopia [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND Podoconiosis is one of the most neglected tropical diseases, which untreated, causes considerable physical disability and stigma for affected individuals. Little is known about the quality of life (QoL) of patients with podoconiosis.
Davey, Gail, Deribe, Kebede, Mousley, Elizabeth, Tamiru, Abreham   +3 more
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Surgical Management of Idiopathic Scrotal Elephantiasis: A Rare Case Report

National Journal of Health Sciences
: Etiologically, massive scrotal lymphedema can be either congenital or acquired. Congenital is further divided into different types while the predominant variety in the acquired category includes infectious etiology.
Arif Ali, Ayesha Khan, Farooque Ahmed, Shahzad Ali   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source