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Transmission indices and microfilariae prevalence in human population prior to mass drug administration with ivermectin and albendazole in the Gomoa District of Ghana

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Background The Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Programme in Ghana involves annual mass drug administration (MDA) of ivermectin and albendazole to persons living in endemic areas.
Fred Aboagye-Antwi, Bethel Kwansa-Bentum, Samuel K. Dadzie, Collins K. Ahorlu, Maxwell A. Appawu, John Gyapong, Michael David Wilson, Daniel Adjei Boakye   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

A novel series of putative Brugia malayi histone demethylase inhibitors as potential anti-filarial drugs

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022
Filariasis, caused by a family of parasitic nematodes, affects millions of individuals throughout the tropics and is a major cause of acute and chronic morbidity.
Tamara Kreiss, Tyler Eck, Brittany Hart, Sreedhar Tummalapalli, David Rotella, John Siekierka   +5 more
doaj  

Importance of Microfilariae Detection on Night’s Peripheral Blood Smear Without Eosinophilia in a Febrile Case with Right Lower Limb Swelling

GAIMS Journal of Medical Sciences
Bancroftian filariasis is caused by the filarial parasite Wuchereria Bancrofti and is transmitted by Culexmosquitoes. It is found in tropical and subtropical countries.
Shweta S Joshi, Bhushan M Warpe, Bhavin S Sharma   +2 more
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MEDICAL AND LITERARY ASPECTS OF THE HISTORY OF THE FILARIASIS BY Wuchereria Bancrofti IN CARTAGENA AND COLOMBIA

Revista Ciencias Biomédicas, 2014
Description exists in the Colombian medical words of a disease that had high prevalence in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, since the 16th century until half of the 20th century.
Sotomayor-Tribin Hugo Armando
doaj  

Elephantiasis Nostras (Non-Filarial Elephantiasis) [PDF]

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1934
openaire   +1 more source

Determining Etiology of Elephantiasis and Associated Factors in Hawella Tula, Sidama Region, Ethiopia. [PDF]

Res Rep Trop Med
Daniel T, Beyene H, Tegene BA.
europepmc   +1 more source

Transmission status of lymphatic filariasis in hotspots of filarial infection, persistent districts of nepal during post-MDA surveillance. [PDF]

PLoS One
Mehta PK, Maharjan M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Risk factors of lymphatic filariasis in Asia: a systematic review. [PDF]

BMC Infect Dis
Galgamuwa LS, Hakmanage NM, Fernando S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Detection of Filarial IgG and IgM Antibodies Among Individuals With Lymphedema in the Kamwenge District, Western Uganda. [PDF]

Cureus
Mwesigye V, Tebulwa JB, Musinguzi B, Agaba BB, Bagenda CN, Bajunirwe F, Bazira J, Mulogo E, Herbert I, Byarugaba F.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Unveiling <i>Facklamia</i>: detection of an emerging microbe in the skin microbiome of patients with filarial lymphedema. [PDF]

Front Cell Infect Microbiol
Dharmalingam D, Semalaiyappan J, Thirumal S, Kuttiatt VS.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source