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Master of Puppets: How Microbiota Drive the Nematoda Ecology and Evolution?
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 8, August 2025.The nematode microbiota can influence life‐history traits, thereby shaping the species' ecology and evolutionary trajectories. ABSTRACT In recent decades, the microbiota has emerged as a key driver of biological functions in metazoans, and nematodes are no exception.
Víctor José Trejo‐Meléndez +1 more
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Bilateral Lower Limb and Abdominal Elephantiasis Due to Erysipelas
Chinese Medical Journal, 2018 To the Editor: Elephantiasis results from chronic lymphedema and is characterized by gross enlargement of the arms, legs, or genitalia. It occurs due to various obstructive diseases of the lymphatic system. The most common form of lymphedema is secondary
Yan-ping Yang +6 more
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The Pan African Medical Journal, 2017 The development of antibody testing for the diagnosis of lymphatic filariasis (LF) is intended to enhance the monitoring and evaluation activities of the Global Program for the Elimination of LF.
Dziedzom Komi de Souza +7 more
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The Impact of Memory Effects on Lymphatic Filariasis Transmission Using Incidence Data From Ghana
Engineering Reports, Volume 7, Issue 7, July 2025.Modeling Lymphatic Filariasis by incorporating disease awareness through fractional derivative operators. ABSTRACT Lymphatic filariasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by a parasitic worm transmitted to humans by a mosquito bite. In this study, a mathematical model is developed using the Caputo fractional operator.
Fredrick A. Wireko +5 more
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Pharmacokinetics, safety, and efficacy of a single co-administered dose of diethylcarbamazine, albendazole and ivermectin in adults with and without Wuchereria bancrofti infection in Cote d\u27Ivoire [PDF]
, 2019 BackgroundA single co-administered dose of ivermectin (IVM) plus diethylcarbamazine (DEC) plus albendazole (ALB), or triple-drug therapy, was recently found to be more effective for clearing microfilariae (Mf) than standard DEC plus ALB currently used ...
Bjerum, Catherine M +9 more
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Elephantiasis of the external genitalia: A sequel to cutaneous tuberculosis
Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2009 Tuberculosis continues to be an important public health problem and cutaneous tuberculosis constitutes a minor proportion of extra pulmonary manifestations of tuberculosis.
Padmavathy L +4 more
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Advances and controversies in the contemporary management of chronic lymphedema
Indian Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 2018 The lymphatic system is essential for normal body function, as its role is to recover fluid passed to the interstitial tissue from capillaries and to carry it back to the systemic circulation.
Monika Lecomte Gloviczki +1 more
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Challenges of systematic reviewing integrative health care. [PDF]
, 2013 This article is based on an extensive review of integrative medicine (IM) and integrative health care (IHC). Since there is no general agreement of what constitutes IM/IHC, several major problems were identified that make the review of work in this field
Coulter, Ian D +3 more
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‘Had it not been for her’: Gender, Care Labour and Disability in the British Caribbean, 1788–1834
Gender &History, Volume 37, Issue 2, Page 561-575, July 2025.Abstract This article explores the intersections between gender, disability and care labour in the slaveholding societies of the British Caribbean from 1788 to 1834. Considered economic burdens by slaveholders, aged and disabled bondswomen were made productive through caring for their enslaved peers, many of whom were themselves temporarily ...
Stefanie Hunt‐Kennedy
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Elephantiasis nostras verrucosa [PDF]
BMJ Case Reports, 2014 A 63-year-old obese man presented with worsening lower leg oedema, fever and chills. Physical examination revealed non-pitting oedema and hyperkeratotic papulonodules with a verrucose appearance in lower extremities, especially at posterior tibial side (figure 1). Oedema sites were warm and red. He had a history of colon cancer treated 8 years ago with
Halis Kaan, Akturk +1 more
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