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Risk Factor Analysis of Filariasis in Pidie Regency
Jurnal Kesehatan Lingkungan, 2023 Introduction: Pidie Regency is a regency in Aceh Province with the second-highest number of filariasis patients in 2020. One of the risk factors for filariasis is the presence of stagnant water near houses which serves as the breeding ground and resting ...
Maifrizal Maifrizal +2 more
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Most of the response elicited against Wolbachia surface protein in filarial nematode infection is due to the infective larval stage [PDF]
, 2004 Immune responses to the intracellular Wolbachia bacteria of filarial nematodes are thought to contribute to the pathologic process of filarial infection.
Allen, Judith E +7 more
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Gates Open Research, 2019 The Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis was launched in 2000 to eliminate lymphatic filariasis (LF) as a public health problem by 1) interrupting transmission through mass drug administration (MDA) and 2) offering basic care to those ...
NTD Modelling Consortium Lymphatic Filariasis Group
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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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Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2022 Background Lymphatic filariasis (LF) remains one of the world’s most debilitating parasitic infections and is a major contributor to poor health in many endemic countries. The provision of continuing care for all those affected by LF and its consequences
Suma T. Krishnasastry +2 more
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Infection with Mansonella perstans Nematodes in Buruli Ulcer Patients, Ghana. [PDF]
, 2014 During August 2010-December 2012, we conducted a study of patients in Ghana who had Buruli ulcer, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, and found that 23% were co-infected with Mansonella perstans nematodes; 13% of controls also had M. perstans infection. M.
Alexander Debrah +28 more
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The Population Biology and Transmission Dynamics of Loa loa [PDF]
, 2017 Endemic to Central Africa, loiasis – or African eye worm (caused by the filarial nematode Loa loa) – affects more than 10 million people. Despite causing ocular and systemic symptoms, it has typically been considered a benign condition, only of public ...
Basáñez, M-G +5 more
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Pathogens, 2019 Lymphatic filariasis, caused by lymphatic filarial parasites, Wuchereria bancrofti, and Brugia malayi, causes significant morbidity and disability to 120 million people in the tropics and subtropics.
Vivornpun Sanprasert +2 more
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Averrous: Jurnal Kedokteran dan Kesehatan Malikussaleh, 2020 Filariasis masih menjadi salah satu masalah kesehatan masyarakat di Kabupaten Aceh Utara dan angka kejadian tertinggi tingkat propinsi Aceh. Kecamatan Baktiya paling tinggi angka kejadian di Aceh utara.
Yuziani Yuziani, Mulyati Sri Rahayu
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Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 1998 SUMMARYFilariae of animals, especially those of mammals, often infect humans and typically produce cryptic infections. These “zoonotic” infections have been reported from virtually all parts of the world including temperate zones. Infections may be symptomatic or not, and the parasites are found in surgical tissue biopsy specimens or, more rarely, are ...
T C, Orihel, M L, Eberhard
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