Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 5, May 2026.ABSTRACT Background and Aims Reaction in leprosy is an immune‐mediated acute inflammatory episodes that occur in the natural course of Hansen's disease. Reaction can occur before, during, or after starting multidrug therapy and is a major cause of nerve damage, morbidity, and disability in affected individuals.
Bhaskar Gupta +9 more
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Microbial Biotechnology, Volume 19, Issue 5, May 2026.Mosquitocidal genomic island IME8 carries an int‐operon essential for integration/excision and a reg‐operon activating the promoter Pint and repressing excision. Its integration target is present in L. sphaericus and beyond. IME8 and a mini‐IME8 cassette can be mobilized by a conjugative plasmid and display integrating properties into the specific ...
Yifeng Hu +5 more
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Resource Availability Overrides Predator Presence in Mosquito Oviposition Habitat Selection
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Volume 174, Issue 5, Page 424-435, May 2026.Gravid Culex quinquefasciatus balance predation risk against resource availability when selecting oviposition sites. In outdoor mesocosms, we factorially manipulated sugarcane jaggery (resource) and notonectid predators (adult vs. nymph; caged vs. free‐swimming) across 2 years.
Arpita Dalal +5 more
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Assay strategies for the discovery and validation of therapeutics targeting Brugia pahangi Hsp90 [PDF]
, 2010 The chemotherapy of lymphatic filariasis relies upon drugs such as diethylcarbamazine and ivermectin that largely target the microfilarial stages of the parasite, necessitating continued treatment over the long reproductive life span of the adult worm ...
Gillan, V. +26 more
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The impact of mass drug administration and long-lasting insecticidal net distribution on Wuchereria bancrofti infection in humans and mosquitoes: an observational study in northern Uganda. [PDF]
, 2011 BACKGROUND: Lymphatic filariasis (LF) in Uganda is caused by Wuchereria bancrofti and transmitted by anopheline mosquitoes. The mainstay of elimination has been annual mass drug administration (MDA) with ivermectin and albendazole, targeted to endemic ...
Ambrose Onapa +26 more
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Prevalence of Wuchereria Bancrofti Antigenemia and Associated Factors Among Children of School Age Born After Initiation of Mass Drug Administration with ivermectin and albendazole in Rufiji district, Tanzania [PDF]
, 2012 The National Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) Elimination Programme use Ivermectin and Albendazole mass drug administration (MDA) for the control of LF. Screening children of school age has successfully been used for mapping geographical distribution of LF ...
Clarer, J., Clarer, Jones
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Infection of Malaria (Anopheles gambiae s.s.) and Filariasis (Culex quinquefasciatus)Vectors with the Entomopathogenic Fungus Metarhizium Anisopliae. [PDF]
, 2003 Current intra-domiciliary vector control depends on the application of residual insecticides and/or repellents. Although biological control agents have been developed against aquatic mosquito stages, none are available for adults.
Scholte Ernst-Jan +19 more
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Comité de Expertos de la OMS en Filariasis [se reunió en Ginebra del 8 al 13 de octubre de 1973] : tercer informe [PDF]
, 1974 58 ...
World Health Organization +1 more
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, 2014 FILARIASIS LIMFATIK MERUPAKAN SALAH SATU PENYAKIT MENULAR MENAHUN YANG TERMASUK KE DALAM NAGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASE ( NTD ) TERMASUK PENYAKIT ZOONOSIS YANG DI SEBABKAN OLEH INFEKSI CACING FILARIA DAN DI TULARKAN MELALUI GIGITAN BERBAGAI JENIS NYAMUK.30 X
Mina BR Sipayung
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Pedoman Penanggulangan Kejadian Ikutan Pasca Pengobatan Filariasis
, 2008 Pengobatan filariasis adalah pengobatan yang dilaksanakan untuk mengeliminasi filariasis di Indonesia. Dalam Pengobatan Masal Filariasis telah dicanangkan oleh Menteri Kesehatan sejak tanggal 8 April 2002 di Desa mainan, Kecamatan Banyuasin, Kabupaten ...
Direktorat Jenderal PPM&PL
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