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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Microfilaria in pleural effusion: An unusual association
Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University, 2016 Lymphatic filariasis is a major public health problem in tropical countries and India is endemic for it. However, lymphatic filariasis presenting as pleural effusion is an unusual manifestation and finding microfilaria in pleural effusion without any ...
Rehena Sarkar +3 more
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Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2019 The Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) was launched in response to the call proposed at the 50th World Health Assembly. The goal of the GPELF is to ensure that all the countries where the disease is endemic would have been ...
Yuan Fang, Yi Zhang
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Assessing the reporting quality of published qualitative evidence syntheses in the cochrane library
Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods, Volume 3, Issue 3, May 2025.Abstract Background Over ten years since the first qualitative evidence synthesis (QES) was published in the Cochrane Library, QES and mixed‐methods reviews (MMR) with a qualitative component have become increasingly common and influential in healthcare research and policy development.
Martina Giltenane +12 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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Anti-Wolbachia therapy for onchocerciasis & lymphatic filariasis: Current perspectives
The Indian journal of medical research, 2019 Onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis (LF) are human filarial diseases belonging to the group of neglected tropical diseases, leading to permanent and long-term disability in infected individuals in the endemic countries such as Africa and India ...
W. A. Wan Sulaiman +9 more
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Distribusi Filariasis Brugia Timori Dan Wuchereria Bancrofti Di Desa Kahale, Kecamatan Kodi Balaghar, Kabupaten Sumba Barat Daya, Nusa Tenggara Timur [PDF]
, 2016 Lymphatic filariasis is still a health problem in the East Nusa Tenggara province. Southwest Sumba District is filariasis endemic area. It is found 35 chronic cases in Kodi Balaghar subdistrict.
Patanduk, Y. (Yona), Yunarko, R. (Rais)
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New Results on the Asymptotic Behaviour of a Stochastic SEI Model of Lymphatic Filariasis
ComplexityThe goal of this article is to examine a new stochastic epidemic model for lymphatic filariasis, susceptible-exposed-infected (SEI). Like other diseases, the spread of lymphatic filariasis is subject to a degree of randomness due to fluctuations in the ...
Ragnimwendé Sawadogo +1 more
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Potential use of antibodies to provide an earlier indication of lymphatic filariasis resurgence in post–mass drug ad ministration surveillance in American Samoa [PDF]
, 2022 Angela Cadavid Restrepo +7 more
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Elimination of lymphatic filariasis in South East Asia
British medical journal, 2019 Expanding treatment options alongside ensuring high coverage of mass drug administration can accelerate progress in elimination of lymphatic filariasis, say Sabine Specht and ...
S. Specht +3 more
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