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Lymphatic filariasis.

open access: yesReleve epidemiologique hebdomadaire, 2003
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Lymphatic Filariasis

Nursing Clinics of North America, 2019
Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a parasitic infection that is spread by mosquitos infected with worm larvae. Several factors will affect the global prevalence of LF in the future. A growing body of evidence suggests that climate change will influence the spread of parasitic diseases and their vectors. Lymphatic filariasis is the leading cause of permanent
Gayle B, Lourens, Denise K, Ferrell
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Lymphatic filariasis

The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, 2010
Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and B. timori are mosquito-borne nematode parasites that are important causes of morbidity, disability, and social stigma in tropical and subtropical countries. Bancroftian filariasis due to W. bancrofti, which has no animal reservoir, accounts for 90% of human infections worldwide.
Subash Babu, Thomas B. Nutman
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Lymphatic Filariasis

New England Journal of Medicine
Matiar Madanchi, Peter Itin
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Lymphatic Filariasis

2016
Trilok Chandra Goel, Apul Goel
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Lymphatic filariasis.

Prescrire international, 2008
(1) Lymphatic filariasis is a set of parasitic diseases that are endemic in tropical and subtropical regions and can be disabling in the long term. (2) The standard antiparasitic drug for adults is oral diethylcarbamazine. Ivermectin is an alternative, especially for patients with intercurrent onchocercosis or loasis.
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