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Diagnostics, 2022 Stool samples typically contain PCR inhibitors; however, helminths are difficult to lyse and can cause false-negative PCR results. We assessed the effective methods for extracting DNA from different kinds of intestinal parasites.
Siriporn Srirungruang +6 more
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Urban lymphatic filariasis [PDF]
Parasitology Research, 2012 Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a disabling and disfiguring disease resulting from a mosquito-borne parasitic infection. It is a major public health problem in many countries with a warm climate. Research and control activities have mainly focused on LF in rural areas where it also has its major impact.
Simonsen, Paul Erik +1 more
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Immunology of lymphatic filariasis [PDF]
Parasite Immunology, 2014 SummaryThe immune responses to filarial parasites encompass a complex network of innate and adaptive cells whose interaction with the parasite underlies a spectrum of clinical manifestations. The predominant immunological feature of lymphatic filariasis is an antigen‐specific Th2 response and an expansion of IL‐10 producing CD4+ T cells that is ...
Babu, S., Nutman, T. B.
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The end of lymphatic filariasis? [PDF]
BMJ, 2009 Many programmes to improve health in poor countries are struggling to meet their targets, but as Moses Bockarie and David Molyneux report, elimination of lymphatic filariasis has a real chance of success When the British physician Patrick Manson incriminated mosquitoes as vectors of Wuchereria bancrofti in China in 1877, it was the first time that an ...
David H. Molyneux, Moses J. Bockarie
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PLOS Global Public Health, 2022 IntroductionThe majority of the districts of Nepal (63 out of 77) were detected as prevalent of Lymphatic Filariasis (LF), with an average prevalence of 13 percent ranging from less than one to 39 percent in Nepal. Despite people's ignorance about the LF,
Ramesh Adhikari +2 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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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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Pathogens, 2019 Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) are the most common intestinal parasites infecting humans worldwide. STH infections are a major cause of morbidity and disability.
Vivornpun Sanprasert +5 more
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Filariasis Limfatik di Kelurahan Pabean Kota Pekalongan [PDF]
, 2008 Lymphatic filariasis is still being a public health problem in Indonesia, especially in Pekalongan district. This problem marked by the increasing rate of microfilaria and areas with lymphatic filariasis.
Ramadhani, T. (Tri)
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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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