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Eosinophilia in Lymphatic Filariasis
2016One of the most common findings in patients with lymphatic filariasis is elevated eosinophil count (eosinophilia), which is of two ...
Apul Goel, Trilok Chandra Goel
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Lymphatic Filariasis in Oceania
2016Lymphatic filariasis caused by the mosquito-transmitted helminth parasite Wuchereria bancrofti is an important problem in Oceania. Of the 33 countries and territories included in this review, 24 have been found to be endemic for this disease at some time in the past, and 18 of these were classified as endemic at the start of the Global Programme to ...
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Epidemiology of lymphatic filariasis.
Ciba Foundation symposium, 1987Human lymphatic filariasis is caused mainly by Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi and Brugia timori. Of the estimated 90.2 million people infected, more than 90% have bancroftian and less than 10% brugian filariasis. The distribution and transmission of the disease are closely associated with socioeconomic and behavioural factors in endemic ...
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Elimination of lymphatic filariasis
The National Medical Journal of India, 2016SB Gogia, Sathi, Sangtin
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Epidemiology of Lymphatic Filariasis
2018Human lymphatic filariasis (LF), commonly known as elephantiasis due to appearance of elephantoid lower limbs, is caused by nematode parasites (roundworms) of the order Filariidae comprising thread-like structure. Lymphatic filariasis is transmitted from man to man by the bites of mosquitoes, particularly the brown-black common house mosquito, Culex ...
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The Global Lymphatic Filariasis Initiative
Tropical Doctor, 2000Dermot Maher, Eric A. Ottesen
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