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Economic Costs and Benefits of a Community-Based Lymphedema Management Program for Lymphatic Filariasis in Odisha State, India [PDF]

, 2016
Lymphatic filariasis afflicts 68 million people in 73 countries, including 17 million persons living with chronic lymphedema. The Global Program to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis aims to stop new infections and to provide care for persons already ...
Addiss, David, Fox, LeAnne, Rout, Jonathan, Sawers, Larry, Stillwaggon, Eileen   +4 more
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A Simple Genotyping Method for Rapid Differentiation of Blastocystis Subtypes and Subtype Distribution of Blastocystis spp. in Thailand

Pathogens, 2019
Blastocystis spp. is one of the most common protozoa of humans and animals worldwide. The genetic diversity of Blastocystis spp. might be associated with a wide range of symptoms.
Nittaya Srichaipon, Surang Nuchprayoon, Sarit Charuchaibovorn, Pattadon Sukkapan, Vivornpun Sanprasert   +4 more
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Upon entering an age of global ivermectin-based integrated mass drug administration for neglected tropical diseases and malaria

Malaria Journal, 2017
Ivermectin mass drug administration (MDA) in humans to reduce malaria vectors is yet another use for this remarkable medicine whose discoverers shared the 2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine with the discoverer of artemisinin.
Frank O. Richards
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Dosing pole recommendations for lymphatic filariasis elimination: A height-weight quantile regression modeling approach [PDF]

, 2019
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) currently recommends height or age-based dosing as alternatives to weight-based dosing for mass drug administration lymphatic filariasis (LF) elimination programs.
Dubray, Christine, Fischer, Peter U, Goss, Charles W, Hardy, Myra, Jambulingam, Purushothaman, King, Christopher L, Laman, Moses, Lemoine, Jean Frantz, O\u27Brian, Katiuscia, Robinson, Leanne J, Samuela, Josaia, Schechtman, Kenneth B, Subramanian, Swaminathan, Supali, Taniawati, Weil, Gary J   +14 more
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MDA—Lymphatic Filariasis

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2014
Lymphatic filariasis is one of the neglected tropical diseases. It is estimated that 120 million people are currently infected in 73 countries where filariasis is endemic. Lymphatic filariasis is a leading cause of chronic disability worldwide, including of 15 million people who have lymphoedema (elephantiasis) and 25 million men who have hydrocoele.
Kazuyo Ichimori, Kazuyo Ichimori
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Mammography of lymphatic filariasis. [PDF]

American Journal of Roentgenology, 1996
correspondence to C. K. Chow. 2Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1182. 3Parasitic Disease Pathology Branch, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D.C. 20306-6000. 4Department of Radiology, Washington Adventist Hospital, 7600 Carroll Ave.,
R I Cooper, R Neafie, P Limpuangthip, T Limpuangthip, Thomas B. Nutman, Catherine Chow, James S. McCarthy   +6 more
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Lymphatic Filariasis Control in Tanzania: Effect of Six Rounds of Mass Drug Administration with Ivermectin and Albendazole on Infection and Transmission. [PDF]

, 2013
Control of lymphatic filariasis (LF) in most countries of sub-Saharan Africa is based on annual mass drug administration (MDA) with a combination of ivermectin and albendazole, in order to interrupt transmission. We present findings from a detailed study
C Chaccour, DJ Tisch, DW Meyrowitsch, DW Meyrowitsch, DW Meyrowitsch, E Michael, E Michael, E Michael, EM Pedersen, Erling M Pedersen, FO Richards, GJ Weil, GJ Weil, GJ Weil, H Joseph, HM Joseph, JD King, JE McMahon, JE McMahon, JL Liang, JM Mlandonicky, KC Kobylinski, KD Ramaiah, KY Won, LM Zeldenryk, M Parker, MN Malecela, Mwele N Malecela, N Kolstrup, O Mitja, Paul E Simonsen, PE Simonsen, PE Simonsen, PE Simonsen, PE Simonsen, PE Simonsen, PE Simonsen, PE Simonsen, PE Simonsen, PE Simonsen, PJ Hotez, RMR Ramzy, RT Rwegoshora, Stephen M Magesa, WHO, WHO, William N Kisinza, YA Derua, Yahya A Derua   +48 more
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The first report of Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus in Haiti

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2012
Aedes albopictus was found in six of the 10 departments of Haiti and in 14 of the 35 communes surveyed. The survey found the larvae of Ae. albopictus in 13 different types of containers. Used tires and tins were by far the most common breeding sites used
María del Marquetti Fernández, Yvan Saint Jean, Carlos A Fuster Callaba, Lorenzo Somarriba López   +3 more
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The Experimental Infections of the Human Isolate of Strongyloides Stercoralis in a Rodent Model (The Mongolian Gerbil, Meriones Unguiculatus)

Pathogens, 2019
Strongyloidiasis is life-threatening disease which is mainly caused by Strongyloides stercoralis infection. Autoinfection of the parasite results in long-lasting infection and fatal conditions, hyperinfection and dissemination (primarily in ...
Sarit Charuchaibovorn, Vivornpun Sanprasert, Surang Nuchprayoon   +2 more
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Brugia malayi infection in ferrets - A small mammal model of lymphatic filariasis. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018
The lack of effective short-course therapies for treatment of the adult stage of filarial worms is a major limitation in the global effort to eliminate lymphatic filariasis. Studies using current small mammal models of lymphatic filariasis are limited by
Belinda M Jackson-Thompson, So Young Kim, Shalini Jaiswal, Jessica R Scott, Scott R Jones, C Paul Morris, J Judd Fite, Karen Laurie, Andrew R Hoy, Bernard J Dardzinski, Edward Mitre   +10 more
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