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Microfilaria: A Microscopic Baby Dance

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 4, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Filarial fever should always be kept in mind as a key differential diagnosis of febrile illnesses in endemic areas.
Srujana Mohanty, Mohd Nadeem, Monalisa Dey, Prasanta Raghab Mohapatra   +3 more
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Change in Composition of the Anopheles Gambiae Complex and its Possible Implications for the Transmission of Malaria and Lymphatic Filariasis in North-Eastern Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2012
A dramatic decline in the incidence of malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum infection in coastal East Africa has recently been reported to be paralleled (or even preceded) by an equally dramatic decline in malaria vector density, despite absence of ...
Simonsen, Paul E, Derua, Yahya A, Pedersen Erling M, Hosea, Kenneth M, Derua Yahya A, Meyrowitsch, Dan W, Hosea Kenneth M, Pedersen, Erling M, Meyrowitsch Dan W, Alifrangis Michael, Simonsen Paul E, Alifrangis, Michael, Magesa Stephen M, Magesa, Stephen M   +13 more
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Coverage evaluation of mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis in Bidar district, Karnataka, India

Indian Journal of Community and Family Medicine, 2015
Background: Lymphatic filariasis is one of the oldest and most debilitating of all the neglected tropical diseases. To interrupt transmission of this disease and to eliminate lymphatic filariasis as a public-health problem by 2020, WHO recommends annual ...
H S Ravish, Malatesh Undi, A R Rachana
doaj   +1 more source

The Potential of Bioinformatics in Revolutionizing Disease Diagnosis in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Narrative Review

Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 4, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Background and Aim Despite its role in healthcare delivery and accessibility, the potential of bioinformatics to transform disease diagnosis in SSA remains unknown. This narrative review aims to assess the current status of bioinformatics initiatives in SSA and evaluate the role of bioinformatics in transforming diagnosis of major diseases in ...
Wilfred Ofosu, Fleischer C. N. Kotey, Alex Odoom, Onyansaniba K. Ntim, Eric S. Donkor   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Current perspective of new anti-Wolbachial and direct-acting macrofilaricidal drugs as treatment strategies for human filariasis

GMS Infectious Diseases, 2022
Filarial diseases like lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis belong to the Neglected Tropical Diseases and remain a public health problem in endemic countries.
Ehrens, Alexandra, Hoerauf, Achim, Hübner, Marc P.   +2 more
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Urban Lymphatic Filariasis in the Metropolis of\ud Dar es Salaam, Tanzania [PDF]

, 2013
The last decades have seen a considerable increase in urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa, and it is estimated that over 50% of the population will live in urban areas by 2040.
Simonsen, Paul E, Pedersen, Erling M, Mosha, Franklin W, Mwakitalu, Mbutolwe E, Malecela, Mwelecele N   +4 more
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Insecticide resistance in Culex quinquefasciatus from Zanzibar: implications for vector control programmes. [PDF]

, 2012
\ud \ud Zanzibar has a long history of lymphatic filariasis (LF) caused by the filarial parasite Wuchereria bancrofti, and transmitted by the mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus Say.
Ali, Abdullah S., Mohammed, Khalfan, Khalfan Mohammed, Khatib, Bakari O., Machin, Camille, Kelly-Hope Louise A, Louise A Kelly-Hope, Ali, Abdullah S, Jones, Chris, Mcha Juma, Mohammed Khalfan, Khatib, Bakari O, Juma Mcha, Ranson, Hilary, McHa, Juma, Jones Christopher M, Abdullah S Ali, Kelly-Hope, Louise, Ranson, Hilary; id_orcid, Silas Majambere, Majambere Silas, Christopher M Jones, Bakari O Khatib, Kelly-Hope, Louise A, Machin Camille, Ali Abdullah S, Camille Machin, Jones, Christopher M, Khatib Bakari O, Majambere, Silas, Hilary Ranson, Ranson Hilary   +31 more
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Lymphangiogram of a case of presumed lymphatic filariasis with left-sided cisterna chyli

Radiology Case Reports
Lymphatic filariasis is an uncommon condition in Hong Kong and is currently considered as one of the neglected tropical diseases by the World Health Organization. Blood tests are available for diagnosis of acute infections, but false negative results can
Siu Fung Mak, MBBS, FRCR, Kar Ho Lee, MBChB, FRCR, FHKCR, FHKAM, Hing Yan Danny Cho, MBBS, FRCR, FHKCR, FHKAM   +2 more
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Evaluating context-specific evidence-based quality improvement intervention on lymphatic filariasis mass drug administration in Northern Ghana using the RE-AIM framework

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2021
Background Over a decade of implementing a global strategy to eliminate lymphatic filariasis in Ghana through mass drug administration, the disease is still being transmitted in 11 districts out of an initial 98 endemic districts identified in 2000.
Alfred Kwesi Manyeh, Tobias Chirwa, Rohit Ramaswamy, Frank Baiden, Latifat Ibisomi   +4 more
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Prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections, schistosomiasis, and lymphatic filariasis before and after preventive chemotherapy initiation in the Philippines: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
ObjectiveTo estimate the impact of preventive chemotherapy on the prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections, schistosomiasis, and lymphatic filariasis in the Philippines, using systematic review and meta-analysis.MethodsWe ...
John Paul Caesar Robles Delos Trinos, Luh Putu Lila Wulandari, Naomi Clarke, Vicente Belizario, John Kaldor, Susana Vaz Nery   +5 more
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