PLoS Neglected Tropical DiseasesBackgroundThe World Health Organization launched the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis in 2000, which aimed at eradicating the disease by 2030. This goal depends on community mass drug administration and essential care.
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An investigation of the disparity in estimates of microfilaraemia and antigenaemia in lymphatic filariasis surveys [PDF]
, 2015 The diagnosis of lymphatic filariasis (LF) is based typically on either microfilaraemia as assessed by microscopy or filarial antigenaemia using an immuno-chromatographic test.
Bockarie, Moses J +8 more
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European Journal of Immunology, Volume 55, Issue 8, August 2025.During filarial nematode infection with Litomosoides sigmodontis, PD‐L2 down‐regulates Th2 cell expression of GATA‐3 and Th2 cytokines and enables parasite survival. Concurrently, B cells suppress protective immunity through a mechanism that does not involve PD‐L2.
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Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2019 Background Mass drug administration (MDA) programmes for the control of lymphatic filariasis in Ghana, have been ongoing in some endemic districts for 16 years.
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The Burden of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Rwanda: A Scoping Review
Health Science Reports, Volume 8, Issue 8, August 2025.ABSTRACT Background and Aims Rwanda is among the African countries affected by neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). This scoping review aims to synthesize available information to understand the prevalence, incidence, distribution, morbidity, mortality, and risk factors of NTDs in Rwanda.
Masceline Jenipher Mutsaka‐Makuvaza +9 more
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Unfulfilled potential: using diethylcarbamazine-fortified salt to eliminate lymphatic filariasis
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2007 Fortifying salt with diethylcarbamazine (DEC) is a safe, low-cost and effective strategy to eliminate transmission of lymphatic filariasis. DEC-fortified salt has been used successfully in pilot projects in several countries and has been used ...
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Microfilaria in pleural effusion: An unusual association
Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University, 2016 Lymphatic filariasis is a major public health problem in tropical countries and India is endemic for it. However, lymphatic filariasis presenting as pleural effusion is an unusual manifestation and finding microfilaria in pleural effusion without any ...
Rehena Sarkar +3 more
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Foot care practice and associated factors among patients with lymphoedema in Boreda district, Gamo zone, southern Ethiopia, 2020. Implications for elimination of podoconiosis and lymphatic filariasis [PDF]
, 2021 Chuchu Churko +5 more
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Molecular Ecology, Volume 34, Issue 15, August 2025.Abstract Malaria is a mosquito‐borne disease caused by protozoans of the genus Plasmodium that affects both humans and wildlife. The fitness consequences of infections by avian malaria are well known in birds, however, little information exists on its impact on mosquitoes.
Marta Garrigós +4 more
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Does mass drug administration for the integrated treatment of neglected tropical diseases really work? Assessing evidence for the control of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in Uganda [PDF]
, 2011 This paper was one of four papers commissioned to review the role of social sciences in NTD control by TDR, the Special Programme for Research and Training on Tropical Diseases, which is executed by WHO and co-sponsored by UNICEF, UNDP, the World Bank ...
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