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Filarial Pleural Effusion with Lymphoma: A Rare Association [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2019 Filariasis is endemic in developing countries with highest prevalence in India. Microfilarias are infrequently reported during cytological examination of body cavity fluids.
Kiran Agarwal, Aruna Chhikara
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Defective concanavalin A-induced suppression in Bancroftian filariasis [PDF]
, 1987 A concanavalin-A-induced suppressor cell assay was carried out in 10 patients with chronic filarial disease, 13 asymptomatic microfilaria carriers and 7 healthy subjects.
Narayanan, P R, Vanamala, C R
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Scanning Electron Microscopy Observations of Loa loa (Nematoda)
Case Reports in Ophthalmology, 2020 We present a case report of periocular Loa loa. The key feature of L. loa distinguishing it from other human filarial parasites are cuticular bosses, which are presented in images from a light microscope and a scanning electron microscope.
Jens Anibal Juul +3 more
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Incidental Diagnosis of Filariasis in Superficial Location by FNAC: A Retrospective Study of 10 Years [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014 Background: Filariasis, transmitted by the bite of various species of mosquito, is a common disease of tropical belt of the world. In South East Asia, including India, it is a major public health problem.
Pratima Khare +4 more
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Temporal epidemiology of microfilaraemia among migrant workers entering Kuwait [PDF]
, 2008 Background There is paucity of published data on the microfilarial infection among migrants from endemic countries entering Kuwait. The primary objectives of this study were to use routine health surveillance data to i) to estimate the prevalence of ...
Saeed Akhtar +2 more
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Histochemical studies on microfilariae
Parasitology, 1972 Microfilariae belonging to the genera Brugia, Loa and Wuchereria have been stained by a wide variety of histochemical methods. The results are recorded in eight Tables.The sheath of the microfilaria contains polyanionic material, probably polysulphate, periodate reactive mucosubstance, sulphur-protein and complex lipids.
M G, Simpson, B R, Laurence
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Microfilaria in Human Subcutaneous Dirofilariasis: A Case Report [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014 Human subcutaneous dirofilariasis, a rare zoonosis is being increasingly reported from various parts of the world. Most of the reported cases have lesions in and around the eye. The adult female dirofilariae release microfilaria into the definitive host’
Ajit Shriram Damle +4 more
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Presumed Onchocerciasis Chorioretinitis Spilling over into North America, Europe and Middle East
Diagnostics, 2023 Background: Newer generation ophthalmologists practicing in the developed world are not very familiar with some tropical ocular diseases due to the absence of reports in the ophthalmic literature over the past thirty years. Because of world globalization
Ahmad Mansour +4 more
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Incidental microfilaria in cervical lymph node cytology
Apollo Medicine, 2018 Although filariasis is a major health problem in tropical countries including India, lymph node is an unusual site to present as filarial nodule. It is rare to find microfilaria in lymph node cytology.
Vandana Gite, Maruti Dhakane
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Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2022 Purpose: To study clinical and pathological features of parasitic lesions in the ocular adnexa in a tertiary care ophthalmic center in south India. Methods: 43 cases of ocular parasitosis were analysed clinically and correlated with the pathological ...
Meenakshi Mahesh +4 more
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