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The therapeutic efficacy and macrofilaricidal activity of doxycycline for the treatment of river blindness [PDF]
, 2014 Background. Onchocerca volvulus and lymphatic filariae, causing river blindness and elephantiasis, depend on endosymbiotic Wolbachia bacteria for growth, development, fertility, and survival.
Achim Hoerauf +43 more
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Chronic helminth infection burden differentially affects haematopoietic cell development while ageing selectively impairs adaptive responses to infection [PDF]
, 2018 Throughout the lifespan of an individual, the immune system undergoes complex changes while facing novel and chronic infections. Helminths, which infect over one billion people and impose heavy livestock productivity losses, typically cause chronic ...
Babayan, Simon A. +3 more
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The isolation of differentially expressed cDNA clones from the filarial nematode Brugia pahangi [PDF]
, 1999 A cDNA library constructed from 3 day post-infective L3 of the filarial nematode Brugia pahangi was screened by differential hybridization with cDNA probes prepared from different life-cycle stages.
Devaney, E. +4 more
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Recurrent Swelling and Microfilaremia Caused by Dirofilaria repens Infection after Travel to India
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021 Human subcutaneous dirofilariasis is an emerging mosquitoborne zoonosis. A traveler returning to Germany from India experienced Dirofilaria infection with concomitant microfilaremia.
Lena Huebl +8 more
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BMC Genomics, 2010 Background Brugia malayi and B. pahangi are two closely related nematodes that cause filariasis in humans and animals. However, B. pahangi microfilariae are able to develop in and be transmitted by the mosquito, Armigeres subalbatus, whereas most B ...
Beerntsen Brenda T +2 more
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Ocular Dirofilariasis: A Rare case from Mumbai, India [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017 Dirofilariasis is a worldwide zoonotic filariasis. Human dirofilariasis is a zoonotic infection most commonly caused by Dirofilaria repens. Dirofilariasis, caused by Dirofilaria repens, has been reported to occur widely throughout Asia, Europe, and ...
Sachee Agrawal +2 more
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Prevalence of Haemoparasites among Blood Donors in Calabar, Nigeria
Medical Laboratory Journal, 2021 Background and objectives: Voluntary blood donation is the main source of blood and its components globally. Blood transfusion is essential for management of various diseases but remains as one of the most important causes of disease transmission.
Paul Inyang-Etoh +3 more
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Лечащий Врач, 2021 The aim of this study was retrospective and operative analysis of the epidemiological situation dirofilaria man in the Astrakhan region for the period from 1951 to 2019.
R. S. Arakelyan +4 more
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Filariasis of the Axilla in a Patient Returning from Travel Abroad: A Case Report [PDF]
, 2012 Background: The term filariasis comprises a group of parasitic infections caused by helminths belonging to different genera in the superfamily Filaroidea.
Alkadhi H +20 more
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Microfilaria in thyroid gland nodule
Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2008 Presence of microfilaria in the thyroid gland is a rare finding. Filariasis is a common public health problem in the Indian sub-continent. Most of the cases of microfilaria in thyroid gland reported in the literature are associated with goiter and thyroid neoplasms.
Monisha, Chowdhary +3 more
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