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IDENTIFICATION OF MICROFILARIAE USING CONVENTIONAL POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION AND QPCR-HRM
Journal of Vocational Health StudiesBackground: The presence of filarial worms in the lymph nodes can result in acute symptoms, such as inflammation of the lymph nodes and ducts, particularly in the groin region. As part of the life cycle of filariasis, symptomatic or asymptomatic patients
Bagus Muhammad Ihsan +5 more
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Wuchereria bancrofti induced pancreatitis.
Tropical gastroenterology : official journal of the Digestive Diseases Foundation, 1993 A case of pancreatitis of filarial origin is reported for the first time. The patient presented with chronic pancreatic pain. Laparotomy revealed an inflammed pancreas and fine needle aspiration cytology confirmed pancreatitis. Imprint of a peripancreatic lymphnode revealed a microfilaria. He was successfully treated with Diethyl Carbamazine.
S R, Jesudason +3 more
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Informatics in Medicine UnlockedLymphatic filariasis (LF) is a well-known disease caused primarily by the parasitic worm Wuchereria bancrofti, although other Filarioidea parasites, including Brugia malayi and Brugia timori, can also be responsible. These parasites can frequently affect
Md Habib Ullah Masum, Abanti Barua
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Prevalence of endemic Bancroftian filariasis in the high altitude region of south-eastern Nigeria [PDF]
, 2011 Background & objectives: The study was aimed at determining the prevalence and intensity of Wuchereriabancrofti microfilaraemia in a high altitude region of south-eastern Nigeria, and ascertaining the prevalenceof clinical signs and symptoms associated ...
E.C. Utta
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Persistence of Brugia malayi DNA in vector and non-vector mosquitoes: Implications for xenomonitoring and transmission monitoring of lymphatic filariasis [PDF]
, 2007 . Xenomonitoring (detection of filarial larvae or their DNA in mosquitoes) is a sensitive marker for as-sessing the endemicity of filariasis and a useful tool for evaluating elimination programs. To examine the fate of microfilariae (mf) and filarial DNA
Bruce M. Christensen +7 more
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Sex differentials in susceptibility to lymphatic filariasis and implications for maternal child immunity [PDF]
, 2017 This paper reviews epidemiological data to see if there are sex differentials in prevalence, density and clinical pathology due to lymphatic filariasis.
Brabin, L.
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Caso incomum de filariose linfática mediastinal com estenose da artéria pulmonar
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 1988 E descrito um caso incomum de filariose linfática, devido a Wuchereria Bancrofti, com localização dos vermes nos linfonodos e linfáticos do mediastino.
Moacir Boreli Tormes +3 more
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Filariose bancroftiana no Brasil
Revista de Saúde PúblicaFoi feita revisão dos estudos sobre a distribuição geográfica e prevalências da filariose linfática bancroftiana no Brasil. Entre 1951 a 1958 foram realizados inquéritos hemoscópicos e entomológicos no País, sendo a transmissão autóctone comprovada em ...
Eliana M. M. Rocha, Gilberto Fontes
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Lymphatic Filariasis in Brazilian Urban Area (Maceió, Alagoas)
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1998 A cross-sectional survey conducted among evening students was used to determine the prevalence of Wuchereria bancrofti infection in Maceió, capital of the State of Alagoas, northeast Brazil. A single thick-blood smear was used, being collected between 10
Fontes Gilberto +3 more
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