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Human infection with Gongylonema pulchrum [PDF]
, 1994 A 43 year old woman developed a painful tumor at the left buccal mucosa. Following local anti-inflammatory treatment a 35 mm long, living female adult worm of Gongylonema pulchrum was extracted from the affected side.
Jelinek, Thomas, Löscher, Thomas
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Medicine Advances, Volume 3, Issue 3, Page 177-192, September 2025.We focused on the MAP kinase activating death domain (MADD) protein of Brugia malayi as a candidate for a vaccine against lymphatic filariasis (LF). Our results demonstrated a significant increase in the production of memory B‐cells, T‐cells, and antibodies, which are crucial for removing microfilariae from the circulation of infected individuals. This
Paa Kwesi Anfu +8 more
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Mammographic parasitic calcifications in South West Nigeria: prospective and descriptive study
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2013 BACKGROUND: Lymphatic filariasis caused by nematode parasite Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia Malayi is endemic in the tropics. In Nigeria, 25% of the population is infected. Lymph edema and elephantiasis are the predominant manifestations. Its infrequent
Adenike Temitayo Adeniji-Sofoluwe +3 more
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Status of lymphatic filariasis in Afikpo North L.G.A., Ebonyi State, Nigeria [PDF]
, 2016 The status of lymphatic filariasis in Afikpo North L.G.A., Ebonyi State, Nigeria was investigated among seven hundred and eighty one (781) subjects from thirty (30) villages, using the following Parasitological methods; the Wet Smear preparation, the ...
K, N. K. (Ngele)
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Strong Bottlenecks Constrain Adaptive Coevolution in a Host–Parasite Metapopulation
Molecular Ecology, Volume 34, Issue 17, September 2025.ABSTRACT Although parasites are well‐known for adaptively evolving in order to exploit their hosts, they may experience strong genetic drift during transmission bottlenecks when infecting a new host. Host population structure and host population bottlenecks can also lead to genetic drift effects in parasite populations, constraining their adaptive ...
Pascal Angst +4 more
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Master of Puppets: How Microbiota Drive the Nematoda Ecology and Evolution?
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 8, August 2025.The nematode microbiota can influence life‐history traits, thereby shaping the species' ecology and evolutionary trajectories. ABSTRACT In recent decades, the microbiota has emerged as a key driver of biological functions in metazoans, and nematodes are no exception.
Víctor José Trejo‐Meléndez +1 more
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Helminthologia, 2017 “Filariasis free India” is National Health Policy’s vision. Currently, India has undertaken Mass Drug Administration drive (MDA) to eliminate the filariasis infection.
Mahakalkar A. L. +2 more
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Loiasis in US Traveler Returning from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, 2016
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017 The filarial parasite Loa loa overlaps geographically with Onchocera volvulus and Wuchereria bancrofti filariae in central Africa. Accurate information regarding this overlap is critical to elimination programs targeting O. volvulus and W. bancrofti.
David H. Priest, Thomas B. Nutman
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EFEKTIVITAS EKSTRAK DAUN CENGKEH (Zysygium aromaticum ) \ud SEBAGAI REPELLENT NYAMUK (Culex sp) [PDF]
, 2008 Mosquito is on of insect that interferes with human and animal. The effect of a bit of mosquito are itch, mosquito hoomthe sickness also. According to kesumawati (2003) subtropics area.
Puspita Rini, Marga
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Distribusi Filariasis Brugia Timori Dan Wuchereria Bancrofti Di Desa Kahale, Kecamatan Kodi Balaghar, Kabupaten Sumba Barat Daya, Nusa Tenggara Timur [PDF]
, 2016 Lymphatic filariasis is still a health problem in the East Nusa Tenggara province. Southwest Sumba District is filariasis endemic area. It is found 35 chronic cases in Kodi Balaghar subdistrict.
Patanduk, Y. (Yona), Yunarko, R. (Rais)
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