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Familial Aggregation and Heritability ofWuchereria bancroftiInfection [PDF]

Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016
The familial recurrence risk of lymphatic filariasis (LF) is unknown. This case study aimed to evaluate the familial susceptibility to infection with Wuchereria bancrofti and to microfilaremia in a village of the Republic of Congo.The heritability and intrafamilial correlation coefficients were assessed for both W.
André Garcia, Michel Boussinesq, Michel Boussinesq, Michel Boussinesq, Cédric B. Chesnais, Sébastien D Pion, Sébastien D Pion, Sébastien D Pion, Audrey Sabbagh, François Missamou   +9 more
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A Global Systematic Review on the Potential of Metal‐Based Nanoparticles in the Fight Against Mosquito Vectors

Journal of Tropical Medicine, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Background: Mosquito‐borne diseases, such as malaria, filariasis, dengue, chikungunya, Zika, and other viral infections, pose significant public health challenges worldwide. For many years, chemical insecticides were used in the form of indoor residual spraying (IRS) and insecticide‐treated nets (ITNs).
Awoke Minwuyelet, Delenasaw Yewhalaw, Yibeltal Aschale, Andrea Sciarretta, Getnet Atenafu, Priya Gusain   +5 more
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Common parasite with uncommon associations

Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, 2011
Filaariasis a quite common in some parts of the world including India. It has been reported as an incidental finding in cytology smears. Here we report three cases where microfilariae of Wuchereria Bancrofti were detected incidentally in bone marrow ...
Jasmita Dass, Sonal Jain, Monica Sharma, Seema Tyagi   +3 more
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Subcutaneous filariasis: An unusual case report

Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2007
Wuchereria bancrofti presented in subcutaneous nodule is a very rare presentation. Wuchereria bancrofti first reported by Bancrofti in Brisbane in 1876 and the name filaria Bancrofti was given in 1877 and the generic name was given in 1878.
Valand Arvindbhai, Pandya Bhanumati, Patil Yoganand, Patel Lalita   +3 more
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Western Anthelmintics in Early Twentieth‐Century China Colonial Practices and Knowledge on “Tropical Diseases” of the In/between**

Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Volume 47, Issue 4, Page 330-351, December 2024.
Abstract Protestant (medical) missionaries were the main proponents of Western medicine in China after the Opium Wars. Several studies have highlighted how they used spectacular surgery as a means of gaining public trust. As well as surgery, they also administered anthelmintic drugs such as santonin as a tool of persuasion and conversion.
Dominik Merdes
wiley   +1 more source

Microfilarial periodicity of Wuchereria bancrofti in Assam, Northeast India

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2015
Wuchereria bancrofti has shown nocturnal periodicity in India and other endemic countries of the world except pacific regions where non-periodic or diurnal sub-periodic forms have been reported. Presence of sub-periodic form of W. bancrofti in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India and a case report of sub- periodic form of W.
A M Khan, P Dutta, S Das, A K Pathak, P Sarmah, M E Hussain, J Mahanta   +6 more
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DNA Barcoding for the Identification of Adult Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Western Australia

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 11, November 2024.
DNA barcodes of 45 species of Western Australian mosquitoes sampled across a wide spatial range, were obtained using the universal COI barcode. Most species exhibited adequate genetic diversity, enabling reliable species identification. The barcodes generated in this study can serve as valuable resources for mosquito surveillance programs, aiding in ...
Binit Lamichhane, Craig Brockway, Kimberly Evasco, Jay Nicholson, Peter J. Neville, John S. Mackenzie, David Smith, Allison Imrie   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

AFECCIONES BENIGNAS POCO FRECUENTES DE LA GLÁNDULA MAMARIA. PRESENTACIÓN DE TRES PACIENTES

Medicentro, 2011
FILARI ASIS:  Son infecciones parasitarias tropicales, cuyo agente etiológico  más frecuente es la Filaria bancrofti (Wuchereria bancrofti); otros son el Onchocerca volvulos  (onchocercosis) y  el Loa-loa (loaiasis).
Jesús de Armas Prado, Rodolfo E. Morales Valdés, Lourdes de Armas Álvarez   +2 more
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Microfilariae of Wuchereria bancrofti in Testicular Aspirate [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017
Present study deals with results of fine needle aspiration of both the testes in a patient with azoospermia. Surprisingly, aspiration of right testis revealed large number of microfilariae in the smears.
Anil Kumar Verma, Ashok Kumar Kapoor, Manish Singh   +2 more
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Another tool in the toolbox: Aphid‐specific Wolbachia protect against fungal pathogens

Environmental Microbiology, Volume 26, Issue 11, November 2024.
Wolbachia infected more than 80% of Pentalonia aphids sampled across the Hawaiian Islands and other locations. The aphid‐specific M‐supergroup strains of this symbiont protected against a specialist fungal pathogen, Pandora, but not the generalist pathogen Beauveria or the parasitoid Aphidius colemanii.
Clesson H. V. Higashi, Vilas Patel, Bryan Kamalaker, Rahul Inaganti, Alberto Bressan, Jacob A. Russell, Kerry M. Oliver   +6 more
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