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Perspectivas da municipalização do controle da filariose linfática na região metropolitana do Recife Views on the municipalization of lymphatic filariasis control in greater metropolitan Recife

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 1999
A filariose linfática resulta da infecção por três nematódeos: Brugia malayi, Brugia timori e Wuchereria bancrofti. Atingindo países considerados em desenvolvimento, é mais distribuída em áreas urbanas.
Amélia Maciel, André F. Furtado, Keyla B. F. Marzochi   +2 more
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A cross-sectional study of the filarial and Leishmania co-endemicity in two ecologically distinct settings in Mali

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
Background Filariasis and leishmaniasis are two neglected tropical diseases in Mali. Due to distribution and associated clinical features, both diseases are of concern to public health.
Moussa Brema Sangare, Yaya Ibrahim Coulibaly, Siaka Yamoussa Coulibaly, Michel Emmanuel Coulibaly, Bourama Traore, Ilo Dicko, Ibrahim Moussa Sissoko, Sibiry Samake, Sekou Fantamady Traore, Thomas Bruce Nutman, Jesus Gilberto Valenzuela, Ousmane Faye, Shaden Kamhawi, Fabiano Oliveira, Roshanak Tolouei Semnani, Seydou Doumbia   +15 more
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Recurrent hemorrhagic pericardial effusion and tamponade due to filariasis successfully treated with ivermectin and albendazole

Heart Views, 2015
Filariasis presenting with pericardial effusion with tamponade is rare. We report a case of a 30-year-old female who was admitted with severe dyspnea and chest pain since 2 days.
Santosh Kumar Sinha, Amit Goel, Mohit Sachan, Sameer Saraf, Chandra Mohan Verma   +4 more
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Detection of Wuchereria bancrofti in human blood samples and mosquitoes in Matayos, Busia County-Kenya. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2023
Kinyatta N, Wachira D, Githae R, Lusweti J, Ingonga J, Ichugu C, Maina C, Haji R, Kimani F, Musili R, Muli J, Kamau L.   +11 more
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Microfilaria of Wuchereria bancrofti identified in pericardial fluid.

The Journal of the Japanese Society of Clinical Cytology, 1998
A case of pericardial effusion in which cytologic examination revealed numerous sheathed microfilariae of Wuchereria bancrofti is described. The patient had no symptoms suggestive of filarial infection in the past. Following antifilarial therapy, the effusion resolved and the patient became asymptomatic. The possible etiologic role of the microfilariae
Ravi Mehrotra, M. N. Singh
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Estudo comparativo de áreas endêmicas de filariose bancroftiana na região metropolitana do Recife, Brasil

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 1994
Para se realizar o estudo comparativo da filariose bancroftiana na área metropolitana do Recife, foram selecionados dois bairros da cidade do Recife (Santo Amaro e Campo Grande) e dois bairros da cidade de Olinda (Sapucaia e Salgadinho), segundo critério
Maria Amélia V. Maciel, Keyla Belizia F. Marzochi, Edite C. Silva, Abraham Rocha, André F. Furtado   +4 more
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Wuchereria bancrofti infection is associated with progression to clinical visceral leishmaniasis in VL- endemic areas in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2023
Singh AK, de Gooyer T, Singh OP, Pandey S, Neyaz A, Cloots K, Kansal S, Malaviya P, Rai M, Nylén S, Chakravarty J, Hasker E, Sundar S.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

MEDICAL AND LITERARY ASPECTS OF THE HISTORY OF THE FILARIASIS BY Wuchereria Bancrofti IN CARTAGENA AND COLOMBIA

Revista Ciencias Biomédicas, 2014
Description exists in the Colombian medical words of a disease that had high prevalence in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, since the 16th century until half of the 20th century.
Sotomayor-Tribin Hugo Armando
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Increased HIV Incidence in Wuchereria bancrofti Microfilaria Positive Individuals in Tanzania. [PDF]

Pathogens, 2023
Mnkai J, Ritter M, Maganga L, Maboko L, Olomi W, Clowes P, Minich J, Lelo AE, Kariuki D, Debrah AY, Geldmacher C, Hoelscher M, Saathoff E, Chachage M, Pfarr K, Hoerauf A, Kroidl I.   +16 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Evaluation of a Polymerase Chain Reaction-Based Assay for Diagnosis of Wuchereria bancrofti Infection [PDF]

, 1996
James McCarthy, Min Zhong, Ramya Gopinath, Eric A. Ottesen, Steven A. Williams, Thomas B. Nutman   +5 more
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