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Detection of Wuchereria bancrofti in the city of São Luís, state of Maranhão, Brazil: New incursion or persisting problem? [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2023
Araújo TA, Lima de Albuquerque A, Melo DCTV, Santos EMM, Oliveira ALS, Ayres CFJ, Oliveira CMF.   +6 more
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Integrated Prevalence Assessment of Wuchereria bancrofti and Onchocerca volvulus in Three Co-Endemic Districts of Gambella Region, Ethiopia. [PDF]

Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2023
Hassen M, Mohammed A, Endeshaw T, Seid T, Samuel F, Asmare T, Birhanu H, Bekele F, Yayeh A, Seife F, Tamiru M, Meribo K, Tadesse Z, Griswold E, Katabarwa M, Richards F, Noland GS.   +16 more
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Characterization of a novel microfilarial antigen for diagnosis of Wuchereria bancrofti infections. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2022
Greene SE, Fischer K, Choi YJ, Curtis KC, Budge PJ, Mitreva M, King CL, Fischer PU, Weil GJ.   +8 more
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Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Status: <i>Wuchereria bancrofti</i> Infections in Human Populations after Five Effective Rounds of Mass Drug Administration in Zambia. [PDF]

Trop Med Infect Dis, 2023
Matapo BB, Mpabalwani EM, Kaonga P, Simuunza MC, Bakyaita N, Masaninga F, Siyumbwa N, Siziya S, Shamilimo F, Muzongwe C, Mwase ET, Sikasunge CS.   +11 more
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Integrated xenosurveillance of Loa loa, Wuchereria bancrofti, Mansonella perstans and Plasmodium falciparum using mosquito carcasses and faeces: A pilot study in Cameroon. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2022
Pryce J, Pilotte N, Menze B, Sirois AR, Zulch M, Agbor JP, Williams SA, Wondji CS, Reimer L.   +8 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, V, Mathai, J C, Muthusami, E, Mathai   +3 more
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Human toxocariasis: frequency of anti-Toxocara antibodies in children and adolescents from an outpatient clinic for lymphatic filariasis in Recife, Northeast Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2004
In a transversal study on a sample of 386 children and adolescents from an outpatient clinic for filariasis in Recife, Northeast Brazil, the frequency of anti-Toxocara antibodies and its relation to age, gender, number of peripheral eosinophils ...
Ana Maria Aguiar-Santos, Luiz D. Andrade, Zulma Medeiros, Pedro Paulo Chieffi, Suzana Z. Lescano, Emília P. Perez   +5 more
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Incidental diagnosis of subcutaneous filariasis with an unusual presentation in a non-endemic area—Need to worry?

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
We report an interesting case of Bancroftian filariasis diagnosed on fine needle aspiration cytology in a young female hailing from a non-endemic hilly area of India, who presented with a subcutaneous swelling on the left forearm.
Shivanee Sharma, Pooja S. Kala, Avneesh Malviya, Anjali Lakhani, Naveen Chandra   +4 more
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Bioinformatics-based identification and preliminary clinical evaluation of molecular biomarkers for LAMP-based diagnosis of lymphatic filariasis

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases
Lymphatic filariasis (LF), predominantly caused by Wuchereria bancrofti, requires rapid and accurate diagnostics to support elimination programs, particularly in resource-limited settings.
Vigneshwaran Ravishankar, Raj Kumar Chinnadurai, Aman Kumar Mohanty, Shridhar Narayanan, Radha Krishan Shandil   +4 more
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Interruption of lymphatic filariasis transmission in Manaus, a former focus of Wuchereria bancrofti in the Western Brazilian Amazon. [PDF]

Rev Panam Salud Publica, 2021
Martins M, Guimarães RCS, Fontes G.
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