bancroftian filariasis
Protective immunity in bancroftian filariasis Selective recognition of a 43 kD larval stage antigen by infection free individuals in an endemic area
... serological criteria were applied to select seven "infection-free" endemic normal individuals (ENs) from a population of 459 persons resident in an area heavily endemic for bancroftian filariasis. ...
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Differential recognition of a protective filarial antigen by antibodies from humans with bancroftian filariasis
... clearance of circulating microfilariae and to establish if human antibody reactivity with these molecules correlates with the apparent parasite burdens of residents of an endemic area of Bancroftian ...
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Studies on the Incrimination Rates of two Minor Vectors - Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles funestus Complexes in the Transmission of Bancroftian Filariasis in Makurdi, North Central Nigeria
... of bancroftian infection occurs mainly during wet season when mosquito vectors are most numerous, thus delineating defined seasons when transmission is high and low (Badaki, ...Lymphatic filariasis is ...
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A multicenter evaluation of diagnostic tools to define endpoints for programs to eliminate bancroftian filariasis
... Successful mass drug administration (MDA) campaigns have brought several countries near the point of Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) elimination. A diagnostic tool is needed to determine when the prevalence levels have ...
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A comparison of two tests for filarial antigenemia in areas in Sri Lanka and Indonesia with low level persistence of lymphatic filariasis following mass drug administration
... This study was performed in the municipality of Pekalongan, a city on the northern coast of central Java that is endemic for bancroftian filariasis. Pekalongan’s 282,000 residents live in 47 ...
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Genital Parasitic Infections and their Role in HIV Transmission
... Genital parasitic infections include those which are sexually transmitted primarily and those while may not be contracted via sex but may develop a genital syndrome in their course. These genital syndromes cause ...
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Lessons from lymphatic filariasis elimination and the challenges of post-elimination surveillance in China
... together once a year, for at least 5 years. However, a few African and southwestern Asian countries either did not complete the mapping or only recently started MDA [20]. According to the report on the mid-term assess- ...
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Molecular evidence on the occurrence of co-infection with Pichia guilliermondii and Wuchereria bancrofti in two filarial endemic districts of India
... Bancroftian filariasis, caused by the ...of filariasis is considered to be an important public health issue in India ...of bancroftian filariasis in the filarial endemic rural areas of ...
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Microfilaria persistent foci during post MDA and the risk assessment of resurgence in India
... The Sedurapet village in Pondicherry, a union territory in India, was selected for the study. It lies between 11.45 to 12.15 0 N latitude north and 79.35 to 80.00°E longitude east, on the Coromandel coast of peninsular ...
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Parasite specific anergy in human filariasis Insights after analysis of parasite antigen driven lymphokine production
... in bancroftian filariasis was studied by examining lymphokine production in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) or PBMC subpopulations from 10 patients with asymptomatic microfilaremia, 13 patients ...
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Immunologic tolerance in lymphatic filariasis Diminished parasite specific T and B lymphocyte precursor frequency in the microfilaremic state
... with bancroftian filariasis, T and B cell precursor frequency analysis was performed using PBMC from individuals with either asymptomatic microfilaremia (MF, n = 7) or chronic lymphatic obstruction (CP, n = ...
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LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS: AN OVERVIEW
... Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is the second most common mosquito- borne disease globally. LF infection occurs by exposure to mosquito bites. There are three parasites, which cause human LF, Wuchereria bancrofti, ...
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Mapping and modelling the impact of mass drug adminstration on filariasis prevalence in Myanmar
... The NPELF may also consider the possibility and feasibility of triple drug therapy, including ivermectin, DEC and albendazole (IDA) and the protocols have recently been released for field use [31, 32]. The high ...
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Elimination of lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem in Niue under PacELF, 1999 2016
... Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a mosquito-borne parasitic disease. Worldwide, the disease is caused by three spe- cies of parasitic worm, namely Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and Brugia timori [1]. The ...
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The Prevalence of Lymphatic Filariasis in Elementary School Children Living in Endemic Areas: A Baseline Survey Prior to Mass Drug Administration in Pekalongan District-Indonesia
... WHO launched Global Program to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) in 2000. The GPELF targeted the elimination of LF as public health problem by 2020 through mass drug ad- ministration (MDA) (9). From 2000 to ...
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Human infection with sub periodic Brugia spp in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka: a threat to filariasis elimination status?
... In the present survey, BRT was positive in only one of four microfilaraemia cases that were positive by NBS, whereas nine BRT positive individuals were MF negative. A multicenter laboratory evaluation of BRT for ...
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Impact of the Lymphatic Filariasis Control Program towards elimination of filariasis in Vanuatu, 1997-2006
... Lymphatic filariasis; MDA: Mass drug administration; Mf: Microfilariae; PacELF: Pacific Program to Eliminate LF; TAS: Transmission assessment survey; VBDCU: Malaria and Other Vector Borne Disease Control Unit; ...
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Elimination of lymphatic filariasis in the Gambia.
... transmitted filariasis, and facilitation, due to anopheline vectors have been discussed in detail [3, 40 – ...anopheline-transmitted filariasis (facilita- tion), as in The Gambia, a lower critical threshold ...
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Albendazole for lymphatic filariasis (Review)
... This review was designed to assess the effects of albendazole alone or in combination with the currently recommended antifilarial drugs, ivermectin or DEC. Although the review has considered the effects of albendazole ...
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Immune reactions in human filariasis
... A similar adhesion was also seen using sera from some normal persons living for several years in areas where filariasis is endemic.. No such adhesion was evident with sera from microfila[r] ...
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