Lymphatic filariasis (LF)
Can malaria vector control accelerate the interruption of lymphatic filariasis transmission in Africa; capturing a window of opportunity?
... Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) was launched in 2000, and nearly all endemic countries in the Americas, Eastern Mediterranean and Asia-Pacific regions have now initiated the WHO recommended mass drug ...
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Cessation of Mass Drug Administration for Lymphatic Filariasis in Zanzibar in 2006: Was Transmission Interrupted?
... Lymphatic filariasis was endemic on both islands before MDA commenced in 2001 as de- scribed in detailed investigations carried out many years prior the initiation of MDA [5, 9, ...
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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 ...the lymphatic system where they mature, mate, and release millions of microfilariae into the blood- ...the lymphatic system ...
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Overview of PacELF - the Pacific programme for the elimination of lymphatic filariasis
... Dr. Kazuyo Ichimori from WHO and Dr. Tony Stew- art from SPC subsequently met in Port Vila, Vanuatu, to discuss how best to enact the resolutions of the WHA in the region and the regional program initiatives discussed in ...
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Elimination of lymphatic filariasis in the Gambia.
... of lymphatic filariasis (LF), in The Gambia was among the highest in Af- rica in the 1950s when about 50% of the adult population was positive for ...designed filariasis surveys conducted over a ...
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Lymphatic filariasis in Brazil: epidemiological situation and outlook for elimination
... Otto Wucherer described the first W. bancrofti microfil- aria in Brazil in 1866, nevertheless, the first systematic epidemiological studies on the distribution of Bancrof- tian filariasis in this country were ...
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Lessons from lymphatic filariasis elimination and the challenges of post-elimination surveillance in China
... Main text: China was once a lymphatic filariasis (LF) endemic country with heavy disease burden. There were three milestones in the LF control phase of China, including: the proposal that the major focus of ...
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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 ...
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Impact of the Lymphatic Filariasis Control Program towards elimination of filariasis in Vanuatu, 1997-2006
... LF: 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 ...
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Environmental suitability for lymphatic filariasis in Nigeria
... Nigerian Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Programme (NLFEP) commenced LF mapping on a na- tional scale, and to date, 761 out of 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) have been mapped using immunochroma- ...
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LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS IN MEDAK DISTRICT: TELANGANA, INDIA
... Lymphatic filariasis (LF) caused by Wuchereria brancrofti and transmitted by the Southern house mosquito Culex quinquifaciatus (Diptera; ...Culicidae). Lymphatic Filariasis (LF), commonly ...
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Progress on elimination of lymphatic filariasis in Sierra Leone
... FTS: Filariasis test strip; ICT: Immunochromatographic test; IRS: Indoor residual spraying; ITN: Insecticidal treated nets; LF: Lymphatic filariasis; LLIN: Long-lasting insecticidal nets; MDA: Mass ...
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Prevalence of malaria and lymphatic filariasis in bateyes of the Dominican Republic
... and lymphatic filariasis (LF) are mosquito- borne, parasitic diseases responsible for significant mor- bidity and mortality globally and disproportionately affect the poor ...afferent lymphatic ...
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The burden of mental health in lymphatic filariasis.
... from filariasis had an overall prevalence of depression we consider that figure a conservative ...in lymphatic filariasis but also in other NTDs where care of sufferers is necessary with consequent ...
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The National Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis from Ethiopia
... Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is one of the most debilitating and disfiguring diseases common in Ethiopia and is caused by Wuchereria bancrofti. Mapping for LF has shown that 70 woredas (districts) are endemic ...
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Integrated morbidity mapping of lymphatic filariasis and podoconiosis cases in 20 co endemic districts of Ethiopia
... or lymphatic filariasis) as currently podoconiosis is a diagnosis of clinical exclusion based on history, physical examination and certain disease-spe- cific tests to exclude common differential diagnoses ...
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Lymphatic filariasis patient identification in a large urban area of Tanzania: An application of a community led Mhealth system
... Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) that can have a devastating impact on affected individuals, with clinical symptoms such as acute dermatolymphangioade- nitis (ADLA, “acute ...
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Is mass drug administration against lymphatic filariasis required in urban settings? The experience in Kano, Nigeria
... The Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF), launched in 2000, has the target of eliminating the disease as a public health problem by the year 2020. The strat- egy adopted is mass drug ...
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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 ...
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Preventive chemotherapy reverses covert, lymphatic associated tissue change in young people with lymphatic filariasis in Myanmar
... Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a major cause of disability and the most widespread of the neglected tropical dis- eases ...human lymphatic system where they typi- cally reside in worm nests established ...
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