Wuchereria bancrofti
Factors Associated with Wuchereria bancrofti Microfilaremia in an Endemic Area of Mali
... Wuchereria bancrofti infection was defined by the presence of Wb Mf on a calibrated thick smear of blood collected between 10 PM and 2 AM 13 or a positive test for circulating Wb Ag (TropBio, Townsville, ...
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Pharmacokinetics, safety, and efficacy of a single co administered dose of diethylcarbamazine, albendazole and ivermectin in adults with and without Wuchereria bancrofti infection in Côte d’Ivoire
... Lymphatic filariasis is a mosquito-borne infection that causes disability in the form of lymphedema, hydroceles, and elephantiasis. It has been targeted for global elimination based on mass drug administration in the ...
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Rapid Point-of-Contact Tool for Mapping and Integrated Surveillance of Wuchereria bancrofti and Onchocerca volvulus Infection
... for Wuchereria bancrofti and Onchocerca volvulus are in critical need of sensitive, specific, and point-of- contact (POC) tools that can be used for surveillance years beyond cessation of mass drug ...
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Humans from Wuchereria bancrofti endemic area elicit substantial immune response to proteins of the filarial parasite Brugia malayi and its endosymbiont Wolbachia
... by Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi and Brugia timori and transmitted through ...mosquitoes. Wuchereria bancrofti, the most prevalent species world- wide, is responsible for about 80% of ...
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Wuchereria bancrofti transmission pattern in southern Mali prior to and following the institution of mass drug administration
... nematodes, Wuchereria bancrofti (W. bancrofti), Brugia malayi and Brugia ...W. bancrofti is re- sponsible for approximately 90% of LF cases worldwide and all of the cases in sub-Saharan ...
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Rapid Wuchereria bancrofti-Specific Antigen Wb123-Based IgG4 Immunoassays as Tools for Surveillance following Mass Drug Administration Programs on Lymphatic Filariasis
... active Wuchereria bancrofti infection, the limitation of the ICT is in its inability to detect infection prior to the development of adult par- asites, a process that may take up to 18 months following ...
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Seven rounds of Mass drug administration with Diethylcarbamazine and Albendazole to interrupt Wuchereria bancrofti infection and its implication on elimination parameters in Puducherry, South India
... Albendazole Wuchereria bancrofti infection in humans in geographically isolated and non contiguous districts in the Union Territory of Puducherry, South Which are bordering endemic districts of neibouring ...
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Evaluation of traps and lures for mosquito vectors and xenomonitoring of Wuchereria bancrofti infection in a high prevalence Samoan Village
... Wuchereria bancrofti is the main causative parasite of lymphatic filariasis (LF), which afflicts over 120 million people, with 1.3 billion people at risk in 73 countries [1]. Samoa has been known as a ...
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The epidemiology of lymphatic filariasis in Ghana, explained by the possible existence of two strains of Wuchereria bancrofti
... The geographic strains of parasites are important in disease pathogenicity as observed with the forest and savanna strains of Onchocerca volvulus [1]. Thus, an understanding of the way in which genotype varies with ...
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Evaluation of traps and lures for mosquito vectors and xenomonitoring of Wuchereria bancrofti infection in a high prevalence Samoan Village
... Wuchereria bancrofti is the main causative parasite of lymphatic filariasis (LF), which afflicts over 120 million people, with 1.3 billion people at risk in 73 countries [1]. Samoa has been known as a ...
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Dynamics of antigenemia and transmission intensity of Wuchereria bancrofti following cessation of mass drug administration in a formerly highly endemic region of Mali
... geting Wuchereria bancrofti DNA; and W. bancrofti in- fective larval stage specific antigen Wb123-based IgG4 immunoassays) to assess transmission interruption in this previously highly LF-endemic ...
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Assessing the Presence of Wuchereria bancrofti Infections in Vectors Using Xenomonitoring in Lymphatic Filariasis Endemic Districts in Ghana
... assess Wuchereria bancrofti infection in mosquitoes as a post-MDA surveillance tool using ...W. bancrofti in mosquitoes was determined using dissection, conventional and real-time polymerase chain ...
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Multiplex reverse transcriptase pcr assay for the detection of infective stage wuchereria bancrofti and its vector culex quinquefasciatus
... and Wuchereria bancrofti L3 stage specific PCR assay was developed at VCRC for detecting the presence or absence of infective stage in the vector, Culex quinquefasciatus (Vasuki et ...W. bancrofti as ...
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In Vitro Antifilarial Activity of Caesalpinia bonduc (L) Roxb. against Microfilariae of Wuchereria bancrofti and Macrofilariae of Setaria digitata.
... of Wuchereria bancrofti, an human parasite and macrofilariae of Setaria digitata, an animal ...W. bancrofti over the 24 hr observation period in 96 well micro titre plate was used a measure of the ...
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The impact of mass drug administration and long lasting insecticidal net distribution on Wuchereria bancrofti infection in humans and mosquitoes: an observational study in northern Uganda
... by Wuchereria bancrofti and transmitted by anopheline ...W. bancrofti transmission, speeding up progress towards ...W. bancrofti in a setting with ongoing MDA, a study was conducted in an area ...
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Community based trial of annual versus biannual single dose ivermectin plus albendazole against Wuchereria bancrofti infection in human and mosquito populations: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial
... With the failure to interrupt the transmission of LF in some areas following the recommended years of MDA, alternative and effective MDA regimens and strategies are needed if the GPELF is to achieve the goals of global ...
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Elevated adaptive immune responses are associated with latent infections of Wuchereria bancrofti.
... In order to guarantee the fulfillment of their complex lifecycle, adult filarial nematodes release millions of microfilariae (MF), which are taken up by mosquito vectors. The current strategy to eliminate lymphatic ...
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Effects of Lyophilization and Storage Temperature on Wuchereria bancrofti Antigen Sensitivity and Stability
... freeze-dried Wuchereria bancrofti antigen positive plasma samples to serve as QC materials for LF ...W. bancrofti positive samples were lyophilized and stored at 4°C, 28°C and ...
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Effects of lyophilization and storage temperature on Wuchereria bancrofti antigen sensitivity and stability
... Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is found in tropical and sub- tropical regions of the world, where it is a major public health problem [1]. The availability of tools and strate- gies for the control of the disease [2, 3] led ...
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Further evidence of the cross reactivity of the Binax NOW® Filariasis ICT cards to non Wuchereria bancrofti filariae: experimental studies with Loa loa and Onchocerca ochengi
... (Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi and Brugia timori) whose preferred habitats are the lymph- atic vessels and lymph nodes where they induce the de- velopment of disfiguring and debilitating clinical ...
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