Publications
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| filariasis in the minahassa. | a survey concerning the occurrence of filariasis was carried out in likupang, a village in the minahassa, the norther tip of the island of celebes. we found four patients with elephantiasis of the leg. only of people living in their neighbourhood proved to be positive for microfilariae of brugia malayi. this result differs from surveys formerly carried out in whole sulawesi, where locally microfilariae of wuchereria bancrofti occurred next to those of b. malayi. | 1976 | 1014078 |
| a field trial of competitive displacement of aedes polynesiensis by aedes albopictus on a pacific atoll. | prior laboratory studies and field observations suggested that it might be possible to reduce the size of the population of, or eliminate, aedes polynesiensis by the introduction of aedes albopictus. the former mosquito is the principal vector of nonperiodic filariasis caused by wuchereria bancrofti and the latter is a closely related species refractory to the development of human filariae. the practicability of such competitive displacement was studied by a field trial on a remote coral atoll w ... | 1976 | 1008133 |
| a survey for wuchereria bancrofti in ethiopia. | 1976 | 976247 | |
| anopheles fluviatilis recorded as an experimental vector host of wuchereria bancrofti. | 1976 | 965711 | |
| subcutaneous nodules as a manifestation of onchocerciasis. a rare condition in the united states. | although infection with tissue nematodes is a significant health problem in many parts of the world, such cases are unusual in the continental united states. this report describes a case of onchocerca volvulus infection, acquired by a 38-year-old female missionary in northern brazil, that manifested as subcutaneous nodules in the groin and flank two years after the patient's return to the united states. a year previously, a wrong diagnosis of wuchereria bancrofti was made at biopsy. at that time ... | 1976 | 942304 |
| studies on quantitative aspects of the transmission of wuchereria bancrofti. | feeding experiments with anopheles gambiae and culex fatigans infected with wuchereria bancrofti showed that the mosquito females were losing about 20% of their worm burden when they were feeding on a blood chamber as well as on the guinea pig. 6.6% of all mature larvae found in the mosquitoes succeeded in entering the final host. a striking high infection rate was observed in those mosquitoes which refused to feed on a guinea pig. these mosquitoes have also to be considered when the loss of fil ... | 1976 | 941249 |
| wuchereria bancrofti: the staining of the microfilarial sheath in giemsa and haematoxylin for diagnosis. | indigenous cases of bancroftian filariasis have recently been identified in the country for the first time. the diagnosis of such infections depends on demonstrating the characteristic sheathed microfilariae of wuchereria bancrofti in the blood. giemsa, a stain recommended by many authors, was found to be unsuitable as the microfilarial sheath, an important distinguishing feature, does not take up the stain. in contrast, the sheath stains clearly in haematoxylin. the differences in the staining ... | 1977 | 919785 |
| microfilarial granuloma of the breast in a patient with tropical pulmonary eosinophilia. | microfilariae found in a breast nodule of a patient with tropical pulmonary eosinophilia were identified as wuchereria bancrofti, confirming that the tropical pulmonary eosinophilia syndrome may be associated with infections caused by this species of filarial worm. | 1977 | 869111 |
| field trial on control of bancroftian filariasis using common salt medicated with diethylcarbamazine. | 1976 | 828099 | |
| factors that affect the intradermal test in diagnosis of filariasis in egypt. | 1976 | 801636 | |
| hyperendemic subperiodic bancroftian filariasis: a search for clinical and immunological correlates of microfilaraemia. | a study was carried out in the kingdom of tonga, an area of hyperendemic bancroftian filariasis, to determine whether correlations could be made between microfilaraemia, as diagnosed by membrane filter concentration, and immunological (skin test, immunoglobulin levels) or clinical findings. there was no relationship between the presence or degree of microfilaraemia and any clinical manifestation or skin test reaction. the skin test positivity rate for microfilaraemic and amicrofilaraemic individ ... | 1976 | 800355 |
| biochemical studies in human filariasis. | 1976 | 798723 | |
| [displacentar transfer of fluorescent antibodies from mothers to their newborns in a wuchereria bancrofti endemic area in india (author's transl)]. | the immunofluorescent antibody test against d. viteae applied to mothers blood and the umbilical cord blood of their newborns showed a very close association of the two endpoint titers in 50 pairs of examinations. in 37 cases the titer of the child was corresponding with the titer of its mother, in 10 cases the newborn's titer was one dilution below, in 2 cases two dilutions below the mother's titer. the titers of newborns of 15 mothers with titers greater than or equal to 1:80 were in 11 cases ... | 1976 | 795116 |
| [chyluria in japan--report of the present status]. | 1976 | 792541 | |
| [bancroft filariasis in comores archipelago (immunologic study)]. | an immunological study has complemented the epidemiological survey on bancroft filariosis in the mayotte island (comores) carried out by brunhes et al., 1971. the search for antibodies to dipatolonema viteae and setaria labiotopapilosa was performed by means of electrophoresis and immunofluorescence in 87 individuals and 2 hydrocele fluids. immunoelectrophoresis confirmed the high endemicity ratio: 57 o/o of the individuals presented 1 to 7 precipitating lines; with immunofluorescence 55 o/o of ... | 1976 | 791529 |
| [filariasis]. | 1976 | 788341 | |
| parasitic infections in humans in west kalimantan (borneo), indonesia. | a survey was carried out among inhabitants of eight villages in west kalimantan province (borneo), whereby blood smears were examined for malaria, stools examined for intestinal parasites and sera tested by the indirect hemagglutination test for antibodies to entamoeba histolytica and toxoplasma gondii. the prevalence of malaria among 3017 people examined was 5.6% (plasmodium vivax 2.8%, plasmodium falciparum 2.8%). brugia malayi microfilariae were found in 3.6% and wuchereria bancrofti in 0.3%. ... | 1976 | 788263 |
| bancroftian filariasis in togo 1. a comparative field study of the membrane filtration concentration technique and conventional blood films. | the membrane concentration filtration technique which has proved very successful in use in areas of subperiodic filariasis in the pacific, has been used to study an area of nocturnally periodic in togo. the results obtained were similar to those from areas of low endemicity in the pacific. the method was easy to apply under field conditions in africa and the taking of venous blood samples proved competely acceptable to a rural population in south-eastern togo. | 1976 | 781957 |
| [parasitologic and serologic testing for bancroft's filariasis on the south-east coast of madagascar]. | 1975 | 779994 | |
| [filarial eosinophilic lung diseases, value of immunology (apropos of 9 cases)]. | the study of nine cases of "eosinophilic lung" using specific immunological techniques indicates that the latter completes the geographical, clinical, radiological and hematological criteria of this syndrome. the search of circulating antibodies confirms the filarial etiology and individualises a remarkable immunological profile thus, suggesting a diagnosis in the case of occult filariases. the intensity of the immunological reactions brings a supplementary argument in favor of the hypothesis of ... | 1975 | 779992 |
| diagnosis of wuchereria bancrofti filariasis by immunofluorescence using microfilariae as antigen. | a new technique for the diagnosis of wuchereriasis is described. microfilariae treated with proteolytic enzyme were used as antigen for the immunofluorescent reaction. the specificity of the reaction is demonstrated in sera from persons who have a microfilariaemia, individuals with clinical symptoms of the disease but no microfilariaemia, those who have no clinical symptoms, but harbour other parasites, and in persons living in france, where the wuchereria bancrofti filariasis is absent. | 1976 | 779683 |
| early signs and symptoms of bancroftian filariasis in males at the east african coast. | 1976 | 776586 | |
| the differentiation of brugia malayi, b. pahangi, b. tupaiae and wuchereria bancrofti. | during studies on filariasis in thailand, attempts were made to differentiate wuchereria bancrofti and brugia spp. by morphological characteristics, as well as by vector species. | 1975 | 775653 |
| benign obstruction of subclavian and axillary veins possibly due to filariasis. | this paper analyses the clinical features of 8 patients with post-thrombotic obstruction of the subclavian and axillary veins demonstrated by phlebography. the classic physical signs of swelling of the arm with dilated superficial collateral veins were seen. the causes of thrombotic obstruction are discussed and the precipitating cause in this study was possibly filariasis. | 1976 | 773483 |
| bancroftian filariasis and membrane filters: are night surveys necessary? | paired day and night blood specimens from 41 persons living in a hyperendemic wuchereria bancrofti area of southwestern ethiopia were examined for microfilariae by nuclepore filter, thick film, and counting chamber techniques. filtering techniques were so highly sensitive that more infected persons were identified by filtering day blood than by examining night blood by conventional methods. increasing the volume of blood filtered from 1 ml to 5 ml increased the number of positives identified dur ... | 1976 | 769578 |
| clinical manifestations of bancroftian filariasis in a suburb of calcutta, india. | interviews and physical examinations for filarial disease were conducted in howrah near calcutta, west bengal, india, in a study area where long term quantitative entomological studies have disclosed high intensity, year round exposure to wuchereria bancrofti. little elephantiasis or other serious filariasis-related disease was noted, but half the males over 20 years of age had genital lesions of various types. ninety-two percent of households had at least one resident with microfilaremia or pre ... | 1976 | 769575 |
| distribution and prevalence of wuchereria bancrofti in various parts of liberia. | a nightblood survey has been carried out in 82 localities situated in various parts of liberia. a total of 8072 people have been examined for the presence of microfilariae of wuchereria bancrofti and 403 (5.0%) have been found positive. however, the distribution of the disease was quite uneven. the infection was common in the coastal zone showing an average microfilaria prevalence of 9%, while in the forest belt among 5383 people living in rural areas only 109 (2.0%) were found to harbour microf ... | 1976 | 769271 |
| evaluation of the intrathoracic injection method for screening of filaricides. | intrathoracic injection technique was utilized to examine its value in screening of antifilaria drugs in litomosoides carinii in the cotton rat, sigmodon hispidus, using existing filaricides such as diethylcarbamazine, mel w. metrifonate, suramin, arsenics and antimonials. diethylcarbamazine at a dose of 100 mg/kg for 5 days given intrathoracically caused marked decrease of more than 95% of the microfilaria count in the blood 1 week after the initial injection which is the same effect as was obs ... | 1978 | 748620 |
| metrifonate in onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis. | metrifonate, in doses of 10 mg/kg for 3 consecutive days, demonstrated partial microfilaricidal activity against onchocerca volvulus in humans. higher doses were not investigated because of the toxic reactions obtained and the absence of monitoring of the blood cholinesterase levels. spaced doses of 10 mg/kg every 2 weeks or once monthly up to 3 doses showed neither micro- nor macrofilaricidal activity against wuchereria bancrofti. | 1978 | 675839 |
| [transmission of wuchereria bancrofti in the coastal sahelo-souadienne zone (little senegalese coast)]. | 1978 | 668035 | |
| histochemical differentiation of brugia, wuchereria, dirofilaria and breinlia microfilariae. | histochemical demonstration of acid phosphatase activity in microfilariae gives sufficiently characteristic and consistent results for the differentiation of even closely related species. no difference could be detected among nocturnally periodic, nocturnally subperiodic and diurnally subperiodic brugia malayi, but they could readily be distinguished from b. pahangi. similarly, dirofilaria repens could be readily distinguished from d. immitis and b. booliati from b. sergenti. the enzyme distribu ... | 1978 | 666387 |
| biomedical survey in north samar province, philippine islands. | a biomedical survey was carried out in north samar province, philipines to update information on the prevalence of parasitic and other infectious diseases. a total of 1,394 stool specimens, 1,859 blood smears and 1,274 sera were collected from persons living in 8 barrios. stools were examined for intestinal parasites, bloods smears for malaria and filariasis and sera tested for antibodies to schistosoma japonicum, entamoeba histolytica, toxoplasma gondii, influenza a and b, and japanese encephal ... | 1977 | 614707 |
| on the escape of infective filarial larvae from the mosquitoes. | experimentally infected females of culex pipiens fatigans carrying infective larvae of wuchereria bancrofti were fed, on the 16th day p.i., on four different solutions, which were offered "cold" (24 degrees c) or "warm" (34 degrees c) in petri dishes as open fluids. thus the sucking mosquitoes did not have to bend their labia. only the "warm" human serum stimulated any considerable number of infective larvae (24.8%) to leave the mouthparts of the mosquitoes. 1289 infective c. fatigens females lo ... | 1977 | 601855 |
| the influence of the gene sb in culex pipiens on the development of sub-periodic brugia malayi and wuchereria bancrofti. | the gene sb (filarial susceptibility, brugia pahangi) in culex pipiens controls the development also of sub-periodic b. malayi, but has no influence on the development of periodic wuchereria bancrofti (ceylon strain). c.p. fatigans (kuala lumpur), c.p. molestus (london) and aedes aegypti (re fm strain) were all susceptible to the ceylon strain of w. bancrofti, with susceptibility rate of 90.3%, 92.9% and 52.6% respectively. however, a low proportion of the larvae in a. aegypti developed to matur ... | 1977 | 596959 |
| bancroftian filariasis in puerto limón, costa rica. | in four neighborhoods of puerto limón, a caribbean coastal city in a tropical rainforest area of costa rica, examination of 1-ml samples of night blood from 1,142 randomly selected, and 1,196 associated, persons by the knott and filter-chamber techniques revealed microfilariae of wuchereria bancrofti in about 3% of the 2,338 samples. the frequency of infection was higher in males (3.9%) than in females (1.9%), higher in persons of black (4.1%) than of white (1.0%) race, and highest in persons ag ... | 1977 | 596512 |
| filariasis due to wuchereria bancrofti in haiti. | 1977 | 595106 | |
| the natural decline of wuchereria bancrofti infection in a vector control situation in the solomon islands. | in a situation where filariasis and malaria are transmitted by the same vector, as seen here in the solomon islands, the malaria eradication programme aimed at controlling the vector, was found to have an effect on both diseases. in an area of choiseul island first surveyed by the author in 1970, three follow-up surveys were conducted--in 1974, 1975 and 1976. these showed a progressive decrease in persons infected. when the densities, especially the median microfilarial counts, were expressed as ... | 1977 | 595094 |
| [comparative study of technics of detection of wuchereria bancrofti lymphatic filariasis]. | 1977 | 589737 | |
| the exsheathment of brugia pahangi microfilariae under controlled conditions in vitro. | two reproducible techniques for the exsheathment in vitro of microfilariae of brugia pahangi, and other sheathed microfilariae, are described. microfilariae were isolated from infected cat blood by filtration and suspended in hank's balanced salt solution. the first technique involved the incubation of isolated microfilariae for one hour in 20 mm cacl2 in a phosphate-free balanced salt solution, during which time approximately 90% of the microfilariae lost their sheaths. the second method of exs ... | 1979 | 573989 |
| [trial of the combination of diethylcarbamazine (notezine)-levamisole (solaskil) in the control of filariasis by wuchereria bancrofti var. pacifica in french polynesia]. | 1979 | 400401 | |
| circadian rhythms in the mammalian central nervous system, blood pressure and parasites--hobbies of rudolf engel. | 1979 | 400292 | |
| [follow-up survey on the long-term effects of dec medicated salt in the control of filariasis bancrofti (author's transl)]. | 1979 | 400290 | |
| higher concentrations of microfilariae in capillary blood from the ear lobe than from the finger in wuchereria bancrofti and mansonella ozzardi infections. | 1979 | 400206 | |
| studies on human filariasis in malaysia: immunoglobulin and complement levels in persons infected with brugia malayi and wuchereria bancrofti. | levels of immunoglobulins g, a, m and e as well as complement components c3c and c4 have been determined in populations in various endemic areas in peninsular malaysia and also in filariasis patients. high immunoglobulin levels were seen. in the microfilarial-negative group igg was 2009 mg% while ige was 3967 i.u./ml. in the filariasis group, wuchereria bancrofti patients had significantly higher levels of igg, igm and ige, namely, 3314 mg%, 804 mg% and 18400 i.u./ml respectively. the significan ... | 1979 | 400204 |
| some transfusion-induced parasitic infections in zambia. | the risk of acquiring a transfusion-induced infection in zambia was studied for the first time. blood slide examination of donors, despite the insensitivity of the method, established malaria as the most serious hazard. the species involved was plasmodium falciparum, the cause of cerebral malaria, and which could be rapidly fatal in a non-immune host visiting an endemic area. microfilariae of dipetalonema perstans and wuchereria bancrofti were also found in donor populations. while no disease ma ... | 1979 | 399289 |
| acute eosinophilic glomerulonephritis with bancroftian filariasis. | a case is reported of bancroftian filariasis and acute immune complex glomerulonephritis in a 44-year-old man. renal biopsy showed microfilariae and large numbers of eosinophils in the glomeruli (eosinophilic glomerulonephritis). the absence of other aetiological factors suggests that the glomerulonephritis may have been of filarial origin. | 1979 | 398487 |
| detection of circulating filarial antigen in bancroftian filariasis. | 1979 | 397922 | |
| tanzania filariasis project: a provocative day test with diethylcarbamazine for the detection of microfilariae of nocturnally periodic wuchereria bancrofti in the blood. | in coastal tanzania, an area where the microfilariae (mf) of wuchereria bancrofti exhibit nocturnal periodicity, the administration of 2 mg diethylcarbamazine (dec) per kg body weight in the daytime provoked mf to enter the peripheral blood. in persons on normal daily activities the daytime dec provocative method proved to be as sensitive in detecting microfilaraemia as was the examination of night blood. its use in routine surveys is therefore justified. although mf densities by day and night w ... | 1979 | 396052 |
| bancroftian filariasis and other parasitic infections in the middle fly river region of western papua new guinea i. clinical, parasitooogical and serological studies. | 1979 | 395913 | |
| attempts to infect meriones unguiculatus and mastomys natalensis with wuchereria bancrofti from west africa. | 44 male and female meriones unguiculatus and 13 male mastomys natalensis were inoculated with infective stage larvae of wuchereria bancrofti from west africa and dissected between 16 and 360 days after inoculation. fourth stage larvae of w. bancrofti were recovered in meriones until the 90th day p.i. and in mastomys until the 175th day p.i. the longest larva obtained from meriones measured 9.5 mm and from mastomys 6.5 mm. | 1979 | 395744 |
| eradication of wuchereria bancrofti infection through vector control. | 1979 | 395730 | |
| studies on human filariasis in malaysia: immunodiagnosis using indirect immunofluorescence. | the indirect immunofluorescence test using sonicated microfilariae of brugia malayi has been evaluated on 173 sera from patients and persons exposed to wuchereria bancrofti and b. malayi in endemic areas of peninsular malaysia. in the microfilaria-negative group, without signs and symptoms of filariasis 55/62 sera (89%) had titers of 1:16 and less. in the microfilaremic groups and in the amicrofilaremic cases with clinical filariasis, all the sera tested were positive, with the antibody titers r ... | 1979 | 395664 |
| microfilaraemia survey in vientiane, laos. | during the period june 1977-january 1978 a microfilariaemia survey was conducted for the first time in 27 villages (population: 9,300) of vientiane province of laos. a total of 2,339 persons, 1,372 males, 967 females, mostly adults, were blood tested between 2000--2400 hours; one thick smear, approximately 20 c.mm, was collected from each one and stained with 10% giemsa for 30 minutes; only one positive was detected with microfilaria of w. bancrofti in a 22-year-old male; unusually the sheath wa ... | 1979 | 395663 |
| antigenic activity in adult dipetalonema viteae in the indirect immunofluorescent test against sera from filariasis patients--the immunofluorescent histological search for "pure" antigen. | using ifat, it has been shown that isolated egg-shells and uterine fluid of dipetalonema viteae are the most potent antigens in heterologous systems using human sera from patients infected with wuchereria bancrofti, onchocerca volvulus and loa loa, as well as in homologous systems using sera from animals infected with d. viteae. it is suggested that these antigens are unlikely to be highly species-specific, and that anatomical isolation of antigens is a necessary prerequisite to immunochemical a ... | 1979 | 394410 |
| preliminary screening of antifilarial activity of levamisole and amodiaquine on wuchereria bancrofti. | a single dose of levamisole of 3 mg/kg had a marked microfilaricidal effect in some persons harbouring wuchereria bancrofti, but there was considerable variation in the response. in some cases blood examinations for microfilariae remained negative or at a low level for several months. persons with high pretreatment microfilaraemias responded less to therapy than did those with low counts. the main side-reaction to levamisole was fever, which began six to eight hours after treatment. combined dec ... | 1979 | 393191 |
| bancroftian filariasis: a comparison of microfilariae counting techniques using counting chamber, standard slide and membrane (nuclepore) filtration. | three techniques were compared for counting microfilariae of wuchereria bancrofti in blood specimens--a standard slide method, the counting chamber technique (cct) and a membrane filtration technique (mfct). the cct was much more sensitive than the slide method, the difference in sensitivity between these two methods probably being due mainly to the loss of microfilariae during the dehaemoglobinizing process prior to staining in the standard slide method. there was good correlation between the t ... | 1979 | 393190 |
| bancroftian filariasis in egypt. | 1979 | 390796 | |
| wuchereria bancrofti microfilarial antigen in the diagnosis of human filariasis by skin test. | 1979 | 387950 | |
| studies of the susceptibility of culex pipiens fatigans from non-endemic filarial areas to urban wuchereria bancrofti. | 1979 | 386965 | |
| the distribution of human filariasis throughout the world part iv. america. | 1979 | 386593 | |
| indirect fluorescent antibody technique using sonicated wuchereria bancrofti microfilaria for immunodiagnosis of bancroftian filariasis. | 1979 | 385488 | |
| [filarian elephantiasis in french polynesia (wuchereria bancrofti var. pacifica). ii. biological aspects]. | realized in french polynesia among 274 patients with elephantiasis, this survey studied the microfilaremia, the eosinophily, the immunoglobulin titers and the antifilarian antibodies (done by passive hemagglutination) for wuchereria bancrofti var. pacifica. patients with elephantiasis seldom have circulating microfilariae in their blood. hypereosinophily is frequent but rarely high. it is similar to the one patients with microfilaremia. there is a trend towards neutropenia during lymphangitic cr ... | 1978 | 385164 |
| [filarian elephantiasis in french polynesia (wuchereria bancrofti var. pacifica). health study on 274 subjects. i epidemiological and clinical aspects]. | twenty-five years after the fight started against wuchereria bancrofti var. pacifica in french polynesia and which was based upon mass chimiotherapy by diethylcarbamazine (banocide), a survey realized in 1975 and 1976 among 274 patients with elephantiasis allows us to give precise details of the local clinical and epidemiological aspects. since 1950 the number of clinical cases varies along with the parasitological incidence, but with a certain delay which is explained by the late and irreversib ... | 1978 | 385163 |
| studies on bancroftian filariasis in liberia, west africa. ii. changes in microfilaraemia in a rural population some years after first examination. | the population of eleven villages in the savanna area in upper lofa in the hinterland of liberia was investigated in 1973 and 1976/77 for infections with microfilariae of wucheria bancrofti. from a total of 1255 persons examined in 1973 16,3% were microfilaria carriers and in 1976/77 17,9% out of 1356 inhabitants were microfilaria positive. to obtain informations on the change of microfilaraemia in individuals, emphasis was laid in 1976/77 on the identification of those persons, who had been exa ... | 1979 | 384627 |
| a mass dissection technique for determining infectivity rate of filariasis vectors. | a mass dissection method is described using an apparatus with a 55 mesh cotton sieve (244 micron pore size), which proved efficient in detecting the infectivity rate of bancroftian filariasis in culex p. fatigans. a recovery rate of more than 98% was obtained after one hour's settling when a known number of infective larvae was released through the sieve. in the comparative tests of individual- and mass-dissection of mosquitos from the same origin, the number of infective larvae recovered in the ... | 1979 | 384057 |
| comparative studies on the transmission rates for wuchereria and brugia. | 1979 | 382472 | |
| the prevalence and distribution of mansonella ozzardi in coastal north trinidad, w.i. | a day blood smear survey for mansonella ozzardi in the north coast communities of trinidad recorded a prevalence of 4.8% in 4,488 persons examined. prevalence rates were highest in the four western-most communities, where the vector, culicoides phlebotomus, is a severe nuisance problem. prevalence rates increased with age and were higher in males than in females. mean microfilaria densities were low in both sexes up to 50 years of age but in older males the density increased with age. wuchereria ... | 1979 | 382471 |
| ultrastructure of the rectum of infective-stage wuchereria bancrofti (nematoda: filarioidea). | the authors have examined the ultrastructure of the rectum of infective-stage wuchereria bancrofti by transmission electron microscopy. our observations show that the rectum is divided into anterior and posterior segments. the cells of the anterior rectum appear to be derived from the microfilarial r (rectal) cells described by other authors. in both stages, these cells show voluminous nuclei, abundant mitochondria, and small cytoplasmic processes which contain fibrillar components. amorphous ma ... | 1979 | 376820 |
| studies on bancroftian filariasis in liberia, west africa. i. distribution and prevalence in the north-western savanna area. | a nightblood survey was carried out in 17 villages in the savanna area in upper lofa in liberia. a total of 1968 people was examined for the prevalence of microfilariae of wuchereia bancrofti and for clinical symptoms of filariasis. 279 (14,2%) persons proved to be microfilaria carriers. men were almost twice (19,0%) as much infected than women (10,4%). only two cases of leg elephantiasis and one breast elephantiasis were found. enlargements of scrotum were seen in 60 men (6,9%). the scrotal enl ... | 1979 | 375515 |
| notes on nematode larvae others than microfilariae found on filter membranes in blood surveys for bancroftian filariasis. | among 741 people examined in a rural area in liberia for microfilariae of wuchereria bancrofti 39 (5,3%) were found to be infected with nematode larvae others than microfilariae. these larvae had more developed inner structures than microfilariae and could be classified into two different types, differing in length and shape. the larvae have not been identified yet, but it is believed that they have to be associated to parasitic nematodes of the intestine. | 1979 | 375513 |
| immunosuppression in bancroftian filariasis. | immunological function in filipino patients with bancroftian filariasis, manifested as either asymptomatic microfilaraemia or chronic obstructive disease, was compared with that found in healthy control subjects living in the same area. as a group, patients with filariasis had raised serum igg levels, impairment of antibody responses to tetanus and typhoid vaccines, and suppression of delayed hypersensitivity skin reactions to heterologous antigens. this immunosuppression in filariasis may resul ... | 1979 | 375486 |
| levamisole and mebendazole in the treatment of bancroftian infection. | levamisole and mebendazole, broad spectrum anthelminthic compounds were tested against microfilaria of wuchereria bancrofti, and the results were compared with similarly treated diethylcarbamazine and untreated group. levamisole at a dosage of 3 mg/kg daily for 8 days showed marked reduction in both microfilaria rate and microfilaria density and immediately thereafter mf-rate steadily increased almost up to pre-treatment level, the mf-density however showed only marginal increase. mebendazole at ... | 1978 | 375408 |
| distribution and prevalence of cases of microfilaraemia in indonesia. | blood smear surveys were conducted in principal villages on the major islands of indonesia to determine the microfilarial rates presently existing in the populations. a total of 163,454 persons were examined and 10.8 percent found positive for microfilariae of wuchereria bancrofti, brugia malayi or brugia timori. the highest prevalence rates were found in nusatenggara-maluku-irian jaya (15.5%) followed by sulawesi (13.7%) kalimantan (10.8%) sumatera (8.9%) and jawa and bali (1.7%). many areas en ... | 1978 | 375405 |
| longevity of wuchereria bancrofti var. pacifica and mosquito infection acquired from a patient with low level parasitemia. | two cases are reported which illustrate important epidemiological aspects of lymphatic filariasis--prolonged longevity of the adult parasite and the possibility of transmission by individuals with ultra-low level microfilaremia. these cases demonstrate that people can remain carriers of microfilariae in the peripheral blood for many years without reinfection, and even those with a low level microfilaremia can constitute a significant reservoir of mosquito infection. such cases represent one of t ... | 1979 | 373472 |
| a new collection record of anoheles whartoni from the west coast of peninsula malaysia. | 1978 | 373133 | |
| serum immunoglobulin levels in indonesians with bancroftian filariasis. | serum immunoglobulin (ig) levels (iga, igm, igg, ige) were determined on 185 indonesians mostly males with and without microfilaremia and with and without clinical disease (hydrocele and elphantiasis). no significant differences were found in iga and ige levels in any of the groups but significantly higher igg levels were found in microfilariae positive persons than those without microfilaremia. persons with microfilariae alone and symptoms alone, but not both, had higher levels of igm. there we ... | 1978 | 372553 |
| [culex pipiens fatigans wiedemann in tropical africa: its importance and its control (author's transl)]. | improvement in communications, unchecked urbanization and use of inadequate insecticides have promoted widespreading and proliferation of c.p. fatigans in tropical africa. this mosquito is a pest for man but also a main vector of bancroftian filariasis. various sanitation measures and insecticidal control are now available to destroy it; these control methods are indicated. | 1978 | 370500 |
| surgical manifestations of filariasis. | 1978 | 370376 | |
| [progress in the use of diethylcarbamazine in the drug therapy of lymphatic filariasis caused by wuchereria bancrofti var. pacifica: administration in widely spaced doses]. | 1978 | 367627 | |
| bancroftian filariasis in a philippine village: clinical, parasitological, immunological, and social aspects. | the distribution and effects of bancroftian filariasis in 535 inhabitants of a philippine village were investigated. clinical, parasitiological, immunological, and socioeconomic assessments were made. a history of acute lymphatic inflammation and the presence of inguinal lymphadenopathy were common. lymphatic obstructive disease, defined as leg edema, hydrocele, or an epididymal cyst, was more common in men than women and increased progressively with age. the prevalence and intensity of micr ... | 1978 | 367626 |
| [subcutaneous nodule produced by wuchereria bancrofti (author's transl)]. | 1978 | 367385 | |
| loss of filarial larvae in a natural mosquito population. | analysis of log normal parasite densities of wuchereria bancrofti in the mosquito culex pipiens fatigans collected in the suburbs of colombo, sri lanka, has shown a decreasing parasite load with age of infection. the median density of microfilarial intake in the natural population was 10.3, but this had decreased to 2.6 by the infective stage. of the total microfilariae ingested, 51.9% were found in the thorax 12--17 hours after infection of the mosquitoes in the laboratory. further decrease in ... | 1978 | 367299 |
| filariasis in a 12-year-old girl. | 1979 | 367150 | |
| a multidisciplinary study on bancroftian filariasis in jakarta. | a study on bancroftian filariasis in jakarta has indicated that one person in one year could be exposed to 223,000 bites of culex pipens fatigans and to 1,941 infective-stage larvae of wuchereria bancrofti. blood surveys with 20 mm3 samples revealed a microfilaria rate of 6%. although some cases of hydrocele (4% of 272 males examined) were found, there was little evidence of severe filarial disease in either males or females. amongst wild-caught mosquitoes only 0.3% contained infective larvae, b ... | 1978 | 366813 |
| some pulmonary manifestations of allergy. | 1978 | 366356 | |
| dynamics and intensity of wuchereria bancrofti transmission in the savannah and forest regions of liberia. | in four villages in the savannah and in the rain forest of liberia, regular assessment of the biting activity and infection rates of anthropophilic mosquitoes have been carried out through full annual cycles. the microfilaremia rates in the localities in the savannah were 18.3% and 20.0% and in those of the forest 10.3% and 12.5%. the all-night catches were performed inside ordinary inhibited houses at monthly or fortnightly intervals. presence of infective larvae of wuchereria bancrofti proved ... | 1978 | 364801 |
| abortive development of wuchereria bancrofti in a west african strain of culex pipiens fatigans. | the detailed morphology of the larvae of wuchereria bancrofti developing in a refractory strain of culex pipiens fatigans from liberia, west africa, has been described. the abortive development of the parasite in the thoracic muscles of the mosquito was characterized mainly by: (i) retardation or complete failure of initial division of the g-cell, (ii) partial or complete encapsulation of developing larvae, especially at the anal and excretory vesicle areas of late first-stage, (iii) breakdown o ... | 1978 | 364800 |
| the association of clinical filariasis and wuchereria bancrofti infections in jakarta. | in a study carried out in jakarta, indonesia between 1969--1977, patients with clinical manifestations of filariasis were examined for microfilaremia. finger blood (3 x 20 microliter) were examined by conventional methods, venous blood by membrane filtration, urine and hydrocele fluid by concentration methods. a total of 1,422 patients were examined and 182 (12.8%) were positive by blood smear; however, examination by membrane filtration and concentration of urine and hydrocele fluid did not app ... | 1978 | 364673 |
| [diagnosis of filariasis in persons with a low density of microfilaria in the blood]. | 1978 | 364287 | |
| ultrastructure of the anterior alimentary tract of infective-stage wuchereria bancrofti (nematoda: filarioidea). | the anterior alimentary tract of infective-stage wuchereria bancrofti is divided into the following segments: stoma or buccal capsule, muscular esophagus, glandular esophagus, esophageal-intestinal valve, and intestine. invaginated external cuticle lines only the anterior stoma. external cuticle and esophageal lining are not continuous and are ultrastructurally distinct; the latter is compared morphologically to the amorphous component of elastin. the glandular esophagus is a composite structure ... | 1978 | 363997 |
| immunization studies in rabbits with human-filarial parasite wuchereria bancrofti. | 1978 | 363608 | |
| the failure of diethylcarbamazine in the treatment of mansonella ozzardi infections. | 1978 | 360502 | |
| human filariae in indonesia. | the distribution of human filariae in indonesia has not changed significantly since initial reports of the disease were made in 1928. wuchereria bancrofti and brugia malayi are widely distributed but the newly described brugia timori appears to be restricted to the lesser sunda islands. w. bancrofti and b. timori in indonesia are nocturnally periodic and b. malayi has nocturnally periodic and b. malayi has nocturnally periodic and nocturnally subperiodic strains. | 1978 | 360410 |
| immune reactions in human filariasis. | sera from cases of elephantiasis due to wuchereria bancrofti infection promoted an intense adhesion of peripheral blood leukocytes to w. bancrofti microfilariae in vitro. 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 microfilaria carriers or from normal subjects from nonendemic areas. the adhesion was complement independent and was associated with the immunoglobulin g ... | 1978 | 359589 |
| brugia malayi infective larval whole worm antigen in the diagnosis of filariasis by skin test. | 1978 | 359469 | |
| filarial infection of the breast. | the breast is a common site of filarial infection in females in sri lanka. we report our experience with 13 cases of filarial breast nodules, 12 containing adult worms and the other only microfilariae. in five of these cases the species was identified as wuchereria bancrofti. | 1978 | 356636 |
| [filariasis bancrofti. a review illustrated by a case]. | 1978 | 356379 | |
| clearance of microfilaraemia among bancrofti carriers after diethylcarbamazine. | 1978 | 355137 | |
| indirect immunofluorescence test against dipetalonema viteae in detection of filariasis in dhanbad coalmines area. | 1978 | 355136 | |
| comparative susceptibility to wuchereria bancrofti of culex pipiens fatigans delhi strain and of strains cytoplasmically incompatible with it. | 1977 | 355132 |