| factors determining the true reservoir of infection of plasmodium falciparum and wuchereria bancrofti in a west african village. | | 1954 | 13169237 |
| [presence of encapsulated microfilarial mass in wuchereria bancrofti hydrocele fluid; six cases in iles wallis]. | | 1954 | 13182514 |
| [variations in the number of wuchereria bancrofti microfilariae in three samples of blood collected one immediately after the other in the same digital puncture]. | | 1954 | 13186259 |
| studies on the vectors of wuchereria bancrofti in liberia. | | 1955 | 13228849 |
| [hourly variation (periodicity) of wuchereria bancrofti microfilaria in blood in santa catarina]. | | 1954 | 13267096 |
| [skin scarfication in investigation of wuchereria bancrofti microfilaria]. | | 1954 | 13267099 |
| [lack of correlation between the periodicity of wuchereria bancrofti microfilaria and the rising and setting of the sun in northern and southern brazil]. | | 1954 | 13267103 |
| [length and width of microfilaria of mansonella ozzardi and wuchereria bancrofti in brazil]. | | 1954 | 13267108 |
| [daily variations of wuchereria bancrofti microfilariae in blood of 27 carriers observed for 28 consecutive days]. | | 1954 | 13267117 |
| observations on wuchereria bancrofti and acanthocheilonema perstans in tanganyika. | | 1955 | 13267912 |
| differences between the microfilariae of wuchereria malayi and wuchereria bancrofti in giemsa-stained thick blood films. | | 1956 | 13299351 |
| ii. pseudo-periodicity in the pacific variety of wuchereria bancrofti: a study of fluctuations in the density of microfilariae in the peripheral blood of samoans. | | 1956 | 13299353 |
| [variations of wuchereria bancrofti microfilariae in the blood of 25 carriers in santa catarina examined during 52 consecutive weeks]. | | 1955 | 13310891 |
| [description of the microfilaria of wuchereria bancrofti vaucell gailliard and brygoo, 1955]. | | 1955 | 13327691 |
| serological investigations in an area of endemic filariasis due to wuchereria bancrofti and acanthocheilonema perstans in gambia, west africa. | | 1956 | 13337910 |
| preliminary report on the use of the antigen of dirofilaria immitis as an epidemiologic tool and as a therapeutic agent in wuchereria bancrofti infections in french oceania. | | 1956 | 13339775 |
| [development of wuchereria bancrofti (cobbold) and wuchereria malayi (brug). ii]. | | 1956 | 13340442 |
| [treatment of wuchereria bancrofti filariasis by sodium thiacetarsamide in french oceania]. | | 1956 | 13342856 |
| [experimental treatment of wuchereria bancrofti filariosis in french oceania by suramin (naphuride sodium)]. | | 1956 | 13342857 |
| [the etiology of acute lymphangitis in filariosis due to wuchereria bancrofti]. | | 1956 | 13342858 |
| on an agglutination phenomenon of microfilariae occurring in blood of wuchereria bancrofti carriers. | | 1956 | 13366131 |
| filariasis in british guiana; clinical manifestations of filariasis due to wuchereria bancrofti. | | 1956 | 13381089 |
| culex bitaeniorhynchus as vector of wuchereria bancrofti in new guinea. | | 1956 | 13384193 |
| the periodicity of microfilariae. v. stimuli affecting the periodic migration of the microfilariae of wuchereria bancrofti and of loa loa in man. | | 1956 | 13391906 |
| the distribution of microfilariae of wuchereria bancrofti in human organs. | | 1956 | 13391907 |
| production of radioactive infective larvae of wuchereria bancrofti in culex fatigans. | | 1957 | 13405034 |
| [research on methods of diagnosis and treatment of filariosis due to wuchereria bancrofti in french oceania]. | | 1956 | 13426738 |
| [wuchereria bancrofti microfilaria in residues from centrifuged urine]. | | 1957 | 13458993 |
| [prevention of filariasis caused by wuchereria bancrofti in tahiti]. | | 1957 | 13459001 |
| filariasis in the sudan. | the author summarizes the available information on loa loa, acanthocheilonema perstans and wuchereria bancrofti infections in the sudan, with special reference to the prevalence and distribution of the vectors. | 1957 | 13472413 |
| [mortality of culicidae infested with dirofilaria immitis & wuchereria bancrofti]. | | 1957 | 13531538 |
| [findings on wuchereria bancrofti in catamarca]. | | 1958 | 13547954 |
| transmission of wuchereria bancrofti in netherlands new-guinea. | | 1958 | 13556914 |
| a case of wuchereria bancrofti microfilaria in the anterior chamber. | | 1958 | 13573536 |
| action of diethylcarbamazine in vitro on infective larvae of wuchereria bancrofti. | infective larvae of wuchereia bancrofti were obtained from laboratory infected culex fatigans and maintained in serum containing diethylcarbamazine. there was no difference in the survival time of these larvae and larvae maintained in control serum without diethylcarbamazine. in one of the three experiments reported the survival time of the larvae was much longer than in the other two experiments. it is suggested that this may have been due to the presence of filarial antibodies which killed the ... | 1958 | 13584736 |
| effect of heparin in vivo on the release of microfilariae of wuchereria bancrofti into the peripheral blood. | | 1958 | 13617934 |
| a note on the effect of a blood meal on infective larvae of wuchereria bancrofti in culex fatigans. | | 1959 | 13647619 |
| the possible role of lowdensity microfilaraemia in the spread of wuchereria bancrofti by culex fatigans in east africa. | | 1959 | 13650487 |
| changing concept of wuchereria bancrofti transmission in netherlands new-guinea. | | 1959 | 13659582 |
| a preliminary note concerning development of larval stages of brugia malayi and wuchereria bancrofti in the bedbug in coastal filarial areas of kerala state, south india. | | 1960 | 13689282 |
| [electrophoretic study of human serum in wuchereria bancrofti filariasis]. | | 1960 | 13722141 |
| mass treatment of wuchereria bancrofti filariasis with diethylcarbamazine. a trial at inanwatan, western new guinea. | | 1961 | 13722871 |
| studies on filariasis in malaya: further experiments on the transmission of brugia malayi and wuchereria bancrofti. | | 1961 | 13758335 |
| wuchereria bancrofti infection in djakarta, indonesia. a study of some factors influencing its transmission. | | 1960 | 13761969 |
| studies on the microfilariae of loa loa, wuchereria bancrofti, brugia malayi, dirofilaria immitis, d. repens and d. aethiops. | | 1960 | 13775555 |
| [discovery of a focus of filariasis due to wuchereria bancrofti in oriental turkey]. | | 1960 | 13787546 |
| the vector of filariasis in djakarta and its bionomics. | the authors present the results of an investigation, carried out in 1956-57 in the rawasari district of djakarta, to determine the vector of bancroftian filariasis and to study its bionomics.culex pipiens fatigans was the only species found to harbour the larvae of wuchereria bancrofti in the area surveyed, and even in this mosquito the infection rate was very low. among 24 271 c. p. fatigans dissected, the rate of infection with larvae of all stages was 1.8% and the rate of infection with larva ... | 1959 | 13810041 |
| [an unusual localization of ocular "wuchereria bancrofti" filariasis. first madagascan case of presence of bancroft microfilaria in the anterior chamber of the eye]. | | 1959 | 13816184 |
| the suitability of a. koliensis as an intermediate host for wuchereria bancrofti. | | 1959 | 13816752 |
| studies on filariasis in malaya: field and laboratory investigations of the vectors of a rural strain of wuchereria bancrofti. | | 1960 | 13844260 |
| culex fatigans from new-guinea and aedes polynesiensis from samoa as intermediate hosts of wuchereria bancrofti (periodic form). | | 1959 | 13844805 |
| viability of microfilariae of wuchereria bancrofti during prolonged storage at--25 degrees c. | | 1961 | 13868742 |
| observations on filarial larvae in bedbugs feeding on human carriers of wuchereria bancrofti and brugia malayi in south india. | | 1962 | 13875068 |
| [on a focus of filariasis caused by wuchereria bancrofti in turkey]. | | 1961 | 13885681 |
| [complementary survey on filariasis caused by wuchereria bancrofti in eastern turkey]. | | 1961 | 13885685 |
| some considerations relating to the role of culex pipiens fatigans wiedemann in the transmission of human filariasis. | this paper is concerned mainly with the relationship between microfilarial periodicity and vector periodicity. the so-called "non-periodic" pacific form of wuchereria bancrofti in fact shows a well-marked and relatively constant periodicity. the amplitude of this periodicity is low, which may account for the difficulty of detecting it in small clinical samples. the periodicity is well adapted to the biting cycle of aëdes polynesiensis, though less so than that of the "semi-periodic" brugia malay ... | 1962 | 13933891 |
| a review of the role of mosquitoes in the transmission of malayan and bancroftian filariasis in japan. | malayan filariasis is found in japan only on the small island of hachijo-koshima and is transmitted there by aëdes togoi and probably by culex pipiens pallens.bancroftian filariasis is widely distributed in the three main islands, and is of particularly high endemicity in the south. of the ten mosquito species proved experimentally susceptible to wuchereria bancrofti, only aëdes togoi and culex p. pallens seem to be responsible for transmission of the disease. the former species is of importance ... | 1962 | 13940117 |
| a review of progress in the chemotherapy and control of filariasis since 1955. | there has been little change since 1955 in the laboratory techniques for seeking new antifilarial compounds, although one valuable addition to laboratory study has been the experimental infection of cats with brugia malayi.the chief drug for the treatment and control of filariasis-whether caused by wuchereria bancrofti or by b. malayi-continues to be diethylcarbamazine, and the author reviews the reports recently published on its use. in india and china large-scale campaigns involving the use of ... | 1962 | 13953210 |
| msbb in the treatment of filariasis due to wuchereria bancrofti. | | 1962 | 13959767 |
| mel w in the treatment of filariasis due to wuchereria bancrofti: results in 35 cases observed for 10-12 months after treatment. | | 1962 | 13959769 |
| failure of wuchereria bancrofti and brugia malayi to develop in the tropical bedbug cimex hemipterus. | | 1962 | 14006430 |
| side reactions of diethylcarbamazine used in the treatment of filariasis due to wuchereria bancrofti. | | 1963 | 14021055 |
| the action of mel w against wuchereria bancrofti. | | 1963 | 14027863 |
| natural and experimental infection of bedbugs with wuchereria bancrofti in british guiana. | | 1963 | 14044767 |
| wuchereria bancrofti and dirofilaria immitis larvae in palpi and antennae of vector mosquitoes. | | 1963 | 14070473 |
| encapsulation of wuchereria bancrofti in seven species of mosquitoes in british guiana. | | 1963 | 14072442 |
| studies on epidemiology and control of filariasis: observations on the carriers of wuchereria bancrofti in the amami islands with special reference to the effects and side-reactions of diethylcarbamazine. | | 1963 | 14112327 |
| culex sinensis theo. a possible vector of wuchereria bancrofti in calcutta. | | 1963 | 14120856 |
| the clinical manifestations of low-grade wuchereria bancrofti infection. | | 1964 | 14129781 |
| control of wuchereria bancrofti filariasis in west new guinea. | | 1964 | 14134319 |
| sex dependence of microfilaraemia in infection with wuchereria bancrofti. | | 1964 | 14154279 |
| experimental transmission of filarial infection (wuchereria bancrofti) in steroid treated aedes egypti. | | 1964 | 14154280 |
| the periodicity of microfilariae. viii. further observations on wuchereria bancrofti. | | 1964 | 14160907 |
| the intake of microfilariae of wuchereria bancrofti by culex pipiens fatigans in british guiana. | | 1964 | 14212890 |
| preliminary observations on the development of microfilaria of wuchereria bancrofti in vitro. | | 1964 | 14240686 |
| electron microscopic studies on the ultrastructures of microfilaria (wuchereria bancrofti). | | 1964 | 14240693 |
| filariasis caused by wuchereria bancrofti in palawan, republic of the philippines. | | 1965 | 14261027 |
| attempts to transmit wuchereria bancrofti to cats and to a toque monkey. | | 1965 | 14345283 |
| microfilarial density and infection rates of wuchereria bancrofti and acanthocheilonema perstans in the southern province of tanganyika territory. | | 1955 | 14362418 |
| notes on elephantiasis and hydrocoele due to wuchereria bancrofti. | | 1955 | 14368667 |
| [cerebro-meningeal complications of filariasis; a case due to wuchereria bancrofti in the far east]. | | 1954 | 14369143 |
| [relation between the hourly level of wuchereria bancrofti microfilaremia and the hourly distribution of culex fatigans in the houses of northern and southern brazil]. | | 1955 | 14395678 |
| [verification of congenital wuchereria bancrofti microfilaremia]. | | 1955 | 14395684 |
| [differentiation between microfilaria of wuchereria bancrofti and mansonella ozzardi]. | | 1955 | 14395686 |
| filarial "dance" in breast mass. | | 2003 | 14500251 |
| report on active surveillance for adverse events following the use of drug co-administrations in the global programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis. | | 2003 | 14518107 |
| spatial variation of anopheles-transmitted wuchereria bancrofti and plasmodium falciparum infection densities in papua new guinea. | the spatial variation of wuchereria bancrofti and plasmodium falciparum infection densities was measured in a rural area of papua new guinea where they share anopheline vectors. the spatial correlation of w. bancrofti was found to reduce by half over an estimated distance of 1.7 km, much smaller than the 50 km grid used by the world health organization rapid mapping method. for p. falciparum, negligible spatial correlation was found. after mass treatment with anti-filarial drugs, there was negli ... | 2003 | 14525619 |
| ocular filariasis due to wuchereria bancrofti presenting as panuveitis: a case report. | to report a case of ocular filariasis due to wuchereria bancrofti manifesting as panuveitis. | 2003 | 14533034 |
| ascorbic acid is a requirement for the morphogenesis of the human filarial parasite brugia malayi. | the nematode parasites wuchereria bancrofti, brugia malayi, and b. timori cause a disease in humans known as lymphatic filariasis, which afflicts approximately 120 million people worldwide. the parasites enter the human host from the mosquito either as l3 or as infective larvae and subsequently differentiate through 2 molts. in this article, we show that b. malayi depends on an exogenous source of vitamin c to complete the l3 to l4 molt, a critical morphogenic step in its life cycle. brugia mala ... | 2003 | 14533709 |
| culex pipiens pipiens: characterization of immune peptides and the influence of immune activation on development of wuchereria bancrofti. | stimulating or augmenting the innate immune response of insect vectors has been shown to impede or disrupt the development and transmission of eukaryotic pathogens; however, the majority of such studies have utilized model systems and not natural parasite-vector systems. the culex pipiens complex of mosquitoes functions as a primary urban vector of wuchereria bancrofti, a causative agent of lymphatic filariasis. to test the effects of immune activation on this vector-parasite interaction, culex ... | 2003 | 14550895 |
| polymorphisms of innate immunity genes and susceptibility to lymphatic filariasis. | we examined 906 residents of an area of papua new guinea where bancroftian filariasis is endemic for genetic polymorphisms in three innate immunity genes suspected of contributing to susceptibility to infection and lymphatic pathology. active infection was confirmed by the presence of blood-borne microfilariae and circulating filarial antigen in plasma. disease was ascertained by physical examination for the presence of overt lymphedema (severe swelling of an arm or leg) or hydrocele. there was ... | 2003 | 14551607 |
| prospects for elimination of bancroftian filariasis by mass drug treatment in pondicherry, india: a simulation study. | lymfasim, a microsimulation model for transmission and control of lymphatic filariasis, was used to simulate the effects of mass treatment, in order to estimate the number of treatment rounds necessary to achieve elimination. simulations were performed for a community that represented pondicherry, india, and that had an average precontrol microfilariae (mf) prevalence of 8.5%. when ivermectin was used, 8 yearly treatment rounds with 65% population coverage gave a 99% probability of elimination. ... | 2003 | 14593597 |
| treatment of co-infection with bancroftian filariasis and onchocerciasis: a safety and efficacy study of albendazole with ivermectin compared to treatment of single infection with bancroftian filariasis. | background: in order to use a combination of ivermectin and albendazole for the elimination of lymphatic filariasis, it is important to assess the potential risk of increased adverse events in individuals infected with both lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis. we compared the safety and efficacy of albendazole (400 mg) in combination with ivermectin (150 micrograms/kg), for the treatment of co-infections of wuchereria bancrofti and onchocerca volvulus with single infection of w. bancrofti. m ... | 2003 | 14613509 |
| the prevalences of wuchereria bancrofti antigenaemia in communities given six rounds of treatment with diethylcarbamazine, ivermectin or placebo tablets. | the ict filariasis card test was used to determine the prevalences of wuchereria bancrofti antigenaemia among villagers in india. prior to the tests, those living in the 15 study villages had been treated six times, in six rounds of mass treatment (with 54%-75% coverage) spread over 6 years, with single doses of diethylcarbamazine (five villages), ivermectin (five villages) or placebo (five villages). the corresponding overall prevalences (and ranges) of filarial antigenaemia were 20.2% (13.7%-2 ... | 2003 | 14613632 |
| parasite antigenaemia and igg4 antibodies to a filarial protease in an endemic human population in india. | levels of circulating filarial antigen (og4c3) and igg4 antibodies to a filarial protease were determined in subjects of wuchereria bancrofti exposed sera from orissa, india. in addition to all individuals with antigenaemia (microfilaraemia), igg4 antibodies were also detected in some individuals without antigenaemia. a 2-year longitudinal follow-up indicated that igg4 seropositivity in asymptomatic amicrofilaraemics could be a risk factor for acquiring infection (antigenaemia). | 2003 | 14627443 |
| clinical characteristics of post-treatment reactions to ivermectin/albendazole for wuchereria bancrofti in a region co-endemic for mansonella perstans. | post-treatment reactions to single-dose ivermectin (200 microg/kg) and albendazole (400 mg) were studied in a filarial endemic region of mali. the prevalence of wuchereria bancrofti in this region was 48.3% (69 of 143), and coinfection with mansonella perstans was common (30 of 40, 75%). microfilarial levels of m. perstans correlated positively with age (p = 0.006) and with w. bancrofti microfilarial levels (p = 0.006). forty individuals (28 infected and 12 uninfected) were treated, with mild po ... | 2003 | 14628953 |
| the impact of six rounds of single-dose mass administration of diethylcarbamazine or ivermectin on the transmission of wuchereria bancrofti by culex quinquefasciatus and its implications for lymphatic filariasis elimination programmes. | lymphatic filariasis (lf) is targeted for global elimination. transmission interruption through repeated annual single-dose mass administration of anti-filarial drugs is the mainstay of the lf elimination strategy. this study examined the ability of six rounds of mass administration of diethylcarbamazine (dec) or ivermectin (ivm) to interrupt transmission of wuchereria bancrofti by culex quinquefasciatus, the predominant parasite and vector species, respectively. after six rounds of mass drug ad ... | 2003 | 14641843 |
| [the occurrence and distribution of lymphatic filariasis in greater metropolitan recife: the case of an endemic area in jaboatão dos guararapes, pernambuco, brazil]. | this article analyzes the results of an epidemiological survey on the occurrence and distribution of lymphatic filariasis in cavaleiro, a district in the city of jaboatão dos guararapes in greater metropolitan recife, pernambuco state, brazil. the district was divided into 12 areas, and a cross-sectional technique was used to examine 9,520 individuals, of whom 2.2% were found to be infected. there were positive cases in 11 of the areas. the prevalence rate ranged from 0% to 5.15%. the majority ( ... | 2003 | 14666231 |
| diethylcarbamazine induces loss of microfilarial sheath of wuchereria bancrofti. | light microscopy analyses of microfilariae of wuchereria bancrofti treated with dec revealed a striking loss of the microfilarial sheath. however, no effect was observed on microfilariae of litomosoides chagasfilhoi treated with dec. for quantitative analyses microfilariae of w. bancrofti were processed for sem. controls, which have not received dec, had 29.8% of exsheathed microfilariae. conversely, the number of exsheathed microfilariae increased as increased dec concentrations: 5 microg/ml (7 ... | 2003 | 14680924 |
| test strip detection of wuchereria bancrofti amplified dna in wild-caught culex pipiens and estimation of infection rate by a poolscreen algorithm. | bancroftian filariasis is targeted for elimination in the nile delta of egypt. improved simple methods are needed for monitoring wuchereria bancrofti infection in the mosquito vector and thereby the success of elimination programmes. we evaluated the performance of the sspi-pcr assay combined with a dna detection test striptm method and used the poolscreen algorithm method for estimating mosquito infection rates. a total of 769 indoor-resting culex pipiens were captured in 79 randomly selected h ... | 2004 | 14728620 |