Publications

bancroftian filariasis in charleston, south carolina: the medical history of a forgotten and abhorred disease.		2008	18396600
the disappearance of bancroftian filariasis from charleston, south carolina.	i suggest the hypothesis that bancroftian filariasis, endemic since the early days of slavery in charleston, south carolina, disappeared around 1930 by virtue of the long-term effects of a municipal sewerage-water system begun in the 1890s or thereabouts. these public works, originally intended to abate typhoid and related diseases, helped to eliminate filariasis by reducing the availability of polluted domestic waters which are the preferred breeding sites for the urban vector, culex quinquefas ...	1987	3300389
wuchereria bancrofti in a haitian immigrant.	a case of wuchereria bancrofti filariasis was recently seen in a haitian immigrant in charleston, sc. the caribbean area is a known endemic focus for this organism. with the increased numbers of immigrants from that area, it is likely that other such cases will be seen in the us.	1985	3885410