filariasis

This will be true in early stages of filariasis programs.

It was quite notorious for filariasis in the olden day.

Lymphatic filariasis is thought to have affected humans since about 4000 years ago.

Recently, 120 million worldwide cases of lymphatic filariasis were estimated.

Elimination of lymphatic filariasis: do we have the drugs to complete the job?

These results will have important implications for the length of lymphatic filariasis elimination programs.

Lymphatic filariasis mainly affects the poor, who live in areas without such resources.

Secondary bacterial infection is common among patients with filariasis.

There is currently no licensed vaccine to prevent lymphatic filariasis.

Around 120 million people globally are believed to be infected with lymphatic filariasis.

Filariasis is considered endemic in 73 countries; 37 of these are in Africa.

With tools currently available, lymphatic filariasis, in principle, could be eliminated.

It is suggested that 11-12 years of effective vector control may eliminate lymphatic filariasis.

It is the vector of both the dengue virus and lymphatic filariasis.

In many of these countries, considerable progress has been made towards elimination of filariasis.

Filariasis can also affect domesticated animals, such as cattle, sheep, and dogs.

Filariasis was a much more slowly progressing disease, rarely causing symptoms just weeks after exposure.

And malaria, like lymphatic filariasis, is spread by mosquitoes.

Recently 17 patients with Bancroftian filariasis were reported in Recife.

Filariasis such as loiasis most often consists of asymptomatic microfilaremia.

Elephantiasis, which is quite common in south-east asia due to prevalence of filariasis.

Tiny worms migrating in the lymphatic system cause filariasis.

This trip led to two reports, one on sanitation to avoid malaria and the other on filariasis.

W. bancrofti is responsible for 90% of lymphatic filariasis.

The treatment for B. malayi infection is the same as for bancroftian filariasis.