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Lymphatic filariasis: diagnosis and pathogenesis. WHO expert committee on filariasis.

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Abstract

In the past few years, knowledge of many aspects of lymphatic filariasis, s debilitating disease with serious economic and social consequences, has increased. This article presents sections on diagnosis, pathogenesis, immunopathology and protective immunity from the recently published Expert Committee's report.

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Year:  1993        PMID： 8490976      PMCID： PMC2393467     

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Bull World Health Organ        ISSN： 0042-9686            Impact factor:   9.408


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1.  A technique for microfilarial detection in preserved blood using nuclepore filters.

Authors:  J W Dickerson; M L Eberhard; P J Lammie
Journal:  J Parasitol       Date:  1990-12       Impact factor: 1.276

2.  A rapid DNA assay for the species-specific detection and quantification of Brugia in blood samples.

Authors:  C B Poole; S A Williams
Journal:  Mol Biochem Parasitol       Date:  1990-04       Impact factor: 1.759

3.  Species-specific oligonucleotide probes for the identification of human filarial parasites.

Authors:  S A Williams; S M DeSimone; L A McReynolds
Journal:  Mol Biochem Parasitol       Date:  1988-03       Impact factor: 1.759

4.  Monoclonal antibody to a unique surface epitope of the human filaria Brugia malayi identifies infective larvae in mosquito vectors.

Authors:  C K Carlow; E D Franke; R C Lowrie; F Partono; M Philipp
Journal:  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A       Date:  1987-10       Impact factor: 11.205

Review 5.  Sex differentials in susceptibility to lymphatic filariasis and implications for maternal child immunity.

Authors:  L Brabin
Journal:  Epidemiol Infect       Date:  1990-10       Impact factor: 2.451

6.  Bancroftian lymphadenopathy: a histopathologic study of fifty-eight cases from northeastern Brazil.

Authors:  P Jungmann; J Figueredo-Silva; G Dreyer
Journal:  Am J Trop Med Hyg       Date:  1991-09       Impact factor: 2.345

7.  Immunological tolerance: The key feature in human filariasis?

Authors:  R M Maizels; R A Lawrence
Journal:  Parasitol Today       Date:  1991-10
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1.  Filarial hydropneumothorax: a strange journey.

Authors:  Arkaprabha Chakraborty; Anindya Mukherjee; Payel Talukdar; Arunansu Talukdar
Journal:  BMJ Case Rep       Date:  2015-11-24

2.  Pleural effusion: An unusual cause and association.

Authors:  Alam K Navaz; Madhusudan P Raikar; Vishak Acharya; Sanmath K Shetty
Journal:  Lung India       Date:  2013-04

3.  Impact of basic lymphedema management and antifilarial treatment on acute dermatolymphangioadenitis episodes and filarial antigenaemia.

Authors:  Ha El-Nahas; Am El-Shazly; M Abulhassan; Na Nabih; N Mousa
Journal:  J Glob Infect Dis       Date:  2011-07

4.  Health-seeking behaviors and self-care practices of Dominican women with lymphoedema of the leg: implications for lymphoedema management programs.

Authors:  Bobbie Person; David G Addiss; L Kay Bartholomew; Cecilia Meijer; Victor Pou; Bart van den Borne
Journal:  Filaria J       Date:  2006-12-22

5.  Lymphatic filariasis: A view at pathological diversity.

Authors:  Prashant Basavaraj Mahalingashetti; Ramaswamy Anikode Subramanian; Sushan Shweta Jayker; A Vijay
Journal:  Trop Parasitol       Date:  2014-07
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