Urban lymphatic filariasis

PE Simonsen, ME Mwakitalu - Parasitology research, 2013 - Springer
Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a disabling and disfiguring disease resulting from a mosquito-
borne parasitic infection. It is a major public health problem in many countries with a warm …

COI barcode versus morphological identification of Culex ( Culex ) (Diptera: Culicidae) species: a case study using samples from Argentina and Brazil

M Laurito, TMP Oliveira, WR Almiron… - Memórias do Instituto …, 2013 - SciELO Brasil
Sequences of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) mitochondrial gene from adults of 22
Culex (Culex) species from Argentina and Brazil were employed to assess species …

Lymphatic filariasis in Brazil: epidemiological situation and outlook for elimination

G Fontes, AB Leite, AR Vasconcelos de Lima… - Parasites & vectors, 2012 - Springer
Abstract Since the World Health Assembly's (Resolution WHA 50.29, 1997) call for the
elimination of lymphatic filariasis by the year 2020, most of the endemic countries identified …

[PDF][PDF] Effect of water resource development and management on lymphatic filariasis, and estimates of populations at risk

TE Erlanger, J Keiser, MCD Castro, R Bos… - American Journal of …, 2005 - researchgate.net
Lymphatic filariasis is a debilitating disease overwhelmingly caused by Wuchereria
bancrofti, which is transmitted by various mosquito species. Here, we present a systematic …

Mapping and monitoring for a lymphatic filariasis elimination program: a systematic review

A Srividya, S Subramanian… - … and Reports in …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is targeted for elimination by the year 2020. The Global Programme
for Elimination of LF (GPELF) aims to achieve elimination by interrupting transmission …

Urban lymphatic filariasis in central Nigeria

A Terranella, A Eigiege, I Gontor, P Dagwa… - Annals of Tropical …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Wuchereria bancrofti and the other mosquito-borne parasites that cause human lymphatic
filariasis (LF) infect over 120 million people world-wide. Global efforts are underway to stop …

Intragenomic variation in the second internal transcribed spacer of the ribosomal DNA of species of the genera Culex and Lutzia (Diptera: Culicidae)

FT Vesgueiro, B Demari-Silva… - Memórias do Instituto …, 2011 - SciELO Brasil
Culex is the largest genus of Culicini and includes vectors of several arboviruses and filarial
worms. Many species of Culex are morphologically similar, which makes their identification …

[HTML][HTML] Filariose linfática em Belém, Estado do Pará, Norte do Brasil ea perspectiva de eliminação

G Fontes, RF Braun, H Fraiha Neto… - Revista da Sociedade …, 2005 - SciELO Brasil
Com o objetivo de caracterizar a situação epidemiológica da filariose linfática em Belém-PA
foram analisados dados dos inquéritos hemoscópicos de 1951 a 2003. As informações do …

Screening of army soldiers for Wuchereria bancrofti infection in the metropolitan Recife region, Brazil: implications for epidemiological surveillance

Z Medeiros, J Gomes, F Béliz… - Tropical Medicine & …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
SummaryBetween 1989 and 1995, blood surveys were performed for Wuchereria bancrofti
infection in several barracks of the Brazilian army in the metropolitan Recife region. For …

[HTML][HTML] Survey of Bancroftian filariasis infection in humans and Culex mosquitoes in the western Brazilian Amazon region: implications for transmission and control

RL Korte, G Fontes, JSAA Camargo… - Revista da Sociedade …, 2013 - SciELO Brasil
Introduction The aim of this work was to identify possible lymphatic filariasis foci in the
western Brazilian Amazonian that could be established from the reports of Rachou in the …