We recently went through your article titled“Elimination of lymphatic filariasis:Where do we stand so far?”by Aashna Sinha et al[1].The authors have brought about relevant information regarding lymphatic filariasis ...
All the Kerala based activities described in this manuscript (planning, advocacy, training and implementation) were supported by the Government of Kerala through the Department of Health and Family Welfare, and by the Govt. TD Medical College, Alappuzha. In addition, the publication of the completed study was supported by the Coalition for Operational Research on Neglected Tropical Diseases (COR-NTD) , which is funded at The Task Force for Global Health primarily by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1190754) , by UK aid from the British government, and by the United States Agency for International Development through its Neglected Tropical Diseases Program. Under the grant conditions of the Foundation, a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Generic License has already been assigned to the Author Accepted Manuscript version that might arise from this submission.
Background:Lymphatic filariasis(LF)remains one of the world’s most debilitating parasitic infections and is a major contributor to poor health in many endemic countries.The provision of continuing care for all those ...
funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany(BMBF)under the project AECO(01K11717)as part of the National Research Network on Zoonotic Infectious Diseases of Germany;supported by core funds of ICIMOD(contributed by the governments of Afghanistan,Australia,Austria,Bangladesh,Bhutan,China,India,Myanmar,Nepal,Norway,Pakistan,Sweden and Switzerland);funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation under the project EntoCAP(OPP1210801).
Observed weather and projected climate change suggest an increase in the transmission of vector-borne diseases(VBDs)in the Hindu Kush Himalayan(HKH)region.In this study,we systematically explore the literature for emp...
Objective: To study the value of the filarial dance sign as a diagnostic sign in scrotal ultrasonography in human Bancroftian filariasis. Methods: We studied 3 patients with scrotal p...
Introduction: Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is one of the neglected tropical diseases targeted for elimination as a public health issue in the world by 2020. To achieve this goal, one of the strategies is interruption of ...
Background: Filarial disease has a very high prevalence in South East Asian region especially India. It commonly presents as an affliction of the lymphatic system like acute lymphangitis and chronic lymphedema. Presen...
Correction Unfortunately,the original article[1]contained some errors.The table title of Tables 4,5,6,7 were interchanged by mistake and displayed incorrectly in the article.The correct table titles of Tables 4,5,6,7 ...
The LF programme activities were supported by the Ministry of Health and Sports,and funds from the Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases(CNTD);Liverpool,UK through a grant from the Department for International Development(DFID)and GlaxoSmithKline(GSK)for the elimination of lymphatic filariasis。
Background:Lymphatic filariasis(LF)is endemic in Myanmar and targeted for elimination.To highlight the National Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis(NPELF)progress between 2000 and 2014,this paper describes the...
This study was funded by the Department of Parasitology-Mycology at the University of Health Sciences and the Gabonese Red Cross,RELACS network.
Background:Malaria,filariasis,and intestinal parasitic infections(IPIs)are common and frequently overlap in developing countries.The prevalence and predictors of these infections were investigated in three different s...
Purpose: We report a case of ocular worm diagnosed clinically and treated surgically. Methods: A 68-year-old man presented to the ophthalmology clinic, complaining of redness, foreign body sensation and lacrimation in...