Lymphatic filariasis

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51Tropical diseases / Malaria / Neglected diseases / Helminthiases / Epidemiology / Filariasis / Elephantiasis / Anopheles / Wuchereria bancrofti / Medicine / Health / Biology

Nigeria Launches Africa’s First Nationwide Malaria and Lymphatic Filariasis (Elephantiasis) Elimination Co-Implementation Plan For Immediate Release DATE: Wednesday 19th February, 2014. Contact: Press Unit, Federal Min

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Source URL: www.cartercenter.org

Language: English - Date: 2014-02-20 11:00:21
52Tropical diseases / Neglected diseases / Nematodes / Helminthiases / Infectious diseases / Filariasis / Wuchereria bancrofti / Parasitic worm / Albendazole / Medicine / Health / Biology

Policy Brief: Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) Background T o date, close to 700 million individuals in some of the poorest areas globally

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Source URL: www.cdc.gov

Language: English - Date: 2013-06-13 20:16:23
53Tropical diseases / Helminthiases / Neglected diseases / Infectious diseases / Nematodes / Filariasis / Elephantiasis / Wuchereria bancrofti / Albendazole / Medicine / Health / Biology

Lymphatic Filariasis: Elimination in the Americas Center for Global Health Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria

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Source URL: www.cdc.gov

Language: English - Date: 2013-06-13 20:16:11
54Helminthiases / Tropical diseases / Nematodes / Neglected diseases / Parasites / Filariasis / Wuchereria bancrofti / Brugia malayi / Elephantiasis / Medicine / Biology / Health

Lymphatic Filariasis Fact sheet Key Facts ’’

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Source URL: www.searo.who.int

Language: English - Date: 2014-02-14 05:09:26
55Nematodes / Helminthiases / Neglected diseases / Parasites / Tropical diseases / Filariasis / Brugia malayi / Elephantiasis / Wuchereria bancrofti / Medicine / Biology / Health

Lymphatic filariasis is one of the most debilitating neglected tropical diseases. It is caused by three species of filarial worms and transmitted by mosquitoes. Half the people infected with lymphatic filariasis in the w

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Source URL: www.searo.who.int

Language: English - Date: 2014-03-03 01:11:01
56Nematodes / Tropical diseases / Helminthiases / Neglected diseases / Parasites / Filariasis / Brugia malayi / Elephantiasis / Wuchereria bancrofti / Medicine / Biology / Health

Lymphatic filariasis is the second leading cause of disability worldwide. The WHO South-East Asia Region accounts for about 65% of the global population at risk. Strategic plans for 2007–2010 for lymphatic filariasis e

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Source URL: www.searo.who.int

Language: English - Date: 2014-02-14 05:07:54
57Tropical diseases / Neglected diseases / Helminthiases / Malaria / Nematodes / Filariasis / Mass drug administration / Elephantiasis / Wuchereria bancrofti / Medicine / Health / Microbiology

Aide-mémoire Lymphatic filariasis (LF), commonly known as elephantiasis, is one of the most debilitating and disfiguring scourges among all diseases. It is the second leading cause of disability worldwide with nearly 1.

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Source URL: www.searo.who.int

Language: English - Date: 2014-03-18 23:58:36
58United Nations Development Group / Niue / Polynesia / Non-communicable disease / World Health Organization / Outline of Niue / International Association of National Public Health Institutes / Global health / Health / Globalization

Niue HEALTH SITUATION Common childhood illnesses and traditional communicable diseases, such as tuberculosis and leprosy, have been substantially contained. The lymphatic filariasis elimination program is ongoing, with h

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Source URL: www.who.int

Language: English - Date: 2014-07-03 06:18:49
59Tropical diseases / Helminthiases / Neglected diseases / Nematodes / Infectious diseases / Filariasis / Wuchereria bancrofti / Elephantiasis / Loa loa filariasis / Medicine / Health / Biology

Vector control is a possible complementary strategy in countries or areas (i) where mass drug administration has not started, such as those where loiasis is co-endemic; (ii) where the burden of lymphatic filariasis is he

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Source URL: apps.who.int

Language: English - Date: 2013-11-04 11:32:41
60Helminthiases / Tropical diseases / Nematodes / Neglected diseases / Public health / Filariasis / Mass drug administration / Wuchereria bancrofti / Eradication of infectious diseases / Medicine / Health / Biology

Surveillance of lymphatic filariasis after stopping ten years of mass drug administration in rural communities in south India K.D. Ramaiah and P. Vanamail* ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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Source URL: www.filariasis.org

Language: English - Date: 2013-05-09 10:09:02
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