Microfilaria of Wuchereria bancrofti identified in pericardial fluid.

Microfilaria of Wuchereria bancrofti in plasma cell myeloma: A case report.

subtropics and is endemic in India1. In India, Wuchereria bancrofti accounts for 90% of the total filarial infections2. The disease can present as silent clinical disease or as lymphadenitis, lymphangitis or elephantiasis1. The diagnosis is conventionally based on demonstration of microfilaria in the peripheral blood smear. There are very few case reports describing microfilariae in bone marrow...

Transmission of Wuchereria Bancrofti

me about the mode of transmission of Wuchereria bancrojti. I understood that it was through the bite of an infected mosquito (Culex) larva passing through the bite puncture though capable of penetrating the healthy skin. I have just read in the ' Science and Practice of, Surgery', 1948 ed. (vol. I, p. 258) by Romanis and Mitchiner, that the infection is through drinking water in which the bodie...

Prevalence of Wuchereria bancrofti in Georgetown, Guyana1

A random sample bloodsmear survey was conducted during evening hours in Georgetown, Guyana, to determine the prevalence of Wuchereria bancrofti microfilariae. In all, 182 of 2,818 persons tested (6.5%) yielded positive results-indicating that the overall prevalence of Bancroffian filariasis has not diminished and may be on the rise. Relatively high prevalences found in children and adolescents ...

Lectin-binding characteristics of Wuchereria bancrofti microfilariae.

The binding of 10 different lectins to the surface of microfilariae of Wuchereria bancrofti has been investigated. Wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) and Helix pomatia lectin (HPA) bound specifically to the sheathed microfilariae indicating the presence of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine and N-acetyl-D-galactosamine respectively on the surface. Exsheathed microfilariae did not react with any of the lectins. Tr...

An unusual presentation of Wuchereria bancrofti infection.