1.1 Scientific discovery Early scientific milestones in filariasis history abroad include the following. 1863: Demarquay in Paris found microfilariae in hydrocele liquid of a Cuban. 1866: Wucherer found microfilariae in chyluria. 1872: Lewis found microfilariae in blood. 1877: Bancroft found a female adult filarial worm in the ulcer of lymph node of the arm. 1877: Manson found microfilariae in ...

A 39-year-old white male with a history of subtotal thyroidectomy was referred because of intermittent nightly voiding of milky urine for a period of 1 year, suggestive of chyluria. Urine analysis revealed periodical proteinuria up to 3.8 g/day, triglyceriduria (137mg/dl) and chylomicronuria. Screening for infectious disease and urological abnormalities was negative. Both kidneys and the renal ...

Chyluria is endemic in the Gangetic belt of India with an average of 90 cases treated annually at our institute. It is almost exclusively caused by Wuchereria bancrofti in tropical areas. Chylomicrons and triglycerides are lost in the urine from an abnormal lymphourinary fistula due to obstructive lymphatic stasis, most commonly at the renal pelvis. It is a distressingly recurrent condition wit...

In the coastal areas of southern districts of Madras presidency filariasis is very frequently met with and is commonly seen in an endemic form akin to malaria. The disease though not responsible for mortality as much as malaria ranks equally with it in causing hideous and permanent disfiguration and suffering to the inhabitants of these areas. A general practitioner in these rural areas finds f...

Shandong Province used to be the highly endemic area of Wuchereria bancrofti. Culex pipiens pallens was the main mosquito vector. After about 30 years of large scale anti-filariasis control campaign, filariasis was controlled throughout the province in 1983. Since then, extensive cross-sectional and consecutive longtitudinal surveillances have been carried out. Parasitological and entomological...