PURPOSE The authors report a case of eyelid subcutaneous filariasis. METHODS Thorough history, eye examination, surgical intervention, and parasitologic analysis. RESULTS An adult Dirofilaria repens worm was extracted from the right upper eyelid in a man living in Italy presenting to our department with lid swelling. CONCLUSIONS Due to increasing migration of populations to Europe, rare m...

: Filariasis (penyakit kaki gajah) merupakan penyakit menular yang banyak terjadi di daerah tropis disebabkan oleh cacing Mikrofilaria. Penularan ini melalui gigitan nyamuk sebagai vektor dalam penyebaran tersebut. Vektor penularan Indonesia telah teridentifikasi adalah spesies dari genus Anopheles, Culex, Mansonia, Aedes dan Armigras. Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi Mikrofilariasis...

An epidemiological study of filariasis in three villages along the coast at Matara has shown a prevalence of microfilaraemia of 4.4% and a geometric mean microfilaraemia density of 20.6 microfilariae/60ul of fingerprick blood. These are higher than previous values for the area. Prevalence is lower in females compared to males, and also in males under 20 years compared to the older males. Clinic...

Filariasis is a disabling parasitic disease and it constitutes as a major health problem in most of the tropical and sub-tropical countries. One hundred and twenty million people in at least 80 tropical and sub-tropical countries are infected with lymphatic filarial parasite, with one billion people being at risk of the disease. The laboratory diagnosis of filariasis is conventionally made by d...

Lymphatic filariasis has been targeted for elimination by 2020, and a threshold of 65% coverage of mass drug administration (MDA) has been adopted by the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF). A recent review by Babu and Babu of 36 studies of MDA for lymphatic filariasis in India found that coverage, defined as receipt of tablets, ranged from 48.8 to 98.8%, while compliance...

BACKGROUND Annual mass drug administration (MDA) using diethylcarbamizine (DEC, 6 mg/kg) combined with albendazole (alb, 400 mg) is recommended by the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF). This strategy has been shown to be efficient in the of control bancroftian filariasis, but data on brugian filariasis as well as on the positive side effects on intestinal helminths are ...

Although lymphatic filariasis is known to have been endemic in Haiti since at least the mid 1700s, a national filariasis survey has never been conducted. As a first step in the national program to eliminate filariasis, we collected blood in January-April 2001 from 50-250 school children (6-11 years old) in all 133 communes of the country using an adaptation of the lot quality assurance sampling...

It is estimated that every year at least 500 million people in the world suffer from one or the other tropical diseases that include malaria, lymphatic filariasis, schistosomiasis, dengue, trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis. Of late chikungunya, a serious mosquito borne epidemic has gained momentum in India. One to two million deaths are reported annually due to malaria worldwide. Lymphatic fila...

Mass drug administration (MDA) programs have achieved remarkable success in limiting the pathology and transmission of the human parasitic infections onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis. The full implementation of MDA campaigns for filariasis elimination has been stymied by the unacceptable incidence of severe adverse events observed following drug treatment of a subset of individuals who h...

THE IMPORTANCE of considering diseases, unknown or uncommon in this country, has received much attention recently owing to the increase in foreign travel and increased immigration. In particular, patients have been investigated for abnormal haemoglobins and alimentary parasites. Filariasis has received scant attention. Immigrants from Africa, India and the Far East may be infested by the nemato...