BACKGROUND Anti-filarial IgG4 antibody has been shown to be a good marker for detection of lymphatic filaria infection. Previous studies demonstrated that anti-filarial IgG4 assay using BmR1 recombinant antigen was highly specific and sensitive for detection of brugian filariasis. For bancroftian filariasis, an equivalent assay employing recombinant antigen expressed from the ORF of SXP1 gene h...

Two cases of 'primary' pulmonary hypertension with hypereosinophilia, in whom adult filarial worms were found, are described from Ceylon. The significance of the association between filariasis, tropical pulmonary eosinophilia, and pulmonary hypertension is discussed. It is postulated that pulmonary hypertension followed the chronic destruction of microfilariae in the lungs and their embolizatio...

Filariasis is an endemic infection seen in tropical and subtropical regions of the world that presents with lymphatic dysfunction in the form of lymphocoele, hydrocoele, chyluria, or groin lymphadenovarix. We report a case of filariasis with the unusual presentation of acute abdominal pain in which radiographic imaging modalities played a crucial role in diagnosis.

Ovarian filariasis is an exceptional disease and displays a major diagnostic problem even in endemic areas. We reported the case of a 19-year-old patient who had ovarian cyst which was revealed by chronic pelvic pain. The histological examination of oophorectomy specimen led to the Wuchereria bancrofti filariasis of the ovary. The anatomopathologic examination is required for the diagnosis of t...

Filariasis is a common disabling parasitic disease in this region and cytological diagnosis is often not required. Cytology has important role in diagnosis of sub-clinical filariasis. Most cases of cytologically diagnosed filariasis are clinically unanticipated. Microfilaria, ova and fragments of adult worm of Wuchereria bancrofti, in exfoliative as well as aspiration cytology have been reporte...

BACKGROUND Lymphatic filariasis has been identified as one of the six diseases that can be potentially eliminated. Global programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis has been launched, applying principal strategies of mass drug administration to interrupt transmission and morbidity management to prevent disability. The strategy for mass drug administration has been clearly laid out and guidelin...

Human lymphatic filariasis is a vector-borne disease mainly caused by the parasitic nematode Wuchereria bancrofti and transmitted worldwide within the tropical and subtropical regions. Singapore was once endemic for bancroftian filariasis but recent reports are scarce and the disease is nearly forgotten. The case report presented here reports the incidental hospital laboratory finding of an asy...