A case of uveitis with microfilariae in the anterior chamber is reported. The organism was recovered from the aqueous and identified as Brugia malayi.

Acanthocheilonema dracunculoides was diagnosed in 2 dogs from Windhoek, Namibia, by acid phosphatase staining of microfilariae. This is the 1st record of A. dracunculoides in Namibia.

BACKGROUND Onchocerciasis is the world's second leading infectious cause of blindness. Its control is currently hampered by the lack of a macrofilaricidal drug and by severe adverse events observed when the lone recommended microfilaricide, ivermectin is administered to individuals co-infected with Loa loa. Therefore, there is the need for a safe and effective macrofilaricidal drug that will be...

Filariasis is a major burden in India in states like Andhra Pradesh. With launching of global filariasis elimination program it has become necessary to use sensitive and accurate methods for diagnosis of filariae as compared to conventional methods. We in this study tried to compare the results of detection of microfilariae with conventional slide methods compared with the ELISA method. 90 samp...

BACKGROUND The filarial parasites Loa loa and Mansonnella perstans are endemic in the central and western African forest block. Loa loa is pathogenic and represents a major obstacle to the control of co-endemic filariae because its treatment can cause fatal complications such as encephalitis. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS 4392 individuals aged over 15 years were studied both by direct examin...

Experimental work increasingly suggests that non-random pathogen associations can affect the spread or severity of disease. Yet due to difficulties distinguishing and interpreting co-infections, evidence for the presence and directionality of pathogen co-occurrences in wildlife is rudimentary. We provide empirical evidence for pathogen co-occurrences by analysing infection matrices for avian ma...

Filariasis infection is common in India and causes a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations, namely, asymptomatic filariaemia, recurrent lymphadenitis, chronic lymphadenitis with swelling of the dependent limb, scrotal swelling, and tropical pulmonary eosinophilia. Waucheria bancrofti and Brugia malayi are the common species in India. Waucheria bancrofti is responsible for 90% of the cases. A...