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An Overview of Helminthiasis
Published in Venkatesan Jayaprakash, Daniele Castagnolo, Yusuf Özkay, Medicinal Chemistry of Neglected and Tropical Diseases, 2019
Leyla Yurttaș, Betül Kaya Çavușoğlu, Derya Osmaniye, Ulviye Acar Çevik
Filariasis is a parasitic disease caused by an infection with roundworms of the Filarioidea type common in tropical regions, coastal areas and island in the Pacific, Africa, America, and Asia. The disease has been seen in people aged 10 years and older. Filarial worms cause a variety of clinical pathologies depending on the degree of host immune reaction. The subcutaneous filariasis causes skin itching, scratch marks and papules until the entire skin is dry and tempered. Filariases that affect the skin are caused by Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, Loa loa, and Onchocerca volvulus (Kalungi et al. 2017).
Antiparasitic, Insecticidal, and Larvicidal Activities of Seaweeds and their Extracts
Published in Leonel Pereira, Therapeutic and Nutritional Uses of Algae, 2018
Filariasis is a parasitic disease caused by an infection with Nematoda of the Filarioidea type (CDC 2017). These are spread by blood-feeding black flies and mosquitoes. This disease belongs to the group of diseases called helminthiases.
Wuchereria bancrofti
Published in Eric S. Loker, Bruce V. Hofkin, Parasitology, 2015
Eric S. Loker, Bruce V. Hofkin
Wuchereria bancrofti, along with Brugia malayi and B. timori, causes lymphatic filariasis. The adults (females 80–100 mm and males 40 mm long; Figure 1) reside in the lymphatic vessels. Filarial worms are arthropod-transmitted worms of the superfamily Filarioidea.
Moxidectin: an oral treatment for human onchocerciasis
Published in Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy, 2020
Philip Milton, Jonathan I. D. Hamley, Martin Walker, María-Gloria Basáñez
Human onchocerciasis is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) caused by the filarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus (Filarioidea: Onchocercidae) and transmitted via the bites of Simulium (Diptera: Simuliidae) blackfly vectors. Onchocerciasis is the second leading cause of infectious blindness globally after trachoma, but it also causes skin lesions, depigmentation (leopard skin), and debilitating ‘troublesome itch’ in addition to excess mortality in those heavily infected, partly because of its association with epilepsy [1,2]. Given the clustering of disease near rivers, where the blackflies breed, the disease is colloquially termed ‘river blindness’ [1,2].
An unexpected peripheral blood finding: microfilaria
Published in Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, 2020
John R. Krause, Meleissa Hutcheson, Rebecca Ardoin
Filariasis is an infectious parasitic disease caused by roundworms that belong to the family Filarioidea.1 These are spread by bloodfeeding insects such as black flies and mosquitoes. Eight known filarial nematodes use humans as their definitive hosts.2,3 Filariasis is divided into three major groups based on the primary sites affected: lymphatic, subcutaneous, and serous cavity. Some individuals have no symptoms, whereas others have episodes of high fevers, shaking chills, body aches, blindness, swollen lymph nodes, and lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) depending on the species of microfilaria.