Browsing Medicine by Subject "Filariasis"

Anopheles (Cellia) culicifacies: a potential vector of bancroftian filariasis in Sri Lanka

Abeyewickreme, W.; Hewadikaram, K.A.; Weerasena, K.H.; Premaratne, U.N.; Ismail, M.M. (Museum and Reference Centre, SEAMEO-TROPMED National Centre of Thailand, 1987)

Anopheles (Cellia) jamesii: a potential natural vector of Bancroftian filariasis in Sri Lanka

Abeyewickreme, W.; Wanniarachchi, P. (Oxford University Press, 1991)

No Abstract Available

Anopheles (Cellia) tessellatus; an efficient laboratory vector of Bancroftian filariasis in Sri Lanka

Abeyewickreme, W.; Ismail, M.M. (Museum and Reference Centre, SEAMEO-TROPMED National Centre of Thailand, 1985)

Comparison of five DNA extraction methods from human blood for the detection of Wuchereria bancrofti by polymerase chain reaction assays

Wijegunawardana, N.D.A.D.; Gunawardene, Y.I.N.S.; Manamperi, A.; Hapuarachchi, H.A.C.; Gunawardena, N.K.; Abeysundara, S.; Abeyewickreme, W. (Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, 2008)

Introduction: Lymphatic filariasis (Lf) is the second most common vector-borne disease globally. Approximately 90% of global burden of Lf is caused by Wuchereria bancrofti. W. bancrofti is routinely diagnosed by morphological ...

Compliance with the mass chemotherapy program for lymphatic filariasis

Kasturiratne, K.T.A.A.; Premaratna, B.A.H.R.; Pathmeswaran, A.; de Silva, N.R.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2001)

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate compliance with the single dose mass chemotherapy program for control of filariasis, and to determine factors influencing compliance in the Gampaha district. DESIGN: A prospective study employing a ...

Complicance with single-dose diethylcarbamazine citrate (DEC) mass treatment programme for filariasis in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Weerasinghe, C.R.; Abeyewickreme, W.; de Silva, N.R. (World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia, 2002)

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Controlling lymphatic filariasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis together in South Asia: opportunities and challenges

Padmasiri, E.A.; Montresor, A.; Biswas, G.; de Silva, N.R. (Oxford University Press, 2006)

Effect of ivermectin on the development of Wuchereria bancrofti in the vector

Abeyewickreme, W.; Ismail, M.M.; Premaratne, U.N.; Dissanaike, A.S. (Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, 1992)

Effect of mass chemotherapy for filariasis control on soil-transmitted helminth infection in Western Province of Sri Lanka

Gunawardena, N.K.; Amarasekera, N.D.D.M.; Pathmeswaran, A.; de Silva, N.R. (The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2007)

In July 2006, Sri Lanka completed five rounds of annual mass drug administration (MDA) with diethylcarbamazine citrate and albendazole as part of its national programme for elimination of lymphatic filariasis. Albendazole ...

Effect of repeated mass chemotherapy for filariasis control on soil-transmitted helminth infections in Sri Lanka

Gunawardena, N.K.; Amarasekera, N.D.D.M.; Pathmeswaran, A.; de Silva, N.R. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2008)

BACKGROUND: In July 2006 Sri Lanka completed 5 rounds of annual mass drug administration (MDA) with diethylcarbamazine citrate (DEC) and albendazole as part of its national programme for elimination of lymphatic filariasis ...

Effects of antibiotics on filarial transmission

Chandrasena, T.G.A.N.; Taylor, M.J. (Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists, 2003)

INTRODUCTION: The symbiosis of filarial nematodes and intracellular Wolbachia bacteria has recently been exploited as a target for therapy of filariasis. OBJECTIVE: To study the effects of antibiotics on filarial transmission ...

Efficacy of a limb-care regime in preventing acute adenolymphangitis in patients with lymphoedema caused by bancroftian filariasis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Wijesinghe, R.S.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Ekanayake, S.; Perera, M.S. (Academic Press, 2007)

The efficacy of a programme of community home-based care (CHBC) for lymphoedematous limbs was evaluated among 163 lymphoedema patientsattending two filariasis clinics in Colombo. Each patient was interviewed and examined ...

Efficacy of single dose combinations of albendazole, ivermectin and diethylcarbamazine for the treatment of bancroftian filariasis

Ismail, M.M.; Jayakody, R.L.; Weil, G.J.; Nirmalan, N.; Jayasinghe, K.S.A.; Abeyewickreme, W.; Sheriff, M.M.R.; Rajaratnam, H.N.; Amarasekera, N.; de Silva, D.C.; Michalski, M.L.; Dissanaike, A.S. (Oxford University Press, 1998)

In a 'blind' trial on 50 male asymptomatic microfilaraemic subjects with Wuchereria bancrofti infection, the safety, tolerability and filaricidal efficacy of a single dose of albendazole (alb) 600 mg alone or in combination ...

Entomological assesment of Wuchereria bancrofti transmission following mass treatment in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka.

Wijegunawardana, N.D.A.D.; Gunawardene, Y.I.N.S.; Abeyewickreme, W. (Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 2007)

Global program to eliminate Lymphatic filariasis (Lf) relies mainly on Mass Drug Administration (MDA). Success of filariasis control programs depends on careful monitoring of infection levels in human populations as well ...

Epidemiology of bancroftian filariasis in three suburban areas of Matara, Sri Lanka

Weerasooriya, M.V.; Weerasooriya, T.R.; Gunawardena, N.K.; Samarawickrema, W.A.; Kimura, E. (Academic Press, 2001)

The epidemiological parameters of bancroftian filariasis were investigated in three suburbs of Matara, within the south-western coastal belt of SriLanka where the disease is endemic. The overall prevalence of microfilaraemia ...

Evaluation of the ICT whole-blood antigen card test to detect infection due to Wuchereria bancrofti in Sri Lanka

Chandrasena, T.G.A.N.; Premaratna, R.; Abeyewickreme, W.; de Silva, N.R. (Oxford University Press, 2002)

The sensitivity, specificity and cost effectiveness of an immunochromatographic card test (ICT, AMRAD) for the diagnosis of bancroftian filariasis were estimated against 2 standard parasitological techniques: thick blood ...

Evaluation of the Mass Drug Administration(MDA) programme for filariasis control

Weerasinghe, C.R.; de Silva, N.R. (Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists, 2003)

Abstract available

Filarial dance sign (FDS) in patients with lymphatic filariasis

Premaratna, R.; Chandrasena, T.G.A.N.; Gunawardena, N.K.; de Silva, N.R.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2008)

BACKGROUND: Lymphatic filariasis causes acute lymphangitis, epididymo-orchi tis hydrocoele, lymphoedema and nocturnal cough. Diagnostic tests based on circulating filarial antigens (CFA) and filarial ...

Filarial antigens detected in urine using the immunochromatographic card test

Adikaram, N.D.; de Silva, N.R.; Fernando, A.; Fernando, D.; Lamabadasuriya, S.; Reid, C.B. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2006)

No Abstract Available.

Geographic information system (GIS) mapping of lymphatic filariasis endemic areas of Gampaha District, Sri Lanka based on epidemiological and entomological screening

Wijegunawardana, N.D.A.D.; Gunawardene, Y.I.N.S.; Manamperi, A.; Senarathne, H.; Abeyewickreme, W. (SEAMEO Regional Tropical Medicine and Public Health Project, 2012)

The objective of this study was to develop a site directed geographic information system (GIS) map of lymphatic filariasis (LF) in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka as a guide for targeted control activities. Epidemiological and ...

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