dc.contributor.author |
Weerasooriya, M.V. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Gunawardena, N.K. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Itoh, M. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Qiu, X.G. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Kimura, E. |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2014-10-29T09:21:27Z |
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dc.date.available |
2014-10-29T09:21:27Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2002 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2002; 96(1): pp. 41-45 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0035-9203 (Print) |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1878-3503 (Electronic) |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1540 |
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dc.description |
Indexed in MEDLINE |
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dc.description.abstract |
In Sri Lanka 2741 people from Matara, an endemic area for Wuchereria bancrofti, were examined in 1996/97 for microfilariae by 60-microL blood smear and for circulating filarial antigens by Og4C3 ELISA using filter paper-absorbed whole blood. The overall prevalence of microfilaraemia was 3.4%, and that of antigenaemia 14.4%. The prevalence of antigen-positive and microfilaria-negative people was 11.3%. Analysed by age-group,antigenaemia prevalence was similar in all groups, and the average number of antigen units was already very high in the age-group < 10 years, indicating that the infection started in early childhood. Among those who were antigen positive, the microfilaria prevalence was lower in females than in males. Diethylcarbamazine treatment eliminated microfilariae in 78% of the positives. However, 17 months after the treatment, antigenaemia was still positive in 76% of those who were parasitologically cured. |
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dc.publisher |
Oxford University Press |
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dc.subject |
Filariasis |
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dc.subject |
Wuchereria bancrofti |
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dc.subject |
Filariasis-epidemiology |
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dc.subject |
Sri Lanka-epidemiology |
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dc.subject |
Wuchereria bancrofti-immunology |
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dc.subject |
Antigens, Helminth-blood |
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dc.subject |
Prevalence |
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dc.title |
Prevalence and intensity of Wuchereria bancrofti antigenaemia in Sri Lanka by Og4C3 ELISA using filter paper-absorbed whole blood |
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dc.type |
Article |
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dc.identifier.department |
Parasitology |
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dc.creator.corporateauthor |
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
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