In Wuchereria bancrofti filariasis, asymptomatic microfilaraemia does not progress to amicrofilaraemic lymphatic disease | Zendy

Senarath Dissanayake | Zendy

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In Wuchereria bancrofti filariasis, asymptomatic microfilaraemia does not progress to amicrofilaraemic lymphatic disease

Author(s) -

Senarath Dissanayake

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/30.2.394

Subject(s) - wuchereria bancrofti , lymphatic filariasis , lymphangitis , asymptomatic , medicine , immunology , incidence (geometry) , disease , filariasis , lymphatic system , dermatology , pathology , helminths , physics , optics

In lymphatic filariasis due to Wuchereria bancrofti infections, the relationship between the natural course of infection and development of clinical disease remains controversial. The two hypotheses that are widely considered are (1) microfilaraemia represents an early stage of infection which progresses to amicrofilaraemic clinical disease and (2) microfilaraemia and clinical disease are two sequentially unrelated independent entities of the filarial infection and disease. Aim To determine whether microfilaraemic individuals develop lymphatic disease.

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