 Wuchereria bancrofti
"Wuchereria bancrofti" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A white threadlike worm which causes elephantiasis, lymphangitis, and chyluria by interfering with the lymphatic circulation. The microfilaria are found in the circulating blood and are carried by mosquitoes.
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D014958
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.500.294.400.937.463.708.150
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Wuchereria bancrofti" by people in Profiles.
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Poole CB, Li Z, Alhassan A, Guelig D, Diesburg S, Tanner NA, Zhang Y, Evans TC, LaBarre P, Wanji S, Burton RA, Carlow CK. Colorimetric tests for diagnosis of filarial infection and vector surveillance using non-instrumented nucleic acid loop-mediated isothermal amplification (NINA-LAMP). PLoS One. 2017; 12(2):e0169011.
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Sharma OP, Vadlamudi Y, Kota AG, Sinha VK, Kumar MS. Drug targets for lymphatic filariasis: a bioinformatics approach. J Vector Borne Dis. 2013 Sep; 50(3):155-62.
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Franco-Paredes C, Hidron A, Steinberg J. A woman from British Guyana with recurrent back pain and fever. Chyluria associated with infection due to Wuchereria bancrofti. Clin Infect Dis. 2006 May 01; 42(9):1297, 1340-1.
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Torres EP, Ramirez BL, Salazar F, Pasay MC, Alamares JG, Santiago ML, Hafalla JC. Detection of bancroftian filariasis in human blood samples from Sorsogon province, the Philippines by polymerase chain reaction. Parasitol Res. 2001 Aug; 87(8):677-9.
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