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GPELF Lymphatic Filariasis 2012, World Health Organization Tropical and Sub-Tropical areas GPELF Lymphatic Filariasis 2012, World Health Organization
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Lymphatic
FilariasisChelsae Dumbauld
Lymphatic Filariasis 2012, World Health OrganizationGPELF
Symptoms• Some asymptomatic• Lymphoedema
Disfiguration• Elephantiasis• Hydrocele• Tropical eosinophilia
http://www.who.int/lymphatic_filariasis/en/
http://www.reiseklinikken.no/horror.asphttp://www.parasitesinhumans.org/wuchereria-bancrofti-lymphatic-filariasis-pictures-videos.html
Epidemiology• Vector-borne •Helminths
Wuchereria bancroftiBrugia malayiBrugia timori
• Circulating microfilariaehttp://www.cdc.gov/parasites/lymphaticfilariasis/biology_w_bancrofti.html
TreatmentDiethylcarbamazine IvermectinAlbendazole
http://www.who.int/lymphatic_filariasis/en/
After MDA Round Otteson et al. 2008
Mf p
reva
lenc
e (%
pre
-tre
atm
ent)
2003 WHO Annual Report
Real-time PCR and HRM •mitochondrial partial 12S
rRNA gene•determine species by melting
point of PCR productWongkamchai et al. 2014
MDA in TogoFirst sub-Saharan nation to move into WHO surveillance phase (by 2015)
Sodahlon et al. 2013http://www.nationsonline.org/map_small/togo.jpg
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