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Filariasis
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Filariases
, Infections, Filarioidea
, Filarioidea Infection
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Infections with nematodes of the superfamily FILARIOIDEA. The presence of living worms in the body is mainly asymptomatic but the death of adult…Â
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Broader (2)
Arthropod-borne disease, unspecified
Helminthiasis
Brugia
Elephantiasis
Genus Wuchereria
In Blood
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Dipetalonema Infections
Dracunculiasis
Elaeophoriasis
Filarial Elephantiases
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Immune activation by life-shortening Wolbachia and reduced filarial competence in mosquitoes.
Zakaria Kambris
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Peter Cook
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Hoang Kim Phuc
,
Steven P Sinkins
Science
2009
Wolbachia strain wMelPop reduces the longevity of its Drosophila melanogaster host and, when introduced into the mosquito Aedes…Â
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
The Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis: Health Impact after 8 Years
Eric A. Ottesen
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Pamela J. Hooper
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Mark Bradley
,
Gautam Biswas
PLoS neglected tropical diseases
2008
BACKGROUND In its first 8 years, the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) achieved an unprecedentedly rapid…Â
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases
Peter J Hotez
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David H. Molyneux
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J. Sachs
2007
From the Sabin Vaccine Institute, and George Washington University, Washington, DC (P.J.H.); Liverpool School of Tropical…Â
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Regulatory networks induced by live parasites impair both Th1 and Th2 pathways in patent lymphatic filariasis: implications for parasite persistence.
Subash Babu
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Carla P. Blauvelt
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Vasanthapuram Kumaraswami
,
Thomas Nutman
Journal of immunology
2006
Patent lymphatic filariasis is characterized by a profound down-regulation of immune responses with both parasite Ag-specific…Â
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
The global programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis.
Eric A. Ottesen
Tropical medicine & international health : TM…
2000
Ten years ago, no one foresaw that in the year 2000 there would be a Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF…Â
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Endosymbiotic bacteria in worms as targets for a novel chemotherapy in filariasis.
Alfred Hörauf
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Lars Volkmann
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Dominik Büttner
Lancet
2000
Endosymbiotic bacteria living in plasmodia or worm parasites are required for the homoeostasis of their host and should be…Â
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
The economic burden of lymphatic filariasis in India.
K. Dasaradha Ramaiah
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P. K. Das
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Eli Michael
,
Helen L. Guyatt
Parasitology today
2000
Lymphatic filariasis affects 119 million people living in 73 countries, with India accounting for 40% of the global prevalence of…Â
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
The abundant larval transcript-1 and -2 genes of Brugia malayi encode stage-specific candidate vaccine antigens for filariasis.
William F Gregory
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Agnes K Atmadja
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Jeffrey Allen
,
Rick M. Maizels
Infection and immunity
2000
Lymphatic filariasis is a major tropical disease caused by the mosquito-borne nematodes Brugia and Wuchereria. About 120 million…Â
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Helminth- and Bacillus Calmette-Guérin-induced immunity in children sensitized in utero to filariasis and schistosomiasis.
Ishan Malhotra
,
Peter Kimani Mungai
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+4 authors
Chwan-Chuen King
Journal of immunology
1999
Infants and children are routinely vaccinated with bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) in areas of the world where worm infections are…Â
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Global mapping of lymphatic filariasis.
Eli Michael
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Donald AP Bundy
Parasitology today
1997
Disease maps are becoming increasingly important in infectious disease epidemiology and control. For lymphatic filariasis, the…Â
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