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Filariasis

Known as: Filariases, Infections, Filarioidea, Filarioidea Infection 
Infections with nematodes of the superfamily FILARIOIDEA. The presence of living worms in the body is mainly asymptomatic but the death of adult… (More)

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1935-2018
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Broader (2)

Arthropod-borne disease, unspecifiedHelminthiasis
BrugiaElephantiasisGenus WuchereriaIn Blood
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Narrower (9)

Dipetalonema InfectionsDracunculiasisElaeophoriasisFilarial Elephantiases
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Related mentions per year

1936-2018
19401960198020002020
Filariasis
radiotherapeutic
prevention & control
Microbiological
Zoonoses
Helminthiasis

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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Immune activation by life-shortening Wolbachia and reduced filarial competence in mosquitoes.
Wolbachia strain wMelPop reduces the longevity of its Drosophila melanogaster host and, when introduced into the mosquito Aedes… (More)
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
The Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis: Health Impact after 8 Years
BACKGROUND In its first 8 years, the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) achieved an unprecedentedly rapid… (More)
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases
From the Sabin Vaccine Institute, and George Washington University, Washington, DC (P.J.H.); Liverpool School of Tropical… (More)
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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.
Patent lymphatic filariasis is characterized by a profound down-regulation of immune responses with both parasite Ag-specific… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
The global programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis.
Ten years ago, no one foresaw that in the year 2000 there would be a Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Endosymbiotic bacteria in worms as targets for a novel chemotherapy in filariasis.
Endosymbiotic bacteria living in plasmodia or worm parasites are required for the homoeostasis of their host and should be… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
The economic burden of lymphatic filariasis in India.
Lymphatic filariasis affects 119 million people living in 73 countries, with India accounting for 40% of the global prevalence of… (More)
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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.
Lymphatic filariasis is a major tropical disease caused by the mosquito-borne nematodes Brugia and Wuchereria. About 120 million… (More)
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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.
Infants and children are routinely vaccinated with bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) in areas of the world where worm infections are… (More)
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Global mapping of lymphatic filariasis.
Disease maps are becoming increasingly important in infectious disease epidemiology and control. For lymphatic filariasis, the… (More)
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