Chronic clinical manifestations related to Wuchereria bancrofti infection in a highly endemic area in Kenya

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 439-444

  Njenga, S M ^a   Wamae, C N ^a   Njomo, D W ^a   Mwandawiro, C S ^a   Molyneux, D H ^b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bancroftian filariasis; Hydrocele; Inguinal adenopathy; Kenya; Lymphatic filariasis; Lymphoedema

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; KENYA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; KENYA; LEG; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; TESTICULAR HYDROCELE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 33847718569     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2006.09.006     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Abdel-Hameed A.A., Dura W.T., and Alkhalife I.S. An inguinal mass with local vascular lesions induced by a lymphatic filaria. Saudi Med. J. 25 (2004) 1106-1108
2. Addiss D.G., and Dreyer G. Treatment of lymphatic filariasis. In: Nutman T.B. (Ed). Lymphatic Filariasis (2000), Imperial College Press, London 15-199
3. Addiss D.G., Dimock K.A., Eberhard M.L., and Lammie P.J. Clinical, parasitologic, and immunologic observations of patients with hydrocele and elephantiasis in an area with endemic lymphatic filariasis. J. Infect. Dis. 171 (1995) 755-758
4. Alexander N.D. Wuchereria bancrofti infection and disease in a rural area of Papua New Guinea. P.N.G. Med. J. 43 (2000) 166-171
5. Dreyer G., Noroes J., Addiss D., Santos A., Medeiros Z., and Figueredo-Silva J. Bancroftian filariasis in a paediatric population: an ultrasonographic study. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 93 (1999) 633-636
6. Dreyer G., Figueredo-Silva J., Carvalho K., Amaral F., and Ottesen E.A. Lymphatic filariasis in children: adenopathy and its evolution in two young girls. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 65 (2001) 204-207
7. Dreyer G., Addiss D., Roberts J., and Noroes J. Progression of lymphatic vessel dilatation in the presence of living adult Wuchereria bancrofti. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 96 (2002) 157-161
8. Estambale B.B., Simonsen P.E., Knight R., and Bwayo J.J. Bancroftian filariasis in Kwale District of Kenya. I. Clinical and parasitological survey in an endemic community. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol. 88 (1994) 145-151
9. Figueredo-Silva J., and Dreyer G. Bancroftian filariasis in children and adolescents: clinical-pathological observations in 22 cases from an endemic area. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol. 99 (2005) 759-769
10. Fox L.M., Wilson S.F., Addiss D.G., Louis-Charles J., Beau de Rochars M.V., and Lammie P.J. Clinical correlates of filarial infection in Haitian children: an association with interdigital lesions. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 73 (2005) 759-765
11. Gyapong J.O., Badu J.K., Adjei S., and Binka F. Bancroftian filariasis in the Kassena Nankana District of the upper east region of Ghana: a preliminary study. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 96 (1993) 317-322
12. Heisch R.B., Nelson G.S., and Furlong M. Studies in filariasis in East Africa. I. Filariasis on the Island of Pate, Kenya. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 53 (1959) 41-53
13. Jungmann P., Figueredo-Silva J., and Dreyer G. Bancroftian lymphadenopathy: a histopathologic study of fifty-eight cases from northeastern Brazil. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 45 (1991) 325-331
14. Lammie P.J., Addiss D.G., Leonard G., Hightower A.W., and Eberhard M.L. Heterogeneity in filarial-specific immune responsiveness among patients with lymphatic obstruction. J. Infect. Dis. 167 (1993) 1178-1183
15. McMahon J.E., Marshall T.F., Vaughan J.P., and Abaru D.E. Bancroftian filariasis: a comparison of microfilariae counting techniques using counting chamber, standard slide and membrane (nuclepore) filtration. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol. 73 (1979) 457-464
16. McPherson T. Impact on the quality of life of lymphoedema patients following introduction of a hygiene and skin care regimen in a Guyanese community endemic for lymphatic filariasis: a preliminary clinical intervention study. Filaria J. 2 (2003) 1
17. Meyrowitsch D.W., Simonsen P.E., and Makunde W.H. Bancroftian filariasis: analysis of infection and disease in five endemic communities of north-eastern Tanzania. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol. 89 (1995) 653-663
18. Michael E., Grenfell B.T., and Bundy D.A. The association between microfilaraemia and disease in lymphatic filariasis. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B Biol. Sci. 256 (1994) 33-40
19. Molyneux D.H., and Zagaria N. Lymphatic filariasis elimination: progress in global programme development. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol. 96 Suppl. 2 (2002) S15-S40
20. Mukoko D.A., Pedersen E.M., Masese N.N., Estambale B.B., and Ouma J.H. Bancroftian filariasis in 12 villages in Kwale district, Coast province, Kenya - variation in clinical and parasitological patterns. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol. 98 (2004) 801-815
21. Nelson G.S., Heisch R.B., and Furlong M. Studies in filariasis in East Africa. II. Filarial infections in man, animals and mosquitoes on the Kenya Coast. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 56 (1962) 202-217
22. Ngwira B.M., Jabu C.H., Kanyongoloka H., Mponda M., Crampin A.C., Branson K., Alexander N.D., and Fine P.E. Lymphatic filariasis in the Karonga district of northern Malawi: a prevalence survey. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol. 96 (2002) 137-144
23. Njenga S.M., Muita M., Kirigi G., Mbugua J., Mitsui Y., Fujimaki Y., and Aoki Y. Bancroftian filariasis in Kwale district, Kenya. East Afr. Med. J. 77 (2000) 245-249
24. Noroes J., Addiss D., Santos A., Medeiros Z., Coutinho A., and Dreyer G. Ultrasonographic evidence of abnormal lymphatic vessels in young men with adult Wuchereria bancrofti infection in the scrotal area. J. Urol. 156 (1996) 409-412
25. Ottesen E.A., Duke B.O., Karam M., and Behbehani K. Strategies and tools for the control/elimination of lymphatic filariasis. Bull. World Health Organ. 75 (1997) 491-503
26. Sasa M. Human Filariasis - a Global Survey of Epidemiology and Control (1976), University Park Press, Baltimore
27. Simonsen P.E., Meyrowitsch D.W., Jaoko W.G., Malecela M.N., Mukoko D., Pedersen E.M., Ouma J.H., Rwegoshora R.T., Masese N., Magnussen P., Estambale B.B., and Michael E. Bancroftian filariasis infection, disease, and specific antibody response patterns in a high and a low endemicity community in East Africa. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 66 (2002) 550-559
28. Supali T., Wibowo H., Ruckert P., Fischer K., Ismid I.S., Purnomo, Djuardi Y., and Fischer P. High prevalence of Brugia timori infection in the highland of Alor Island, Indonesia. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 66 (2002) 560-565
29. Wamae C.N., Gatika S.M., Roberts J.M., and Lammie P.J. Wuchereria bancrofti in Kwale District, Coastal Kenya: patterns of focal distribution of infection, clinical manifestations and anti-filarial IgG responsiveness. Parasitology 116 (1998) 173-182
30. WHO. The World Health Report 1995: Bridging the Gaps (1995), World Health Organization, Geneva
31. Wijers D.J. Bancroftian filariasis in Kenya I. Prevalence survey among adult males in the Coast Province. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol. 71 (1977) 313-331
32. Wijers D.J., and Kinyanjui H. Bancroftian filariasis in Kenya II. Clinical and parasitological investigations in Mambrui, a small coastal town, and Jaribuni, a rural area more inland (Coast Province). Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol. 71 (1977) 333-345