Bancroftian filariasis - Absence of Wolbachia after doxycycline treatment

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 854-855

  Mand, Sabine ^a   Büttner, Dietrich W ^b   Hoerauf, Achim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FILARIASIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC SURGERY; WOLBACHIA;

WOLBACHIA;

EID: 47049115321     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.854     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Mand S, Marfo-Debrekyei Y, Dittrich M, Fischer K, Adjei O, Hoerauf A, 2003. Animated documentation of the filaria dance sign (FDS) in bancroftian filariasis. Filaria J 2: 3.
2. Hoerauf A, Mand S, Fischer K, Kruppa T, Marfo-Debrekyei Y, Debrah AY, Pfarr KM, Adjei O, Büttner DW, 2003. Doxycycline as a novel strategy against bancroftian filariasis-depletion of Wolbachia endosymbionts from Wuchereria bancrofti and stop of microfilaria production. Med Microbiol Immunol (Berl) 192: 211-216.
3. Debrah AY, Mand S, Specht S, Marfo-Debrekyei Y, Batsa L, Pfarr K, Larbi J, Lawson B, Taylor M, Adjei O, Hoerauf A, 2006. Doxycycline reduces plasma VEGF-C/sVEGFR-3 and improves pathology in lymphatic filariasis. PLoS Pathol 2: e92.