Lymphatic filariasis - World Health Organization (WHO)
2024年11月21日 · Lymphatic filariasis is transmitted by different types of mosquitoes, for example by the Culex mosquito, widespread across urban and semi-urban areas, Anopheles, mainly found in rural areas, and Aedes, mainly in endemic islands in the Pacific. Symptoms. Lymphatic filariasis infection involves asymptomatic, acute and chronic conditions.
Lymphatic filariasis (Elephantiasis) - World Health Organization …
2024年12月20日 · Lymphatic filariasis, commonly known as elephantiasis, is a painful and profoundly disfiguring disease. It is caused by infection with parasites classified as nematodes (roundworms) of the family Filariodidea that are transmitted through the bites of …
Lymphatic filariasis - World Health Organization (WHO)
Lymphatic filariasis, commonly known as elephantiasis, is a painful and profoundly disfiguring parasitic disease. In communities where the parasite is transmitted, all ages are affected. While the infection may be acquired during childhood its visible manifestations may occur later in life, causing temporary or permanent disability.
Lymphatic Filariasis - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health …
2024年12月17日 · Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a parasitic infection caused by worms (nematodes) which can lead to changes in the lymphatic system and trigger chronic lymphedema, abnormal enlargement of parts of the body (elephantiasis), pain, …
Global programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis: progress …
2024年10月4日 · Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a vector-borne disease in humans caused by infection with the filarial parasites Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi and B. timori. Infections damage the lymphatic vessels and impair vessel function, leading to clinical manifestations such as lymphoe\u0002dema and hydrocele. WHO established the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) to stop ...
Lymphatic filariasis WPRO - World Health Organization (WHO)
2018年10月8日 · Lymphatic filariasis is a parasitic disease that can result in an altered lymphatic system and the abnormal enlargement of body parts, causing pain, severe disability, and social stigma. Infection occurs when filarial parasites are transmitted to humans through mosquitoes.
Lymphatic filariasis: A handbook of practical entomology for …
2013年9月3日 · The Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis has scaled up its activities more rapidly than almost any other global public health programme. By the end of 2011, 53 of 73 endemic countries were implementing mass drug administration, and more than 3.9 billion treatments had been delivered to 952 million people. Challenges remain, however, in meeting the goal of eliminating the disease.
Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases - World Health …
The method is inexpensive and feasible at individual and community levels for mapping the endemicity of lymphatic filariasis and monitoring mass drug administration (MDA). The Alere Filariasis Test Strip (FTS) is a rapid diagnostic test recommended for mapping, monitoring and transmission assessment surveys (TAS) for the qualitative detection ...
Guideline ‒ Alternative mass drug administration regimens to …
2017年11月1日 · Lymphatic filariasis is a vector-borne neglected tropical disease that causes damage of the lymphatic system and can lead to lymphoedema (elephantiasis) and hydrocele in infected individuals. The global baseline estimate of persons affected by lymphatic filariasis is 25 million men with hydrocele and over 15 million people with lymphoedema. At least 36 million persons remain with these chronic ...
Lymphatic filariasis: managing morbidity and preventing disability: …
2021年3月5日 · Overview . Since the first edition of Lymphatic Filariasis: Managing Morbidity and Preventing Disability: An Aide-Memoire for National Programme Managers was published by the World Health Organization in 2013, significant progress has been made in reducing filarial infection globally and there has been a groundswell of support for expanding availability to morbidity management and disability ...