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A case of exposure to Bancroftian filariasis in a traveller to Thailand.
- Source :
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Travel medicine and infectious disease [Travel Med Infect Dis] 2006 Sep; Vol. 4 (5), pp. 290-3. Date of Electronic Publication: 2005 Oct 26. - Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- A New Zealander travelling recreationally to Asia became exposed to Bancroftian filariasis. The traveller had presented incidentally with gastrointestinal illness. In addition to diarrhoea, the traveller's symptoms were non-specific and there was no eosinophilia, lymphoedema, lymphangitis, lymphadenitis, or pain. The immunochromatographic test for Wuchereria bancrofti was positive indicating that there was or had been an adult filarial worm. The illness resolved completely following treatment with ivermectin.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1477-8939
- Volume :
- 4
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Travel medicine and infectious disease
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 16905461
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2005.08.002