Lymphatic Filariasis
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Last Posted: May 13, 2023
- First genome-wide association study for lymphatic filariasis in a West African population points to an HLA-mediated disease pathophysiology.
Sandeep Grover, et al. International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases 2023 0 - Morphological and genetic variation of Wuchereria bancrofti microfilariae in carriers in Thailand, Lao PDR and Myanmar: evaluation using Giemsa-stained thick blood films.
Jongthawin J, et al. Journal of helminthology 2019 0 e95 - Wuchereria bancrofti infection is linked to systemic activation of CD4 and CD8 T cells.
Kroidl Inge, et al. PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2019 0 (8) e0007623 - Association of a PD-L2 Gene Polymorphism with Chronic Lymphatic Filariasis in a South Indian Cohort.
Venugopal Gopinath, et al. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2018 0 (2) 344-350 - Supporting elimination of lymphatic filariasis in Samoa by predicting locations of residual infection using machine learning and geostatistics.
Mayfield Helen J et al. Scientific reports 2020 Nov 10(1) 20570 - Genetic association of MBL-2 gene polymorphisms with Filarial chyluria.
Pant Shriya, et al. Bioinformation 2019 0 (11) 806-811 - Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the angiogenic and lymphangiogenic pathways are associated with lymphedema caused by Wuchereria bancrofti.
Debrah Linda Batsa, et al. Human genomics 2017 11 (1) 26 - Does 24bp Duplication of Human CHIT1 Gene (Chitotriosidase1) Predispose to Filarial Chyluria? A Case-Control Study.
Pant Shriya, et al. Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR 2016 9 (9) PC01-PC04 - Familial Aggregation and Heritability of Wuchereria bancrofti Infection.
Chesnais Cédric B, et al. The Journal of infectious diseases 2016 5 - FOXC2 and FLT4 Gene Variants in Lymphatic Filariasis.
Sheik Yasmeen, et al. Lymphatic research and biology 2015 6 (2) 112-9
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