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 - Transforming growth factor-ß1 variant Leu10Pro is associated with both lack of microfilariae and differential microfilarial loads in the blood of persons infected with lymphatic filariasis.
Debrah Alexander Yaw, et al. Human immunology 2011 11 (11) 1143-8 - Human lymphatic filariasis: genetic polymorphism of endothelin-1 and tumor necrosis factor receptor II correlates with development of chronic disease.
Panda Aditya Kumar, et al. The Journal of infectious diseases 2011 7 (2) 315-22 - Association of CTLA4 gene polymorphisms with lymphatic filariasis in an East Malaysian population.
Idris Zulkarnain Md, et al. Human immunology 2011 7 (7) 607-12 - Lymphatic filariasis
From NCATS Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center - Association between Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) polymorphisms and asymptomatic bancroftian filariasis.
Junpee Alisa, et al. Parasitology research 2010 9 (4) 807-16 - Plasma vascular endothelial growth Factor-A (VEGF-A) and VEGF-A gene polymorphism are associated with hydrocele development in lymphatic filariasis.
Debrah Alexander Yaw, et al. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2007 10 (4) 601-8 - Polymorphisms of innate immunity genes and susceptibility to lymphatic filariasis.
Hise A G, et al. Genes and immunity 2003 10 (7) 524-7
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