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Pathogenesis of lymphatic disease in bancroftian filariasis: a clinical perspectiveG Dreyer
NEPAF, Departamento de Cirurgia Hospital das Clinicas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av Prof Moraes Rego, s n 5o andar, Cidade Universitaria, Recife, 50740 900, PE, Brazil
Parasitol Today 16:544-8. 2000The pathogenesis of lymphatic filariasis has been a matter of debate for many decades. Here, Gerusa Dreyer and colleagues propose a dynamic model of bancroftian filariasis, integrating clinical, parasitological, surgical, therapeutic, ..
Lymphatic filariasis in children: adenopathy and its evolution in two young girlsG Dreyer
Núcleo de Ensino Pesquisa e Assistência em Filariose, Hospital das Clinicas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Am J Trop Med Hyg 65:204-7. 2001..These findings demonstrated filariasis as the cause of adenopathy in children, and also both spontaneous and treatment-induced worm-death, with subsequent reversal of lymphatic abnormalities...
Progression of lymphatic vessel dilatation in the presence of living adult Wuchereria bancroftiGerusa Dreyer
Núcleo de Ensino Pesquisa e Assistência em Filariose, NEPAF, Hospital das Clinicas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 96:157-61. 2002..In addition to interrupting transmission, the global programme for elimination of lymphatic filariasis should address the potential for disease progression in persons who remain infected with adult W. bancrofti...
Does longevity of adult Wuchereria bancrofti increase with decreasing intensity of parasite transmission? Insights from clinical observationsGerusa Dreyer
Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhaes, FIOCRUZ, and NEPAF, Hospital das Clinicas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av Prof Moraes Rego s n, Cidade Universitaria, CEP 50670 420, Recife PE, Brazil
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 99:883-92. 2005..4 per ml). In conclusion, survival of adult W. bancrofti is inversely associated with transmission intensity. These findings have implications for filariasis elimination and research...
Preliminary observations on fluids incubated with Wuchereria bancrofti using the immunochromatographic testGerusa Dreyer
Núcleo de Ensino Pesquisa e Assistência em Filariose, Hospital das Clinicas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 41:209-11. 2008..The tests were strongly positive with incubation fluids from both living and mechanically damaged females. Negative results were observed with incubation fluids from all male worms and from intact dead females...
Intrascrotal nodules in adult men as a marker for filarial granuloma in a bancroftian filariasis-endemic areaJoaquim Noroes
Departamento de Cirurgia, Centro de Ciencias da Saude, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Am J Trop Med Hyg 81:317-21. 2009..These findings also have potential implications for bancroftian filariasis control programs...
Efficacy of co-administered diethylcarbamazine and albendazole against adult Wuchereria bancroftiGerusa Dreyer
NEPAF, Hospital das Clinicas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av Prof Moraes Rego s n, Cidade Universitaria, CEP 50740 900, Recife PE, Brazil
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 100:1118-25. 2006..Addition of albendazole appeared to decrease the macrofilaricidal effect of DEC against W. bancrofti, with no detectable enhancement in microfilarial suppression...
Pathogenesis of filarial hydrocele: risk associated with intrascrotal nodules caused by death of adult Wuchereria bancroftiJoaquim Noroes
Servico de Urologia, Departamento de Cirurgia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 97:561-6. 2003..02). Acute hydrocele occurs frequently following death of adult W. bancrofti and single episodes of scrotal nodule formation. Chronic hydrocele may develop following 5.1% of these episodes...
Interdigital skin lesions of the lower limbs among patients with lymphoedema in an area endemic for bancroftian filariasisGerusa Dreyer
Núcleo de Ensino, Pesquisa e Assistência em Filariose NEPAF, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Trop Med Int Health 11:1475-81. 2006..Little is known about the epidemiology of these skin lesions or about patients' awareness of them...
[Paradigm shift in bancroftian filariasis]Gerusa Dreyer
Organização Não Governamental Amaury Coutinho para Doenças Endêmicas Tropicais, Recife, PE
Rev Assoc Med Bras 55:355-62. 2009..Most inhabitants of endemic communities can prevent and minimize the acute bacterial episodes by regular use of soap and water, the simplest form of hygiene already well known to human beings...
[The complexity of the socioeconomic costs of lymphatic filariasis]Denise Mattos
Serviço Social, Hospital das Clinicas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 41:399-403. 2008..Unfortunately, this is still poorly documented and, up to a certain point, very difficult to quantify because of the very particular social abandonment of the endemic communities...
Sensitivity of the immunochromatographic card test relative to detection of adult Wuchereria bancrofti worms by ultrasoundGerusa Dreyer
Núcleo de Ensino Pesquisa e Assistência em Filariose, Hospital das Clinicas, Departamento de Cirurgia, Centro de Ciencias da Saude, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Am J Trop Med Hyg 78:28-34. 2008....
[Aspects of the social realities of children and adolescents seen at a reference service for bancroftian filariasis in Recife, state of Pernambuco]Denise Mattos
Núcleo de Ensino, Pesquisa e Assistência em Filariose, Hospital das Clinicas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Rua Consilheiro Portela 665, Recife, PE
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 41:29-35. 2008....
[Hope Clubs as adjunct therapeutic measure in bancroftian filariasis endemic areas]Gerusa Dreyer
Núcleo de Ensino, Pesquisa e Assistência em Filariose, Hospital das Clinicas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 39:365-9. 2006..They feel they are not alone, they regain their potential for productive work and are able to amplify these activities throughout filariasis-endemic communities...
A mechanism for chronic filarial hydrocele with implications for its surgical repairJoaquim Noroes
Departamento de Cirurgia, Centro de Ciencias da Saude, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 4:e695. 2010....
[Chyluria]Gerusa Dreyer
Núcleo de Ensino, Pesquisa e Assistência em Filariose
Rev Assoc Med Bras 53:460-4. 2007..In the great majority of cases, controlling chyluria is fundamentally based on patient education and adjustment to a low lipid, high protein diet in addition to increased fluid intake...
[Recommendations for the treatment of bancroftian filariasis in symptomless and diseased patients]Gerusa Dreyer
, , Recife, Brasil
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 35:43-50. 2002....
