Polyparasitism and its impact on the immune systemTaniawati Supali
Department of Parasitology, University of Indonesia, Faculty of Medicine, Salemba Raya, Jakarta, Indonesia
Int J Parasitol 40:1171-6. 2010
..The current paper discusses what we know as well as the gaps in our knowledge of polyparasitism...
- Treatment of Brugia timori and Wuchereria bancrofti infections in Indonesia using DEC or a combination of DEC and albendazole: adverse reactions and short-term effects on microfilariae
Taniawati Supali
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
Trop Med Int Health 7:894-901. 2002
..timori infection. In Indonesia, where the prevalence of intestinal helminths is high, the use of a combination of DEC and Alb to control lymphatic filariasis may also have impact on the control of intestinal helminths...
- Doxycycline treatment of Brugia malayi-infected persons reduces microfilaremia and adverse reactions after diethylcarbamazine and albendazole treatment
Taniawati Supali
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
Clin Infect Dis 46:1385-93. 2008
..We assessed whether doxycycline alone or in combination with diethylcarbamazine-albendazole would lead to sustained amicrofilaremia and reduced incidence of adverse reactions...
- Detection of filaria-specific IgG4 antibodies using Brugia Rapid test in individuals from an area highly endemic for Brugia timori
T Supali
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Salemba 6, Jakarta 10430, Indonesia
Acta Trop 90:255-61. 2004
..The BR test also shows great promise to be employed as a monitoring tool for B. timori in the framework of the Global Program to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF)...
- Relationship between different species of helminths and atopy: a study in a population living in helminth-endemic area in Sulawesi, Indonesia
Taniawati Supali
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
Int Arch Allergy Immunol 153:388-94. 2010
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- Estimation of the prevalence of lymphatic filariasis by a pool screen PCR assay using blood spots collected on filter paper
Taniawati Supali
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Salemba 6, Jakarta 10430, Indonesia
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 100:753-9. 2006
..697) gave a better prediction compared with pool-5 PCR (R=0.483). This study suggests that pool screen PCR may be a useful tool for monitoring the Global Program to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis...
- A longitudinal study of allergy and intestinal helminth infections in semi urban and rural areas of Flores, Indonesia (ImmunoSPIN Study)
Firdaus Hamid
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia
BMC Infect Dis 11:83. 2011
..The question of whether helminth infections play a role in allergic diseases can best be addressed by intervention studies. None of the studies so far have been based on a large scale placebo-controlled trial...
- Does treatment of intestinal helminth infections influence malaria? Background and methodology of a longitudinal study of clinical, parasitological and immunological parameters in Nangapanda, Flores, Indonesia (ImmunoSPIN Study)
Aprilianto E Wiria
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
BMC Infect Dis 10:77. 2010
..Different cross-sectional studies using diverse methodologies have reported that helminth infections might either exacerbate or reduce the severity of malaria attacks. The same discrepancies have been reported for parasitemia...
- Clustering of allergic outcomes within families and households in areas endemic for helminth infections
Sitti Wahyuni
Department of Parasitology, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia
Int Arch Allergy Immunol 136:356-64. 2005
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- A longitudinal study of BCG vaccination in early childhood: the development of innate and adaptive immune responses
Yenny Djuardi
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
PLoS ONE 5:e14066. 2010
..Importantly, we observed no clear effects of BCG vaccination on innate immune responses in terms of early IL-10 or TNF-? production whereas some alterations in general adaptive immune responses to PHA were observed...
- Comparison of an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and a radioallergosorbent test (RAST) for detection of IgE antibodies to Brugia malayi
Sitti Wahyuni
Department of Parasitology, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia
Parasite Immunol 25:609-14. 2003
..In areas with low endemicity or where control programs are implemented, sera will have to be tested by RAST...
- High prevalence of Brugia timori infection in the highland of Alor Island, Indonesia
Taniawati Supali
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
Am J Trop Med Hyg 66:560-5. 2002
..No hydrocele or genital lymphedema were observed. This study showed that B. timori infection is not restricted to the lowland and indicated that it might have a wider distribution in the lesser Sunda archipelago than previously assumed...
- Determinants of the relationship between cytokine production in pregnant women and their infants
Yenny Djuardi
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
PLoS ONE 4:e7711. 2009
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- Immunological footprint: the development of a child's immune system in environments rich in microorganisms and parasites
Yenny Djuardi
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia, Jakarta 10430, Indonesia
Parasitology 138:1508-18. 2011
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- Long-lasting reduction of Brugia timori microfilariae following a single dose of diethylcarbamazine combined with albendazole
Peter Fischer
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 97:446-8. 2003
..timori mf for at least 1 year. Therefore, DEC+ ALB can be recommended as an effective strategy to control B. timori infection in the framework of the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis...
- Lymphatic filariasis and Brugia timori: prospects for elimination
Peter Fischer
Department of Helminthology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Bernhard Nocht Strasse 74, D 20359 Hamburg, Germany
Trends Parasitol 20:351-5. 2004
..Therefore, elimination of B. timori appears to be achievable...
- Using knowledge, attitudes and practice (KAP) surveys on lymphatic filariasis to prepare a health promotion campaign for mass drug administration in Alor District, Indonesia
Alison Krentel
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit GTZ SISKES Project, Kupang, Indonesia
Trop Med Int Health 11:1731-40. 2006
..As a result, compliance was sufficient in the first round to successfully begin the elimination process...
- Detection of Brugia parasite DNA in human blood by real-time PCR
Ramakrishna U Rao
Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8051, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
J Clin Microbiol 44:3887-93. 2006
..timori endemicity on Alor Island, Indonesia, where microfilaria-positive individuals had low densities after mass treatment. Thus, the Eclipse MGB real-time PCR assay is a sensitive means of detecting Brugia parasite DNA in human blood...
