7198.   Ali MM, Baraka OZ, AbdelRahman SI, Sulaiman SM, Williams JF, Homeida MM, Mackenzie CD. Immune responses directed against microfilariae correlate with severity of clinical onchodermatitis and treatment history. J Infect Dis  2003 Feb 15;187(4):714-7

7199.   Belizario VY, Amarillo ME, de Leon WU, de los Reyes AE, Bugayong MG, Macatangay BJ. A comparison of the efficacy of single doses of albendazole, ivermectin, and diethylcarbamazine alone or in combinations against Ascaris and Trichuris spp. Bull World Health Organ  2003;81(1):35-42 

7200.   Bhunia B, Bhandari YP, Reddy MVR, Harinath BC. Analysis of IgG subclasses and IgE antibodies across the clinical spectrum of bancroftian filariasis in an endemic area. Indian J Patho Microbiol 2003; Vol 46(1):113-117.

7201.   Engelbrecht F, Oettl T, Herter U, Link C, Philipp D, Edeghere H, Kaliraj P, Enwezor F. Analysis of Wuchereria bancrofti infections in a village community in northern Nigeria: increased prevalence in individuals infected with Onchocerca volvulus. Parasitol Int  2003 Mar;52(1):13-20

7202.   Rahmah N, Lim BH, Azian H, Ramelah TS, Rohana AR.  Short communication: use of a recombinant antigen-based ELISA to determine prevalence of brugian filariasis among Malaysian schoolchildren near Pasir Mas, Kelantan-Thailand border. Trop Med Int Health  2003 Feb;8(2):158-63 

7203.   Terhell AJ, Haarbrink M, van den Biggelaar A, Mangali A, Sartono E, Yazdanbakhsh M. Long-term follow-up of treatment with diethylcarbamazine on anti-filarial IgG4: dosage, compliance, and differential patterns in adults and children. Am J Trop Med Hyg  2003 Jan;68(1):33-9 

7204.   Zhang X, Ye ZQ, Chen Z, Chen ZQ, Zhu QG, Xin M, Li LC. Comparison of open surgery versus retroperitoneoscopic approach to chyluria. J Urol  2003 Mar;169(3):991-3 

Pathogenesis

7205.   Chadee DD, Rawlins SC, Tiwari TS.  Short communication: concomitant malaria and filariasis infections in Georgetown, Guyana. Trop Med Int Health. 2003 Feb;8(2):140-3.

7206.   Guevara AG, Vieira JC, Lilley BG, Lopez A, Vieira N, Rumbea J, Collins R, Katholi CR, Unnasch TR.  Entomological evaluation by pool screen polymerase chain reaction of Onchocerca volvulus transmission in Ecuador following mass Mectizan distribution. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2003 Feb;68(2):222-7.

7207.   Hoerauf A, Buttner DW, Adjei O, Pearlman E.  Onchocerciasis. BMJ. 2003 Jan 25;326(7382):207-10.

7208.   Lobos E, Nutman TB, Hothersall JS, Moncada S.   Elevated immunoglobulin E against recombinant Brugia malayi gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase in patients with bancroftian filariasis: association with tropical pulmonary eosinophilia or putative immunity. Infect Immun. 2003 Feb;71(2):747-53.

7209.   Palacio AM, Lichstein DM, Vaamonde CA, Tamariz L.   Parasitic chyluria. South Med J. 2003 Jan;96(1):110-1.

7210.   Rajendran R, Sunish IP, Mani TR.   Mass treatment of filariasis in New Guinea. N Engl J Med. 2003 Mar 20;348(12):1179-81

7211.   Winter AD, Myllyharju J, Page AP.  A hypodermally expressed prolyl 4-hydroxylase from the filarial nematode Brugia malayi is soluble and active in the absence of protein disulfide isomerase. J Biol Chem. 2003 Jan 24;278(4):2554-62.

Therapy:

7212.   Addiss DG.  Mass treatment of filariasis in New Guinea. N Engl J Med. 2003 Mar 20;348(12):1179-81

7213.   Babu BV, Satyanarayana K.  Healthcare workers' knowledge of lymphatic filariasis and its control in an endemic area of Eastern India: implications on control programme. Trop Doct. 2003 Jan;33(1):41-2.

7214.   Burnham G.  The right word. Lancet. 2003 Feb 8;361(9356):456.

7215.   Guevara AG, Vieira JC, Lilley BG, Lopez A, Vieira N, Rumbea J, Collins R, Katholi CR, Unnasch TR.   Entomological evaluation by pool screen polymerase chain reaction of Onchocerca volvulus transmission in Ecuador following mass Mectizan distribution. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2003 Feb;68(2):222-7.

7216.   Hoerauf A, Buttner DW, Adjei O, Pearlman E.  Onchocerciasis. BMJ. 2003 Jan 25;326(7382):207-10.

7217.   Kerr C.  Success for river blindness control campaign. Lancet Infect Dis. 2003 Feb;3(2):65.

7218.   Nanda B, Krishnamoorthy K.  Treatment seeking behaviour and costs due to acute and chronic forms of lymphatic filariasis in urban areas in south India. Trop Med Int Health. 2003 Jan;8(1):56-9.