"Filariasis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Infections with nematodes of the superfamily FILARIOIDEA. The presence of living worms in the body is mainly asymptomatic but the death of adult worms leads to granulomatous inflammation and permanent fibrosis. Organisms of the genus Elaeophora infect wild elk and domestic sheep causing ischemic necrosis of the brain, blindness, and dermatosis of the face.
| Descriptor ID |
D005368
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.335.508.700.750.361
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| Concept/Terms |
Filariasis- Filariasis
- Filariases
- Infections, Filarioidea
- Filarioidea Infection
- Infection, Filarioidea
- Filarioidea Infections
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Filariasis" by people in Profiles.
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COVID-19 unfolding filariasis: The first case of SARS-CoV-2 and Wuchereria bancrofti coinfection. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 11; 14(11):e0008853.
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Ligand binding properties of two Brugia malayi fatty acid and retinol (FAR) binding proteins and their vaccine efficacies against challenge infection in gerbils. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 10; 12(10):e0006772.
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Filarial infection during pregnancy has profound consequences on immune response and disease outcome in children: A birth cohort study. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 09; 12(9):e0006824.
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Prevalence of Anaplasmataceae and Filariidae species in unowned and military dogs in New Caledonia. Vet Med Sci. 2018 05; 4(2):140-149.
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Atypical cases of filariasis from a non-endemic area. Drug Discov Ther. 2018; 12(4):254-258.
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First things first: Importance of eosinophil count in diagnosing occult parasites. Drug Discov Ther. 2018; 12(1):55-57.
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Assessment of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for filariae detection in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 12; 11(12):e0006093.
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Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia. Report of a case. Ann Med Interne (Paris). 1997; 148(4):321-2.