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Serum samples employed in the study |
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| Type of infection serum |
Number of samples |
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| W.b. (mf+) |
55 |
| W.b chronic (CFA+) |
5 |
| W.b acute (CFA+) |
8 |
| W.b amicrofilaraemic (CFA+) |
9 |
| Brugia malayi (mf+) |
101 |
| Brugia timori (mf+) |
10 |
| Strongyloides stercoralis* |
10 |
| Other soil-transmitted helminthes (STH)* (single or mixed infections with Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, hookworm, Toxocara) |
45 |
| Extraintestinal amoebiasis ** |
10 |
| Normal serum (from non-endemic area) |
34 |
| Normal (from endemic area) |
16 |
| Loa-loa (mf+) |
10 |
| Onchocerca volvulus (mf+) |
20 |
| Total |
333 |
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Notes: 1. Circulating filarial antigen positive (CFA+), Wuchereria bancrofti (W.b.), microfilaria positive (mf +) 2.*Parasite seen in stool samples, except for Toxocara infection which was diagnosed based on positive serology with consistent clinical presentation. 3. ** Positive serology with consistent clinical and radiological findings. 4. Serum samples kindly provided by the other scientists were as follows: i. W. bancrofti: from Dr. B. Ravindran from ICMR, Bhubaneswar, India, and Dr. Taniawati Supali from University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia ii. B. malayi from Indonesia: Dr. Taniawati Supali from University of Indonesia iii. L. loa and O. volvulus: Dr. Peter Fischer from Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany | |
Abdul Rahman et al. Filaria Journal 2007 6:10 doi:10.1186/1475-2883-6-10 |
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