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Cuenco K, Halloran M, Lammie P.
Assessment of families for excess risk of lymphedema of the leg in a lymphatic filariasis-endemic area. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2004 70: 185-190.

Cuenco K, Halloran M, Louis-Charles J, Lammie P.
A family study of lymphedema of the leg in a lymphatic filariasis–endemic area. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2004 70: 180-184.

Lamb TJ, Le Goff L, Kurniawan A, Guiliano DB, Fenn K, Blaxter ML, Read AF, Allen JE.
Most of the Response Elicited against Wolbachia Surface Protein in Filarial Nematode Infection Is Due to the Infective Larval Stage. J Infect Dis. 2004 Jan 1; 189(1): 120-7.
PMID: 14702162

Taylor MJ.
Wolbachia in the inflammatory pathogenesis of human filariasis. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2003 Jun;990:444-9.
PMID: 12860672

Volkmann L, Fischer K, Taylor M, Hoerauf A.
Antibiotic therapy in murine filariasis (Litomosoides sigmodontis): comparative effects of doxycycline and rifampicin on Wolbachia and filarial viability. Trop Med Int Health. 2003 May;8(5):392-401.
PMID: 12753632

Spencer LA, Porte P, Zetoff C, Rajan TV.
Mice genetically deficient in immunoglobulin E are more permissive hosts than wild-type mice to a primary, but not secondary, infection with the filarial nematode Brugia malayi. Infect Immun. 2003 May;71(5):2462-7.
PMID: 12704117

Lammie PJ, Cuenco KT, Punkosdy GA.
The pathogenesis of filarial lymphedema: is it the worm or is it the host? Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2002 Dec;979:131-42.
PMID: 12543723

Townson H.
Wolbachia as a potential tool for suppressing filarial transmission. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2002 Dec;96(Suppl 2):117-127.
PMID: 12625925

Figueredo-Silva J, Noroes J, Cedenho A, Dreyer G.
The histopathology of bancroftian filariasis revisited: the role of the adult worm in the lymphatic-vessel disease. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2002 Sep;96(6):531-541.
PMID: 12396316

Nielsen NO, Bloch P, Simonsen PE.
Lymphatic filariasis-specific immune responses in relation to lymphoedema grade and infection status. II. Humoral responses. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2002 Jul-Aug; 96(4): 453-8.
PMID: 12497987

Nielsen NO, Bloch P, Simonsen PE.
Lymphatic filariasis-specific immune responses in relation to lymphoedema grade and infection status. I. Cellular responses. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2002 Jul-Aug; 96(4): 446-52.
PMID: 12497986

Taylor MJ.
A new insight into the pathogenesis of filarial disease. Curr Mol Med. 2002 May;2(3):299-302. Review.
PMID: 12041732

Saint Andre A, Blackwell NM, Hall LR, Hoerauf A, Brattig NW, Volkmann L, Taylor MJ, Ford L, Hise AG, Lass JH, Diaconu E, Pearlman E.
The role of endosymbiotic Wolbachia bacteria in the pathogenesis of river blindness
Science. 2002 Mar 8;295(5561):1892-5.
PMID: 11884755

Keiser PB, Reynolds SM, Awadzi K, Ottesen EA, Taylor MJ, Nutman TB.
Bacterial endosymbionts of Onchocerca volvulus in the pathogenesis of posttreatment reactions. J Infect Dis 2002 Mar 15;185(6):805-11.
PMID: 11920298

Dreyer G, Addiss D, Roberts J, Noroes J.
Progression of lymphatic vessel dilatation in the presence of living adult Wuchereria bancrofti. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2002 Mar-Apr;96(2):157-161.
PMID: 12055805

Friis H, Kaestel P, Nielsen N, Simonsen PE.
Serum ferritin, alpha-tocopherol, beta-carotene and retinol levels in lymphatic filariasis. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2002 Mar-Apr; 96(2): 151-6.
PMID: 12055804

Baird JB, Charles JL, Streit TG, Roberts JM, Addiss DG, Lammie PJ.
Reactivity to bacterial, fungal, and parasite antigens in patients with lymphedema and elephantiasis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2002 Feb;66(2):163-169.
PMID: 12135288

Dreyer G, Figueredo-Silva J, Carvalho K, Amaral F, Ottesen EA.
Lymphatic filariasis in children: adenopathy and its evolution in two young girls. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2001 Sep;65(3):204-207.
PMID: 11561705

Dreyer G, Noroes J, Figueredo-Silva J, Piessens WF.
Pathogenesis of lymphatic disease in bancroftian filariasis: a clinical perspective (904KB pdf)
Parasitol Today. 2000 Dec;16(12):544-548.
PMID: 11121854

Dreyer G, Noroes J, Figueredo-Silva J.
New insights into the natural history and pathology of bancroftian filariasis: implications for clinical management and filariasis control programmes. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2000 Nov-Dec; 94(6): 594-6. Review. No abstract
available. PMID: 11198637

Taylor MJ.
Wolbachia bacteria of filarial nematodes in the pathogenesis of disease and as a target for control. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2000 Nov-Dec; 94(6): 596-8. Review. No abstract
available.
PMID: 11198638

Bernhard P, Makunde RW, Magnussen P, Lemnge MM.
Genital manifestations and reproductive health in female residents of a Wuchereria bancrofti-endemic area in Tanzania. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2000 Jul-Aug; 94(4): 409-12.
PMID: 11127246

Taylor MJ, Cross HF, Bilo K.
Inflammatory responses induced by the filarial nematode Brugia malayi are mediated by lipopolysaccharide-like activity from endosymbiotic Wolbachia bacteria. J Exp Med. 2000 Apr 17;191(8):1429-36.
PMID: 10770808

Paciorkowski N, Porte P, Shultz LD, Rajan TV.
B1 B lymphocytes play a critical role in host protection against lymphatic filarial parasites. J Exp Med. 2000 Feb 21;191(4):731-6.
PMID: 10684864

Alexander ND, Perry RT, Dimber ZB, Hyun PJ, Alpers MP, Kazura JW
Acute disease episodes in a Wuchereria bancrofti-endemic area of Papua New Guinea. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1999 Aug;61(2):319-324.
PMID: 10463687

Simonsen PE, Meyrowitsch DW.
Bancroftian filariasis in Tanzania: specific antibody responses in relation to long-term observations on microfilaremia. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1998 Nov;59(5):667-72.
PMID: 9840579

Kobayashi M, Niimura M, Kanazawa T, Husky MK, Malagueno E, Santana JV.
Detection of microfilarial antigen in circulating immune complex from sera of Wuchereria bancrofti-infected individuals. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1997 Aug;57(2):200-204.
PMID: 9288817

Olszewski WL, Jamal S, Manokaran G, Pani S, Kumaraswami V, Kubicka U, Lukomska B, Dworczynski A, Swoboda E, Meisel-Mikolajczyk F.
Bacteriologic studies of skin, tissue fluid, lymph, and lymph nodes in patients with filarial lymphedema. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1997 Jul;57(1):7-15.
PMID: 9242310

Hitch WL, Eberhard ML, Lammie PJ.
Investigation of the influence of maternal infection with Wuchereria bancrofti on the humoral and cellular responses of neonates to filarial antigens. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1997 Jul;91(5):461-9.
PMID: 9329982

Freedman DO, Horn TD, Maia e Silva CM, Braga C, Maciel A.
Predominant CD8+ infiltrate in limb biopsies of individuals with filarial lymphedema and elephantiasis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1995 Dec;53(6):633-638.
PMID: 8561266

Dissanayake S, Perler FB, Xu M, Southworth MW, Yee CK, Wang S, Dreyer G, Watawana L, Kurniawan L, Fuhrman JA, et al.
Differential recognition of microfilarial chitinase, a transmission-blocking vaccine candidate antigen, by sera from patients with Brugian and Bancroftian filariasis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1995 Sep;53(3):289-94.
PMID: 7573715

Estambale BB, Simonsen PE, Vennervald BJ, Knight R, Bwayo JJ.
Bancroftian filariasis in Kwale District of Kenya. III. Quantification of the IgE response in selected individuals from an endemic community. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1995 Jun;89(3):287-95.
PMID: 7668920

de Albuquerque Mde F, Marzochi MC, Ximenes RA, Braga MC, Silva MC, Furtado AF.
Bancroftian filariasis in two urban areas of Recife, Brasil: the role of individual risk factors Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 1995 May-Jun;37(3):225-33.
PMID: 8525268

Padigel UM, Reddy MV, Alikhan A, Harinath BC.
Immunomonitoring of filarial patients during DEC therapy in an endemic area: a seven-year follow-up. J Trop Med Hyg. 1995 Feb;98(1):52-6.
PMID: 7861480

Wang PY, Zhen TM, Wang ZZ, Gu ZF, Ren SP, Liu LH, Hou LW, Liu JL.
A ten-year observation on experimental infection of periodic Brugia malayi in man. J Trop Med Hyg. 1994 Oct;97(5):269-76.
PMID: 7932922

Estambale BB, Simonsen PE, Vennervald BJ, Knight R, Bwayo JJ.
Bancroftian filariasis in Kwale District of Kenya. II. Humoral immune responses to filarial antigens in selected individuals from an endemic community. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1994 Apr;88(2):153-61.
PMID: 8067811

Figueredo-Silva J, Dreyer G, Guimaraes K, Brandt C, Medeiros Z.
Bancroftian lymphadenopathy: absence of eosinophils in tissues despite peripheral blood hypereosinophilia. J Trop Med Hyg. 1994 Feb;97(1):55-9.
PMID: 8107175

Kar SK, Mania J, Kar PK.
Clinical filarial disease in two ethnic endemic communities of Orissa, India. J Trop Med Hyg. 1993 Oct;96(5):311-6.
PMID: 8411307

Chandra G, Hati AK.
Correlation between the preferred biting site of Culex quinquefasciatus and the region of the body affected by clinical filariasis. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1993 Aug;87(4):393-7.
PMID: 8250630

Campello TR, Ferreira RS, Pires ML, De Melo PG, Albuquerque R, Araujo S, Dreyer G.
A study of placentas from Wuchereria bancrofti microfilaraemic and amicrofilaraemic mothers. J Trop Med Hyg. 1993 Aug;96(4):251-5.
PMID: 8345547

Dreyer G, Ottesen EA, Galdino E, Andrade L, Rocha A, Medeiros Z, Moura I, Casimiro I, Beliz F, Coutinho A.
Renal abnormalities in microfilaremic patients with Bancroftian filariasis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1992 Jun;46(6):745-751.
PMID: 1621900

Jungmann P, Figueredo-Silva J, Dreyer G.
Bancroftian lymphangitis in northeastern Brazil: a histopathological study of 17 cases. J Trop Med Hyg. 1992 Apr;95(2):114-8.
PMID: 1560478

Jungmann P, Figueredo-Silva J, Dreyer G.
Bancroftian lymphadenopathy: a histopathologic study of fifty-eight cases from northeastern Brazil. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1991 Sep;45(3):325-331.
PMID: 1928566

Pires ML, Ferreira RS, Araujo S, Albuquerque R, Remigio Neto J, Da Silva AS, Dreyer G. Transplacental passage of Wuchereria bancrofti microfilariae in newborns of microfilaremic mothers. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 1991 Mar-Apr;33(2):91-5. Portuguese.
PMID: 1844389

Ravindran B, Satapathy AK, Das MK, Pattnaik NM, Subramanyam VR.
Antibodies to microfilarial sheath in bancroftian filariasis--prevalence and characterization. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1990 Dec;84(6):607-13.
PMID: 2076039

Miller S, Snowden K, Schreuer D, Hammerberg B.
Selective breeding of dogs for segregation of limb edema from microfilaremia as clinical manifestations of Brugia infections. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1990 Nov;43(5):489-97.
PMID: 2240373

Zheng HJ, Tao ZH, Cheng WF, Xu M, Fang RL, Piessens WF.
Parasite antigenemia in untreated and treated lymphatic filarial infections. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1990 Nov;43(5):481-8.
PMID: 2240372

McVay CS, Klei TR, Coleman SU, Bosshardt SC.
A comparison of host responses of the Mongolian jird to infections of Brugia malayi and B. pahangi. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1990 Sep;43(3):266-73.
PMID: 2221223

Egwang TG, Kazura JW.
The BALB/c mouse as a model for immunological studies of microfilariae-induced pulmonary eosinophilia. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1990 Jul;43(1):61-6.
PMID: 2382764

Nelson FK, Greiner DL, Shultz LD, Rajan TV.
The immunodeficient scid mouse as a model for human lymphatic filariasis. J Exp Med. 1991 Mar 1;173(3):659-63.
PMID: 1997651

Liu LX, Serhan CN, Weller PF.
Intravascular filarial parasites elaborate cyclooxygenase-derived eicosanoids. J Exp Med. 1990 Sep 1;172(3):993-6.
PMID: 2117642

Hitch WL, Lammie PJ, Eberhard ML.
Heightened anti-filarial immune responsiveness in a Haitian pediatric population. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1989 Dec;41(6):657-663.
PMID: 2641643

Hayashi Y, Nakagaki K, Nogami S, Hammerberg B, Tanaka H.
Protective immunity against Brugia malayi infective larvae in mice. I. Parameters of active and passive immunity. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1989 Dec;41(6):650-6.
PMID: 2641642

Carlow CK, Philipp M.
Protective immunity to Brugia malayi larvae in BALB/c mice: potential of this model for the identification of protective antigen. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1987 Nov;37(3):597-604.
PMID: 3688312

Crandall RB, Crandall CA, Hines SA, Doyle TJ, Nayar JK.
Peripheral lymphedema in ferrets infected with Brugia malayi. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1987 Jul;37(1):138-42.
PMID: 3605495

Rogers R, Denham DA, Nelson GS, Guy F, Ponnudurai T.
Studies with Brugia pahangi III: Histological changes in the affected lymph nodes of infected cats. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1975 69(1):77-84.

Gratama S
The aetiology of hydrocele in the south-eastern territories of Liberia. Trop Geogr Med. 1969 Sep;21(3):269-79.
PMID: 5361767

Gratama S.
The pathogenesis of hydrocele in filarial infection. Trop Geogr Med. 1969 Sep;21(3):254-68.
PMID: 5391351

Oomen AP.
A reconsideration of the problem of elephantiasis. Trop Geogr Med. 1969 Sep;21(3):225-35. Review.
PMID: 4902966

Bancroft J.
Cases of filarious disease. Trans. Path. Soc. Lond. 1878 29:407-419.

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