Imported Lymphatic Filariasis in an Indian Immigrant to Iran

Lymphatic filariasis (LF), a nematode disease transmitted by arthropod vectors, is repeatedly reported in immigrant population. This disease is not endemic in Iran; however, different species of mosquitoes, capable of transmission of parasite microfilaria, are distributed in the country. Hereby, inc...

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Autores principales: KIA, Eshrat Beigom, SHARIFDINI, Meysam, HAJJARAN, Homa, SHAHBAZI, Ali Ehsan, SAYYAD TALAIE, Zahra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4289875/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25642273
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author KIA, Eshrat Beigom
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description Lymphatic filariasis (LF), a nematode disease transmitted by arthropod vectors, is repeatedly reported in immigrant population. This disease is not endemic in Iran; however, different species of mosquitoes, capable of transmission of parasite microfilaria, are distributed in the country. Hereby, incidental detection of an imported case of LF due to Wuchereria bancrofti in an Indian worker in Iran is reported. Identification of the case was performed based on morphological and morphometrical characteristics of microfilaria and PCR sequencing.
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spelling pubmed-42898752015-01-30 Imported Lymphatic Filariasis in an Indian Immigrant to Iran KIA, Eshrat Beigom SHARIFDINI, Meysam HAJJARAN, Homa SHAHBAZI, Ali Ehsan SAYYAD TALAIE, Zahra Iran J Parasitol Case Report Lymphatic filariasis (LF), a nematode disease transmitted by arthropod vectors, is repeatedly reported in immigrant population. This disease is not endemic in Iran; however, different species of mosquitoes, capable of transmission of parasite microfilaria, are distributed in the country. Hereby, incidental detection of an imported case of LF due to Wuchereria bancrofti in an Indian worker in Iran is reported. Identification of the case was performed based on morphological and morphometrical characteristics of microfilaria and PCR sequencing. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2014-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4289875/ /pubmed/25642273 Text en Copyright: © Iranian Journal of Parasitology & Tehran University of Medical Sciences This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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