Lymphatic filariasis (Elephantiasis) - World Health Organization …
2024年10月4日 · Lymphatic filariasis, commonly known as elephantiasis, is a painful and profoundly disfiguring disease. It is caused by infection with parasites classified as nematodes (roundworms) of the family Filariodidea that are transmitted through the bites of …
Lymphatic filariasis - World Health Organization (WHO)
2024年11月21日 · Lymphatic filariasis (LF), commonly known as elephantiasis, is a neglected tropical disease. Infection occurs when filarial parasites are transmitted to humans through mosquitoes. Infection is usually acquired in childhood and …
Lymphatic filariasis - World Health Organization (WHO)
2020年1月30日 · Lymphatic filariasis, commonly known as elephantiasis, is a painful and profoundly disfiguring parasitic disease. In communities where the parasite is transmitted, all ages are affected. While the infection may be acquired during childhood its visible manifestations may occur later in life, causing temporary or permanent disability.
Lymphatic filariasis (Elephantiasis) - World Health Organization …
In 2023, preventive chemotherapy (PC) to eliminate the transmission of LF infection was considered required in 39 out of 72 endemic countries.
Filariose lymphatique - World Health Organization (WHO)
2024年11月21日 · Principaux repères sur la filariose lymphatique: principaux faits et chiffres, déifinition, causes et transmission, symptômes, traitement et prévention ainsi que l'action de l'OMS dans ce domaine.
Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases - World Health …
Podoconiosis is a form of elephantiasis arising in barefoot subsistence farmers who are in long-term contact with irritant red clay soil of volcanic origins. Lymphatic filariasis and podoconiosis are two of the eight neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) prioritized within the recently-launched Ethiopian NTD Master Plan (2013–2015).
Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases - World Health …
Management of morbidity and disability prevention (MMDP) in lymphatic filariasis require a broad strategy involving both secondary and tertiary prevention. Secondary prevention includes simple hygiene measures, such as basic skin care and exercise, to prevent ADL and progression of lymphoedema to elephantiasis.
Indonesia firmly committed to eliminating lymphatic filariasis as a ...
2020年4月29日 · Indonesia recently completed the last of its annual large-scale treatment for lymphatic filariasis (also known as elephantiasis or Penyakit Kaki Gajah) in Malaka District located in its southernmost province, East Nusa Tenggara. Unprecedented progress by the National Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Programme has strongly placed the country on the path to …
Guideline ‒ Alternative mass drug administration regimens to …
2017年11月1日 · Lymphatic filariasis is a vector-borne neglected tropical disease that causes damage of the lymphatic system and can lead to lymphoedema (elephantiasis) and hydrocele in infected individuals. The global baseline estimate of persons affected by lymphatic filariasis is 25 million men with hydrocele and over 15 million people with lymphoedema. At least 36 million …
Global programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis: progress …
2023年10月13日 · Infection with one of the filarial parasites, Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi and B. timori, impairs the lymph vessels, where the worms nest, later manifesting as hydrocoele, lympheodema and elephantiasis, resulting in unnecessary physical and mental suffering. WHO established the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF ...