Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3393399 | Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease | 2006 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
A New Zealander travelling recreationally to Asia became exposed to Bancroftian filariasis. The traveller had presented incidentally with gastrointestinal illness. In addition to diarrhoea, the traveller's symptoms were non-specific and there was no eosinophilia, lymphoedema, lymphangitis, lymphadenitis, or pain. The immunochromatographic test for Wuchereria bancrofti was positive indicating that there was or had been an adult filarial worm. The illness resolved completely following treatment with ivermectin.
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Authors
Marc T.M. Shaw, Peter A. Leggat,