Clinical and laboratory aspects of filariasis

Biochemistry of Parasites

1966 • 522 citations

Prominence of IgG4 in the IgG antibody response to human filariasis.

1985 • 263 citations

Comparison of Ivermectin and Diethylcarbamazine in the Treatment of Onchocerciasis

1985 • 239 citations

EFFICACY AND TOLERANCE OF IVERMECTININ HUMAN ONCHOCERCIASIS

1982 • 239 citations

Human Filariasis. A Global Survey of Epidemiology and Control.

1977 • 235 citations

Membrane transport in helminth parasites: A review

1975 • 214 citations

Immunological aspects of lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis in man

1984 • 210 citations

Efficacy of Diethylcarbamazine in Eradicating Infection with Lymphatic-Dwelling Filariae in Humans

1985 • 174 citations

Loa loa Infection in Temporary Residents of Endemic Regions: Recognition of a Hyperresponsive Syndrome with Characteristic Clinical Manifestations

1986 • 171 citations

Immune responses in human infections with Brugia malayi: specific cellular unresponsiveness to filarial antigens.

1980 • 151 citations

Immunopathology of lymphatic filariasis in man

1980 • 131 citations

IgE responses in human filariasis. IV. Parallel antigen recognition by IgE and IgG4 subclass antibodies.

1986 • 129 citations

Onchocerciasis and Immunity in Humans: Enhanced T Cell Responsiveness to Parasite Antigen in Putatively Immune Individuals

1988 • 123 citations

Brugian Filariasis: Epidemiological and Experimental Studies

1977 • 120 citations

Onchocerca-Simulium complexes. I. Transmission of forest and Sudan-savanna strains of Onchocerca volvulus, from Cameroon, by Simulium damnosum from various West African bioclimatic zones.

1966 • 119 citations

Cloning and comparison of repeated DNA sequences from the human filarial parasite Brugia malayi and the animal parasite Brugia pahangi.

1986 • 117 citations

Antigen-Specific Suppressor T Lymphocytes in Human Lymphatic Filariasis

1982 • 115 citations

Cell-mediated immune responses in human infection with Onchocerca volvulus.

1988 • 106 citations

A DNA sequence specific for forest form Onchocerca volvulus

1987 • 104 citations

Endemic filariasis on a Pacific Island. II. Immunologic aspects: immunoglobulin, complement, and specific antifilarial IgG, IgM, and IgE antibodies.

1982 • 104 citations

The 24-hour periodicity of microfilariae: biological mechanisms responsible for its production and control

1967 • 100 citations

IgG antibody subclasses in human filariasis. Differential subclass recognition of parasite antigens correlates with different clinical manifestations of infection.

1987 • 94 citations

Brugia malayi: Relationship between Anti-Sheath Antibodies and Amicrofilaremia in Natives Living in an Endemic Area of South Kalimantan, Borneo *

1980 • 90 citations

The biology of Mansonia mosquitoes in relation to the transmission of filariasis in Malaya.

1962 • 90 citations

The Black Flies (Díptera, Simuliidae) of Guatemala and their Role as Vectors of Onchocerciasis.

1955 • 89 citations

Studies on factors influencing the transmission of onchocerciasis

1968 • 87 citations

Non-specific suppression of antigen-induced lymphocyte blastogenesis in Onchocerca volvulus infection in man.

1983 • 87 citations

A monoclonal antibody-based immunoradiometric assay for detection of circulating antigen in Bancroftian filariasis.

1985 • 83 citations

Phosphorylcholine‐bearing components in homogenates of nematodes

1974 • 80 citations

Circulating parasite antigen(s) in lymphatic filariasis: use of monoclonal antibodies to phosphocholine for immunodiagnosis.

1987 • 78 citations

SPECIFIC ALLERGIC SENSITISATION TO FILARIAL ANTIGENS IN TROPICAL EOSINOPHILIA SYNDROME

1979 • 78 citations

Immune Responses in Human Infections with Brugia malayi: Correlation of Cellular and Humoral Reactions to Microfilarial Antigens with Clinical Status *

1980 • 78 citations

Variations in Host Responses and the Pathogenesis of Human Onchocerciasis

1985 • 75 citations

Experimental studies on the transmission of Guatemalan and West African strains of Onchocerca volvulus by Simulium ochraceum, S. metallicum and S. callidum

1966 • 71 citations

Studies on onchocerciasis in the United Cameroon Republic I. Comparison of populations with and without Onchocerca volvulus

1974 • 69 citations

Comparative Biochemical Studies of Litomosoides carinii, Dipetalonema viteae, and Brugia pahangi Adults

1974 • 68 citations

Successful vaccination of cats against Brugia pahangi with larvae attenuated by irradiation with 10 krad cobalt 60

1979 • 66 citations

Humoral and Cellular Immune Responses to Onchocerca volvulus Infection in Humans

1985 • 61 citations

Current Concepts in Parasitology

1990 • 60 citations

Bancroftian filariasis in Egypt.

1979 • 58 citations

Effect of treatment with diethylcarbamazine on immune responses to filarial antigens in patients infected with Brugia malayi.

1981 • 57 citations

Bancroftian filariasis in Kenya

1977 • 54 citations

An analysis of in vitro B cell immune responsiveness in human lymphatic filariasis.

1987 • 54 citations

The lymphatic pathology of Brugia pahangi in nude (athymic) and thymic mice C3H/HeN.

1984 • 52 citations

Immunologic Correlates of the Hyperresponsive Syndrome of Loiasis

1988 • 52 citations

Les problèmes actuels de la loase.

1978 • 50 citations

Studies on a filarial antigen with collagenase activity

1986 • 50 citations

IgE responses in human filariasis. III. Specificities of IgE and IgG antibodies compared by immunoblot analysis.

1985 • 49 citations

Hyperendemic Bancroftian Filariasis in the Kingdom of Tonga: The Application of the Membrane Filter Concentration Technique to an Age-Stratified Blood Survey

1974 • 49 citations

Soluble Brugia malayi microfilarial antigens protect mice against challenge by an antibody-dependent mechanism.

1982 • 47 citations

Molecular characterization of antigens of lymphatic filarial parasites

1986 • 47 citations

A Monoclonal Antibody to Surface Antigens on Microfilariae of Brugia malayi Reduces Microfilaremia in Infected Jirds *

1984 • 46 citations

Ocular and Systemic Complications of Diethylcarbamazine Therapy for Onchocerciasis: Association with Circulating Immune Complexes

1983 • 46 citations

The uptake in vitro of dyes, monosaccharides and amino acids by the filarial worm Brugia pahangi

1979 • 44 citations

Characterization of an Onchocerca-Specific DNA Clone from Onchocerca Volvulus

1987 • 44 citations

Onchocerca Volvulus: Detection of Circulating Antigen by Monoclonal Antibodies in Human Onchocerciasis *

1983 • 44 citations

Cloning and characterization of two Onchocerca volvulus repeated DNA sequences

1986 • 43 citations

Secreted and circulating antigens of the filarial parasite Brugia pahangi: Analysis of in vitro released components and detection of parasite products in vivo

1985 • 42 citations

Trichinella spiralis: immunocytochemical localization of surface and intracellular antigens using monoclonal antibody probes

1987 • 42 citations

Epidemiological and Clinical Features of Brugia Timori in a Newly Established Village, Karakuak, West Flores, Indonesia *

1978 • 42 citations

[Current problems of loaiasis].

1978 • 41 citations

Onchocerca-Simulium complexes. VI. Experimental studies on the transmission of Venezuelan and West African strains of Onchocerca volvulus by Simulium metallicum and S. exiguum in Venezuela.

1970 • 41 citations

Cloning and characterization of a potentially protective antigen in lymphatic filariasis.

1988 • 40 citations

Dipetalonema viteae: Phosphorylcholine and non-phosphorylcholine antigenic determinants in infective larvae and adult worms

1986 • 39 citations

Evidence for the occurrence of respiratory electron transport in adult Brugia pahangi and Dipetalonema viteae

1985 • 39 citations

Onchocerca-simulium complexes. V. The intake and subsequent fate of microfilariae of a Guatemalan strain of Onchocerca volvulus in forest and Sudan-savanna forms of West African Simulium damnosum.

1967 • 37 citations

Studies on the Biting Habits ofChrysops

1960 • 37 citations

Induction of protection against Brugia malayi infection in jirds by microfilarial antigens.

1986 • 37 citations

Some observations on filariasis in Western Samoa after mass administration of diethylcarbamazine

1976 • 37 citations

The Filarial Parasites of the Eastern Gorilla in the Congo

1964 • 36 citations

Pathologic Changes of Human Onchocerciasis: Implications for Future Research

1985 • 36 citations

Parasitologic and Clinical Features of Bancroftian Filariasis in a Community in East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea *

1984 • 35 citations

Onchocerciasis: Some New Epidemiologic and Clinical Findings

1969 • 34 citations

Epidemiology of Onchocerciasis

1977 • 33 citations

The efficacy of annual single-dose treatment with diethylcarbamazine citrate against diurnally subperiodic bancroftian filariasis in Samoa.

1985 • 33 citations

Circulating antigen-antibody complexes in onchocerciasis.

1982 • 32 citations

Identification of Phosphorylcholine Epitope-Containing Antigens in Brugia Malayi and Relation of Serum Epitope Levels to Infection Status of Jirds with Brugian Filariasis

1988 • 32 citations

Clinical Manifestations of Bancroftian Filariasis in a Suburb of Calcutta, India *

1976 • 31 citations

Vaccination of BALB/c mice against Brugia malayi and B. pahangi with larvae attenuated by gamma irradiation.

1984 • 31 citations

Timor Filariasis: Epidemiologic and Clinical Features in a Defined Community

1976 • 30 citations

Infective filaria larvae, other thanOnchocerca volvulus, inSimulium damnosum

1967 • 30 citations

Differential recognition of a protective filarial antigen by antibodies from humans with bancroftian filariasis.

1986 • 30 citations

The concentration ofOnchocerca volvulusmicrofilariae in skin snips taken over twenty-four hours

1967 • 30 citations

Dirofilaria Immitis

1982 • 30 citations

Immunological studies on onchocerciasis. Varying skin hypersensitivity and leucocyte migration inhibition in a clinical spectrum of the disease.

1978 • 28 citations

Onchocercal lymphadenitis: clinicopathologic study of 34 patients

1978 • 28 citations

An investigation of the glucose metabolism of Brugia pahangi and Dipetalonema viteae by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

1986 • 27 citations

Bancroftian Filariasis in Two Villages in Dinajpur District, East Pakistan

1972 • 27 citations

Identification of Brugia Malayi in Vectors with a Species-Specific DNA Probe

1986 • 27 citations

Studies on Filariasis in Malaya: Further Experiments on the Transmission ofBrugia MalayiandWuchereria Bancrofti

1961 • 26 citations

Immediate Hypersensitivity Responses in the Immunopathogenesis of Human Onchocerciasis

1985 • 26 citations

The early phase of endemic bancroftian filariasis in the male; pathological study.

1957 • 25 citations

Predisposition to Brugia Malayi Microfilaremia in Progeny of Infected Gerbils *

1983 • 25 citations

Studies on Filariasis in Malaya: The Periodicity of the Microfilariae ofWuchereria Malayi

1957 • 24 citations

Parasite antigen-specific human T cell lines and clones. Major histocompatibility complex restriction and B cell helper function.

1984 • 24 citations

Characterization of stage-specific antigens of infective larvae of the filarial parasite Brugia malayi.

1988 • 24 citations

A study on antigen recognition by onchocerciasis patients with different clinical forms of disease

1986 • 24 citations

In vitro Cultivation of Dipetalonema viteae Third-Stage Larvae: Evaluation of Culture Media, Serum, and Other Supplements

1984 • 22 citations

Bancroftian filariasis in a Philippine village: clinical, parasitological, immunological, and social aspects.

1978 • 22 citations

Detection of Circulating Parasite Antigen in Bancroftian Filariasis by Counterimmunoelectrophoresis

1986 • 21 citations

Activation of jird (Meriones unguiculatus) macrophages by the filarial parasite Brugia pahangi

1984 • 21 citations

Blood gorged resting blackflies in Cameroon and evidence of zoophily in Simulium Damnosum

1969 • 20 citations

Rapid uptake and esterification of arachidonic acid and other fatty acids by microfilariae of Brugia malayi

1987 • 20 citations

The Wellcome Trust Lecture: Inflammatory responses to filarial connective tissue parasites

1987 • 20 citations

Brugia malayi antigens associated with lymphocyte activation in filariasis.

1987 • 20 citations

Host-vector-parasite relationships in human filariasis.

1980 • 20 citations

The periodicity of microfilariae XI. The effect of body temperature and other stimuli upon the cycles of Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, B. ceylonensis and Dirofilaria repens

1966 • 19 citations

The Vertical Distribution ofSimulium DamnosumBites on the Human Body

1958 • 19 citations

STUDIES ON EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CONTROL OF FILARIASIS: OBSERVATIONS ON THE CARRIERS OF WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI IN THE AMAMI ISLANDS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE EFFECTS AND SIDE-REACTIONS OF DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE.

1963 • 19 citations

Microfilaraemia in Surinamese living in Amsterdam.

1962 • 18 citations

Stage-specific and common antigens of Brugia malayi identified with monoclonal antibodies.

1984 • 18 citations

Induction of non-specific human suppressor cells in vitro by defined Onchocerca volvulus antigens.

1983 • 17 citations

Onchocerca-Simulium complexes. IV. Transmission of a variant of the forest strain on Onchocerca volvulus.

1967 • 16 citations

The Periodic Migration of Microfilariae of Brugia Malayi and its Response to Various Stimuli

1968 • 16 citations

Studies on sub-periodic Brugia malayi in southern Thailand.

1971 • 15 citations

Brugia malayi: Recombinant antigens expressed by genomic DNA clones

1987 • 15 citations

Mosquito-borne Disease

1969 • 15 citations

Characterization of a ribosomal DNA clone of Brugia malayi

1986 • 13 citations

Brugia malayi: Arachidonic acid uptake into lipid bodies of adult parasites

1988 • 12 citations

Relation of Age, Sex, and Microfilaria Density to Treatment of Sub-Periodic Filariasis with Diethylcarbamazine *

1967 • 12 citations

FILARIASIS IN THE SERVICEMAN: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT

1946 • 12 citations

Involvement of tetrahydrofolate cofactors in de novo purine ribonucleotide synthesis by adult Brugia pahangi and Dirofilaria immitis

1981 • 12 citations

Physicochemical characteristics of non-electrolytes and their uptake by Brugia pahangi and Dipetalonema viteae

1988 • 11 citations

On a species of Onchocerca from the Ox in West Africa

1928 • 10 citations

A new phoretic species of Simulium (Dipt., Simuliidae) from West Cameroon, with taxonomic notes on allied forms

1969 • 10 citations

Bancroftian filariasis in a Philippine village: entomological findings.

1979 • 9 citations

The behaviour ofBrugia malayimicrofilariae in experimentally infected domestic cats

1972 • 9 citations

Onchocerciasis in Central America and Africa

1937 • 9 citations

Filariasis: Problems and Challenges *

1986 • 9 citations

Adaptation of Wuchereria and Brugia to Mosquitoes and Vertebrate Hosts in relation to the Distribution of Filarial Parasites.

1963 • 8 citations

The vectors of periodic and subperiodic Brugia malayi in Thailand.

1971 • 8 citations

Antigens of Onchocerca volvulus

1985 • 7 citations

Adaptation of Wuchereia and Brugia to mosquitoes and vertebrate hosts in relation to the distribution of filarial parasites.

1963 • 6 citations

A note on sheated and unsheathed appearance of periodic and sub-periodic Brugia Malayi in southern Thailand.

1971 • 5 citations

Diurnally sub-periodic microfilarial pattern in Brugia malayi in West Malaysia

1971 • 5 citations

Review of the Immunologic Aspects of Onchocerciasis: An Introduction

1985 • 5 citations

[Action of Mel W on the nodules and on the positive results of biopsies in onchocercosis. (Results observed 22 months after a single injection of 7.5 mg. per kilogram of body weight)].

1966 • 3 citations

Review of some recent research on Onchocerca vectors

1968 • 2 citations

Deleted Work

1955 • 0 citations