Human disease caused by parasitic worms.
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Palau and Wallis and Futuna have eliminated lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem.
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Kiribati has eliminated lymphatic filariasis, otherwise known as elephantiasis, after a 19-year-long public health campaign.
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In 1997, the World Health Assembly resolved to eliminate lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem.
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Filariae cause diseases including: lymphatic filariasis with distressing and disturbing symptoms like elephantiasis; and river blindness.
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Antifilarial antibody testing has been established as a sensitive and specific method of diagnosing lymphatic filariasis.
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They now also distribute vitamin A supplements and bed nets to prevent malaria and lymphatic filariasis.
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Frank Hawking pioneered a treatment for lymphatic filariasis, commonly known as elephantiasis, which causes enlarged body parts.
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The study suggests that overt clinical forms of lymphatic filariasis constitute a major public health problem in the study area.
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The present results show that the chronic conditions of lymphatic filariasis pose considerable burden on the patient, family and community.
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Dr 'Ofanoa said the risk still existed, especially with travel to countries in the Pacific where lymphatic filariasis is still endemic.
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Parasitic worms affect a third of the world's population and cause a number of illnesses, including river blindness and lymphatic filariasis.
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The Centre for Disease Control said lymphatic filariasis is a neglected tropical disease and a leading cause of permanent disability worldwide.
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And in India, controlling lymphatic filariasis would add $1.5 billion to the country's GNP.
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A cross-sectional survey was undertaken to determine the prevalence of disease due to lymphatic filariasis in Khurda district of Orissa, India.
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Monocyte dysfunction in filarial infection has been proposed as one mechanism underlying the diminished antigen-specific T-cell response seen in patent lymphatic filariasis.
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In the Western Pacific Region, more than 10 countries have successfully eliminated lymphatic filariasis or elephantiasis, mostly recently in Kiribati, earlier this year.
