A case of probable transplacental transmission of Wuchereria bancrofti microfilariae.
A case of transplacental transmission of Wuchereria bancrofti microfilariae is reported in endemic are of Bauchi State, Nigeria. The diagnosis was based on the history of illness, clinical symptoms, age of the child and presence of sheathed microfilariae of nocturnal periodic form of W. bancrofti in the peripheral blood films. Also the night blood sample collected from the child's mother revealed mf of W. bancrofti in addition to the unilateral elephantiasis of the hindlimb. The implication of this observation is stressed.
Anosike
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JC
Department of Zoology, University of Jos, Nigeria.
Onwuliri
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Abanobi
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OC
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005368:Filariasis / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D008297:Male; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D008842:Microfilariae; D009549:Nigeria; D011247:Pregnancy; D015597:Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology; D014958:Wuchereria bancrofti / Q000502:physiology*