title: Surgical filariasis: immunoscreening for filarial IgG antibodies using Wuchereria bancrofti microfilarial excretory-secretory antigen.
abstract: A clinical study and immunoscreening was conducted on 363 suspected filarial patients attending the surgery out patient division of the MGIMS, Sevegram. The disease was significantly higher in males (86%) than in females (14%). Majority (52.9%) of the cases were in the age group of 11-30 years. The distribution of cases into three different grades of infection showed, 52.6%, 33.3% and 14.1% of the cases having acute (grade I), sub-acute (grade II) and chronic (grade III) stages of infection respectively. While 73% of the cases had genital manifestations, 23% were with lymphatic obstruction in limbs and the rest of the 4% suffered from manifestations like cellulitis, abscesses, haematuria and chyluria. Filarial IgG antibodies against microfilarial excretory-secretory (mf ES) antigen were detected in 89% of cases with genital manifestations, 87% of lymphoedema cases, 67% of lymphadenitis cases and 60% of cases with other clinical manifestations and 3% of endemic normals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, MGIMS, Sevagram, Maharashtra.
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lohar
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Harinath
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000097:blood*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004605:Elephantiasis, Filarial / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014958:Wuchereria bancrofti / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000909:Antibodies, Helminth; D007074:Immunoglobulin G