PULMONARY FILARIASIS
Authors: H RIFKIN, T P EBERHARD
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1946)

Case Reports1 August 1946PULMONARY FILARIASISHAROLD RIFKIN, THEODORE P. EBERHARDHAROLD RIFKINSearch for more papers by this author, THEODORE P. EBERHARDSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-25-2-324 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptFilariasis, a disease formerly of interest to tropical medical practitioners, has become a problem which must now be recognized and managed by both medical officers and civilian physicians. Early in the war the disease was contracted by certain groups of American troops serving duty in filarial endemic areas in the South Pacific. Since the vector host is present in many areas in the Central Pacific, a continued incidence of the disease among our troops is a possibility It seems important, therefore, to note all the clinical variants of the disease. The pathological findings, as manifested in natives, have been carefully...Bibliography1. MANSON-BAHR PH: Manson's tropical diseases, 1942, Cassell and Co., Ltd., London. Google Scholar2. O'CONNORHULSE FWCR: Some pathological changes associated with Wuchereria bancrofti infection, Trans. Roy. Soc. Trop. Med. and Hyg., 1932, xxiii, 444. Google Scholar3. MICHAEL P: Filariasis among Navy and Marine personnel, report on laboratory investigations, U. S. Naval Med. Bull., 1944, xliii, 1059-1079. Google Scholar4. RIFKINTHOMPSON HKJ: Observations on the structural changes occurring in filariasis, Arch. Path., 1945, xl, 220-224. Google Scholar5. ZUCKERMANHIBBARD SSJS: Clinico-pathological study of early filariasis, with lymph node biopsies, U. S. Naval Med. Bull., 1945, xliv, 27-36. Google Scholar6. WARTMAN WB: Lesions of the lymphatic system in early filariasis, Am. Jr. Trop. Med., 1944, xxiv, 299-313. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. CRAIGFAUST CFEC: Clinical parasitology, 1943, third edition, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia. Google Scholar8. STRONG RP: Stitt's Diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of tropical diseases, Vol. II, 1943, sixth edition, Blakiston Company, Philadelphia. Google Scholar9. Editorial on Filariasis: U. S. Naval Med. Bull., 1945, xliv, 181. Google Scholar10. KNOTT J: Method for making micro-filarial surveys on day blood, Trans. Roy. Soc. Trop. Med. and Hyg., 1939, xxxiii, 191. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. ZARROWRIFKIN MH: Observations on the specificity and clinical use of Dirofilaria immitis antigen in the diagnosis of human filariasis (W. bancrofti), Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1946, ccxi, 97-102. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication June 27, 1945.†At present with the Department of Medicine, Montefiore Hospital, New York City. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byHemorrhagesTropical EosinophiliaParasitic aetiology of tropical eosinophiliaA study of host-parasite relationship in Loa loaTROPICAL EOSINOPHILIA: CLINICAL, THERAPEUTIC AND ETIOLOGIC CONSIDERATIONS. EXPERIMENTAL WORK*AMAURY COUTINHODie eosinophilen LungeninfiltrateUnusual thoracic manifestations in filariasis due to Loa loaPulmonary Eosinophilia 1 August 1946Volume 25, Issue 2Page: 324-329KeywordsFilariasisHospital medicineTropical diseases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1946 PDF downloadLoading ...