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Case Report

Imported Bancroftian Filariasis Discovered in a Patient Infected with Plasmodium falciparum: First Case of Concomitant Parasitism in the Al-Buraimi Governorate, Oman

by
Muhammad Muqeet Ullah
*,
Ahmed Yar Mohammed Dawood Al Balushi
,
Nader Rahid Salim Al Aliyani
,
Biju Kalarikkal
,
Reeher Ian C. Miranda
,
Sherif Mohamed Sherif
,
Ahmed Salim Mubarak Al Habsi
,
Eman Khalfan Al Saidi
,
Adil Anver
and
Nouraldeen Hasan Qassem
Directorate of Disease Surveillance and Control, Directorate General of Health Services, Al Buraimi Governorate, Ministry of Health, Oman
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Infect. Dis. Rep. 2020, 12(1), 8304; https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2020.8304
Submission received: 11 September 2019 / Revised: 18 January 2020 / Accepted: 28 February 2020 / Published: 16 April 2020

Abstract

Malaria and lymphatic filariasis (LF) are endemic in tropical and subtropical regions of sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Central and South America. Ninety-two percent (200 million) of malaria cases in 2017 were detected in the WHO African Region. This accounts for approximately 30% of the global burden of LF disease and includes 405.9 million people at risk in 39 out of 46 member countries. Anopheles species of mosquitoes transmit Wuchereria bancrofti in most parts of Africa. Our case of a 23-year-old Nigerian woman highlights incidental laboratory findings showing the first malaria/filariasis coinfection in the governorate (province). This coinfection was ascertained during the usual medical screening before recruitment in Oman, which is routinely conducted for every expatriate.
Keywords: lymphatic filariasis; malaria; Wuchereria bancrofti lymphatic filariasis; malaria; Wuchereria bancrofti

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Ullah, M.M.; Al Balushi, A.Y.M.D.; Al Aliyani, N.R.S.; Kalarikkal, B.; Miranda, R.I.C.; Sherif, S.M.; Al Habsi, A.S.M.; Al Saidi, E.K.; Anver, A.; Qassem, N.H. Imported Bancroftian Filariasis Discovered in a Patient Infected with Plasmodium falciparum: First Case of Concomitant Parasitism in the Al-Buraimi Governorate, Oman. Infect. Dis. Rep. 2020, 12, 8304. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2020.8304

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Ullah MM, Al Balushi AYMD, Al Aliyani NRS, Kalarikkal B, Miranda RIC, Sherif SM, Al Habsi ASM, Al Saidi EK, Anver A, Qassem NH. Imported Bancroftian Filariasis Discovered in a Patient Infected with Plasmodium falciparum: First Case of Concomitant Parasitism in the Al-Buraimi Governorate, Oman. Infectious Disease Reports. 2020; 12(1):8304. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2020.8304

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Ullah, Muhammad Muqeet, Ahmed Yar Mohammed Dawood Al Balushi, Nader Rahid Salim Al Aliyani, Biju Kalarikkal, Reeher Ian C. Miranda, Sherif Mohamed Sherif, Ahmed Salim Mubarak Al Habsi, Eman Khalfan Al Saidi, Adil Anver, and Nouraldeen Hasan Qassem. 2020. "Imported Bancroftian Filariasis Discovered in a Patient Infected with Plasmodium falciparum: First Case of Concomitant Parasitism in the Al-Buraimi Governorate, Oman" Infectious Disease Reports 12, no. 1: 8304. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2020.8304

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