Acute Brugian filariasis in a German tourist after short-term travel to Sri Lanka, 2025
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DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2025.30.43.2500793
Abstract: A German traveller developed leg oedema with adenolymphangitis after a 3-week trip to Sri Lanka. Laboratory tests showed slight eosinophilia, positive filarial serology and motile microfilariae in day and night-time blood samples. PCR revealed 99%… read more here.
Keywords: sri; sri lanka; brugian filariasis; acute brugian ... See more keywords