Incazelo enemininingwane
I-lymphatic filariasis eyaziwa ngokuthi i-Elephantiasis, ngokuyinhloko ebangelwa u-W. bancrofti no-B. malayi, ihlasela abantu abangaba izigidi ezingu-120 emazweni angaphezu kuka-80.Lesi sifo sidluliselwa kubantu ngokulunywa omiyane abanaleli gciwane lapho i-microflariae emuncwa esihlokweni somuntu onaso ikhula ibe izibungu zesigaba sesithathu.Ngokuvamile, ukuchayeka kaningi futhi isikhathi eside ezibungwini ezithelelekile kuyadingeka ukuze kusungulwe ukutheleleka kwabantu.Ukuxilongwa kwe-parasitologic okuqondile ukubonakaliswa kwe-microflariae kumasampula egazi.Kodwa-ke, lokhu kuhlola okujwayelekile kwegolide kukhawulelwe imfuneko yokuqoqwa kwegazi ebusuku kanye nokuntuleka kokuzwela okwanele.Ukutholwa kwama-antigen ajikelezayo kuyatholakala ngokwentengiso.Ukusebenza kwayo kukhawulelwe ku-W. bancrofti.Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-microfilaremia ne-antigenemia ikhula kusukela ezinyangeni kuya eminyakeni ngemva kokuchayeka.Ukutholwa kwe-antibody kunikeza izindlela kusenesikhathi zokuthola ukutheleleka kwe-filarial parasite.Ukuba khona kwe-IgM kuma-antigen e-parasite kuphakamisa ukutheleleka kwamanje, kanti, i-IgG ihambisana nesigaba sekwephuzile sokutheleleka noma ukutheleleka kwangaphambilini.Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuhlonzwa kwama-antigen alondoloziwe kuvumela ukuhlolwa kwe-'pan-filaria' ukuthi kusebenze.Ukusetshenziswa kwama-recombinant amaprotheni kususa ukusabela okuphambene nabantu abanezinye izifo ze-parasitic.I-Filariasis IgG/IgM Combo Rapid Test isebenzisa ama-antigen ahlanganisiwe alondoloziwe ukuze ithole ngesikhathi esisodwa i-IgG ne-IgM kumapharasite e-W. bancrofti kanye ne-B. malayi ngaphandle kokukhawulelwa ekuqoqweni kwesifanekiso.