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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Common risk factors in the development of filariasis are exposure to mosquitoes for long time and getting bitten by them | Common risk factors in the development of filariasis are exposure to [[mosquitoes]] for long time and getting bitten by them multiple times and people living in tropical areas for long time. | ||
==Risk factors== | ==Risk factors== | ||
Filariasis risk factors include the following:<ref name= "Viral meningitis"> CDC https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/lymphaticfilariasis/epi.html Accessed on June 26, 2017 </ref> | Filariasis risk factors include the following:<ref name="Viral meningitis">CDC https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/lymphaticfilariasis/epi.html Accessed on June 26, 2017 </ref> | ||
*Exposure to mosquitoes for long time and getting bitten by them multiple times. | *Exposure to [[mosquitoes]] for long time and getting bitten by them multiple times. | ||
*People living for a long time in tropical or sub-tropical areas where the disease is common are at the greatest risk for infection. | *People living for a long time in tropical or sub-tropical areas where the disease is common are at the greatest risk for infection. | ||
*People who used to hunt or fish have increase risk of filarial antigenemia.<ref name="ChesnaisMissamou2014">{{cite journal|last1=Chesnais|first1=Cédric B|last2=Missamou|first2=François|last3=Pion|first3=Sébastien D|last4=Bopda|first4=Jean|last5=Louya|first5=Frédéric|last6=Majewski|first6=Andrew C|last7=Fischer|first7=Peter U|last8=Weil|first8=Gary J|last9=Boussinesq|first9=Michel|title=A case study of risk factors for lymphatic filariasis in the Republic of Congo|journal=Parasites & Vectors|volume=7|issue=1|year=2014|pages=300|issn=1756-3305|doi=10.1186/1756-3305-7-300}}</ref> | *People who used to hunt or fish have increase risk of [[filarial]] antigenemia.<ref name="ChesnaisMissamou2014">{{cite journal|last1=Chesnais|first1=Cédric B|last2=Missamou|first2=François|last3=Pion|first3=Sébastien D|last4=Bopda|first4=Jean|last5=Louya|first5=Frédéric|last6=Majewski|first6=Andrew C|last7=Fischer|first7=Peter U|last8=Weil|first8=Gary J|last9=Boussinesq|first9=Michel|title=A case study of risk factors for lymphatic filariasis in the Republic of Congo|journal=Parasites & Vectors|volume=7|issue=1|year=2014|pages=300|issn=1756-3305|doi=10.1186/1756-3305-7-300}}</ref> | ||
*Warm temperature and sweating increase the risk of mosquito bites. | *Warm temperature and [[sweating]] increase the risk of [[mosquito]] [[bites]]. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist|2}} | {{Reflist|2}} | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Elsaiey, MBBCH [2]
Overview
Common risk factors in the development of filariasis are exposure to mosquitoes for long time and getting bitten by them multiple times and people living in tropical areas for long time.
Risk factors
Filariasis risk factors include the following:[1]
- Exposure to mosquitoes for long time and getting bitten by them multiple times.
- People living for a long time in tropical or sub-tropical areas where the disease is common are at the greatest risk for infection.
- People who used to hunt or fish have increase risk of filarial antigenemia.[2]
- Warm temperature and sweating increase the risk of mosquito bites.
References
- ↑ CDC https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/lymphaticfilariasis/epi.html Accessed on June 26, 2017
- ↑ Chesnais, Cédric B; Missamou, François; Pion, Sébastien D; Bopda, Jean; Louya, Frédéric; Majewski, Andrew C; Fischer, Peter U; Weil, Gary J; Boussinesq, Michel (2014). "A case study of risk factors for lymphatic filariasis in the Republic of Congo". Parasites & Vectors. 7 (1): 300. doi:10.1186/1756-3305-7-300. ISSN 1756-3305.