ENDEMIC NON-FILARIAL ELEPHANTIASIS IN IRINGA DISTRICT, TANZANIA - A STUDY OF 30 PATIENTS
ENDEMIC NON-FILARIAL ELEPHANTIASIS IN IRINGA DISTRICT, TANZANIA - A STUDY OF 30 PATIENTS
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DOI：
10.1016/0035-9203(88)90032-6
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发表时间：
1988-11-01
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
MOLTRASIO, G
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作者：
DELALLA, F;ZANONI, P;MOLTRASIO, G
坦桑尼亚中部高原尚未发现地方性非丝虫性象皮病。我们报告的结果，在Tosamaganga医院，位于坦桑尼亚中部（伊林加区）的临床研究。本文对30例下肢象皮肿患者进行了血涂片寄生虫学及临床研究。10例患者的腹股沟淋巴结被切除并进行组织学检查。用X射线荧光法测定了该地区4个不同地区的土壤样品的矿物质含量。临床、组织学、寄生虫学和流行病学数据促使我们得出结论，在这些患者中，象皮病不是丝虫型的，并且在坦桑尼亚的中心区存在地方性非丝虫象皮病。
Endemic non-filarial elephantiasis has not yet been described in the central tableland of Tanzania. We report the results of a clinical study in Tosamaganga Hospital, located in the middle of Tanzania (Iringa District). 30 patients with elephantiasis of the lower limbs were studied parasitologically (by blood smears) and clinically. Inguinal lymph nodes were removed from 10 patients and histologically examined. The mineral content of soil samples collected from 4 different areas of the region was assayed by X-ray fluorescence. The clinical, histological, parasitological and epidemiological data prompted us to conclude that in these patients elephantiasis was not of the filarial type, and that endemic non-filarial elephantiasis is present in the Central District of Tanzania.