common alignment due to bacterial or viral infection how many are parasites of intestine first tapeworm second round one third threadworm fourth hookworm fifth pinworm
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Explanation:
Lymphatic Filariasis
Elizabeth D. Barnett, in Immigrant Medicine, 2007
Treatment
The available chemotherapy for LF includes DEC, ivermectin, and albendazole (Table 36.1). DEC (6 mg/kg/day for 12–14 days, or alternatively, 6 mg/kg in a single-day dose) remains the treatment of choice for the individual with active LF (microfilaremia, antigen positivity, or adult worms on ultrasound), although albendazole has also been shown to have some macrofilaricidal efficacy.11 If the adult parasites survive, microfilaremia along with clinical symptoms can recur within months after conclusion of the therapy. Evidence shows that these drugs used in combination can increase effectiveness.12
Most Wuchereria and Brugia spp. harbor bacterial endosymbionts. These Wolbachia are vital for parasite larval development and adult worm fertility and viability. New approaches for treatment use antibiotics (e.g. the tetracyclines) that target the Wolbachia, and microfilarial and antigen levels have been seen to reduce with these treatments.13