Bancroftian filariasis: clinical parasitologic and serologic evaluation after 4 years applying two antifilarial regimens.

In August 1 997, 124 individuals out ot 1,110 were selected as being seropositive for circulating filarial antigen OG4C3 (CFA). Ten healthy children proven negative for CFA were used as controls. The patients were classified into: G1 28 patients; 20 asymptomatic microfilaraemic and 8 symptomatic amicrofilaraemic (AMF), G2 80 patients, 22 asymptomatic MF, 48 asymptomatic AMF and 10 symptomatic AMF and G3 16 asymptomatic AMF.

Some health aspects in instituted primary school children.

This study was conducted on 193 children aged 6-12 years. They were 93 children (65 boys and 28 girls) living in two residential institutions in Cairo and 100 non-instituted children (65 boys and 35 girls) who are their matched school peers. Anthropometric measurements, complete physical examination and laboratory investigations including haemoglobin concentration, complete urine and stool analysis were performed to all children.

Prevalence of congenital and acquired toxoplasmic uveitis as evidenced by two serologic methods.

Anti Toxoplasma antibodies were sought in 34 patients with uveitis and 20 healthy individuals by IHAT and IFAT. The total sero-positivity rate was 26.5%.