Biomaterial Database

Probable filariasis in a Vietnam veteran. 1972

F E Pittman

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008889	Military Personnel	Persons including soldiers involved with the armed forces.	Air Force Personnel,Armed Forces Personnel,Army Personnel,Coast Guard,Marines,Navy Personnel,Sailors,Soldiers,Submariners,Military,Force Personnel, Air,Personnel, Air Force,Personnel, Armed Forces,Personnel, Army,Personnel, Military,Personnel, Navy,Sailor,Soldier,Submariner
D004049	Diethylcarbamazine	An anthelmintic used primarily as the citrate in the treatment of filariasis, particularly infestations with Wucheria bancrofti or Loa loa.	Carbamazine,Diethylcarbamazine Citrate,Diethylcarbamazine Citrate (1:1),Diethylcarbamazine Citrate (1:2),Diethylcarbamazine L-Tartrate (1:1),Diethylcarbamazine Maleate,Diethylcarbamazine Monohydrochloride,Diethylcarbamazine Phosphate (1:1),Hetrazan,Loxuran,Notezine,Citrate, Diethylcarbamazine,Maleate, Diethylcarbamazine,Monohydrochloride, Diethylcarbamazine
D004802	Eosinophilia	Abnormal increase of EOSINOPHILS in the blood, tissues or organs.	Eosinophilia, Tropical,Hypereosinophilia,Tropical Eosinophilia,Hypereosinophilias,Tropical Eosinophilias
D005368	Filariasis	Infections with nematodes of the superfamily FILARIOIDEA. The presence of living worms in the body is mainly asymptomatic but the death of adult worms leads to granulomatous inflammation and permanent fibrosis. Organisms of the genus Elaeophora infect wild elk and domestic sheep causing ischemic necrosis of the brain, blindness, and dermatosis of the face.	Elaeophoriasis,Filarioidea Infections,Infections, Filarioidea,Elaeophoriases,Filariases,Filarioidea Infection,Infection, Filarioidea
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D014744	Vietnam	A country in southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and South China Sea, as well as China, Laos, and Cambodia. The capital is Hanoi.	North Vietnam,Viet Nam,Vietnam, Republic of