Name of Patient : Mr.

IMRAN Test Request ID : 59262403020001

Age/Gender : 37 Yrs/Male Specimen Drawn ON : 02-Mar-2024 02:34PM
Collected AT : PACIFIC PROMOTERS C/O SATYAM D Specimen Received ON : 03-Mar-2024 11:27AM
Referred BY : NA Report DATE : 03-Mar-2024 01:24PM
Sample Type : Serum - B4272664
Ref Customer :

SEROLOGY
Test Name Result Biological Reference Method
Range
MICROFILARIA ANTIBODY
Microfilaria Antibody IgG 0.53 NEGATIVE <0.9 ELISA
BORDERLINE 0.91-0.99
POSITIVE >=1.0 OD RATIO
Microfilaria Antibody IgM 0.47 NEGATIVE <0.9 ELISA
BORDERLINE 0.91-0.99
POSITIVE >=1.0 OD RATIO
Comments :

Causative Agent
Filariasis refers to a group of vector-borne infections caused by microscopic, threadlike worms called roundworms or nematodes. The 3 main types are:
1.Lymphatic Filariasis (Elephantiasis) due to Wuchereria bancrofti or Brugia malayi.
2.Loiasis (Eye Worm) due to Loa Loa.
3.Onchocerciasis (River Blindness) due to Onchocerca volvulus.
Mansonella ozzardi, Mansonella streptocerca, and Mansonella perstans are other known agents. Each of these diseases has a life cycle involving a vector, immature larvae
called microfilariae (mf), mature adult forms, and the human host. Depending on the specific agent and period of exposure, illness may range from minimal effects to severe,
debilitating disease. Newly exposed individuals may have more severe acute symptoms than residents in the endemic areas.
Incubation Period
There is an asymptomatic incubation period of at least 6 months and up to 6 years. As this may lead to difficulty in diagnosis, some have suggested routine post-travel
serologic screening for those individuals with >1 year exposure in an endemic area.
Risk to the Traveller
Risk is low with an increased risk in the long term traveller, missionaries, field scientists, and volunteers, as disease usually requires repeated exposure to the particular
infected vector over months to years.
As the adult worm cannot multiply in the human host, disease manifestations will depend on the frequency of bites as well as the worm burden.In Onchocerciasis, if a
traveller or resident lives for more than 3 months in a black fly habitat, then there appears to be a greater risk for infection.
Mortality
The major risk of Filariasis remains the morbidity due to eye, skin, subcutaneous, and lymphatic involvement rather than a fatal outcome.

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