Parasitological and Serological Investigation into Lymphatic Filariasis among Immigrants at Semenyih Detention Centre, Selangor, West Malaysia

Authors

  • Wan Omar A
  • Khairul Anuar
  • Sulaiman O
  • Rahmah N
  • Manaf A
  • Rahimah A

Abstract

Parasitological and serological investigations for lymphatic filariasis were performed on 450 immigrant detained at the immigration Centre at Semenyih, Selangor, West Malaysia. The country of origin of these immigrants were Indonesia, The Philippines, Myanmar, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. Brugia malayi adult worm homogenate (BmAH) antigen was used for the detection of antifilarial IgG. A monoclonal antibody-based ELISA (MAb.XC3-ELISA) specific for filarial circulating antigens and non phosphorylcholine reactive was used to detect antigenelnia in these immigrants. Parasitologically 67 (14.89 %) were positive for W. ballcl'ofti and 54 (12.0%) for Brugia malayi. Serologically 63 % had antifilarial IgG titre to the BmAH antigen. While Bancroftian filariasis is now unknown in Peninsular Malaysia, the potential of it to be reintroduced into Peninsular Malaysia by the immigrant population is discussed. 

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Downloads

Published

2017-07-22

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2000)

Section

Research article

License

All authors agree that the article, if editorially accepted for publication, shall be licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 to allow others to freely access, copy and use research provided the author is correctly attributed, unless otherwise stated. All articles are available online without charge or other barriers to access. However, anyone wishing to reproduce large quantities of an article (250+) should inform the publisher. Any opinion expressed in the articles are those of the authors and do not reflect that of the University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.