STUDIES OF FILARIASIS IN SOLDIERS EVACUATED FROM THE SOUTH PACIFIC

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Article1 November 1945STUDIES OF FILARIASIS IN SOLDIERS EVACUATED FROM THE SOUTH PACIFICABEL A. GOODMAN, EMMANUEL M. WEINBERGER, STUART W. LIPPINCOTT, ALEXANDER MARBLE, F.A.C.P., WILLARD H. WRIGHT, Ph.D.ABEL A. GOODMANSearch for more papers by this author, EMMANUEL M. WEINBERGERSearch for more papers by this author, STUART W. LIPPINCOTTSearch for more papers by this author, ALEXANDER MARBLE, F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, WILLARD H. WRIGHT, Ph.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-23-5-823 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn recent months soldiers,1 sailors and marines2, 3, 4, 5, 6 have been evacuated to continental United States from various islands in the South Pacific Area because of suspected filariasis. The present report deals with our findings in 145 soldiers so evacuated, studied at Harmon General Hospital.OUTLINE OF STUDYThe patients studied had spent from two to 23 months (average 14 months) on tiny islands in the South Pacific on which filariasis due toWuchereria bancroftiis endemic.7, 8The islands included Tongareva (Penryhn Island), Bora Bora, Aitutaki of the Cook Islands, Wallis Islands, Samoan group, Tongatabu, Woodlark Island,...Bibliography1. WARTMANKING WBBG: Early filariasis in American soldiers, Bull. U. S. Army Med. Dept., No. 76, May 1944, 45-49. Google Scholar2. DICKSONHUNTINGTONEICHOLD JGRWS: Filariasis in defense force, Samoan Group, U. S. Nav. Med. Bull., 1943, xli, 1240-1251. Google Scholar3. ROMEFOGEL HPRH: The psychosomatic manifestations of filariasis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1943, cxxiii, 944-946. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. MICHAEL P: Filariasis among Navy and Marine personnel. Report on laboratory investigations, U. S. Nav. Med. Bull., 1944, xlii, 1059-1074. 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