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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1699-695X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Clínica de Medicina de Familia]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Clin Med Fam]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1699-695X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Española de Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1699-695X2020000100011</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Filariasis linfática]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Lymphatic filariasis]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gómez Fernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Esperanza]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zufía García]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Francisco Javier]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro de Salud Los Rosales  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Madrid ]]></addr-line>
<country>España</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro de Salud Los Rosales  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Madrid ]]></addr-line>
<country>España</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>13</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>89</fpage>
<lpage>92</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1699-695X2020000100011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1699-695X2020000100011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1699-695X2020000100011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN Las filariasis linfáticas son un grupo de enfermedades causadas por nematodos de la familia Filaroidea que precisan de vectores para su transmisión. El número de infectados se estima en 120 millones a nivel mundial, encontrándose dos tercios de los afectados en Asia. Las manifestaciones clínicas de la enfermedad son variadas (astenia, fiebre, linfedema, etc.) y van a depender de la presencia de gusanos adultos en los vasos linfáticos, la respuesta inmune del huésped y su respuesta endosimbiótica de la bacteria Wolbachia. La confirmación diagnóstica se realiza mediante la detección y visualización de las microfilarias en la sangre o en la piel. El tratamiento farmacológico se basa principalmente en el uso de dietilcarbamazepina. En las especies donde se ha demostrado la presencia de la bacteria endosimbiótica Wolbachia también se recomienda doxiciclina.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Lymphatic filariasis is a group of diseases caused by nematodes of the family Filarioidea which require vectors for their transmission. The number of people infected globally is estimated at 120 million, two thirds of which are in Asia. The clinical manifestations of this disease are varied (asthenia, fever, lymphedema, etc.) and will depend on the presence of adult worms in lymph vessels, on the immune response of the host, and on the endosymbiotic response to Wolbachia bacteria. Diagnosis is confirmed by detection and visualization of microfilariae in blood or skin. Drug treatment is mainly based on the use of diethylcarbamazine. Doxycycline is also recommended in species in which the presence of Wolbachia endosymbiotic bacteria has been proven.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Filariasis Linfática]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Wolbachia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Nematodos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Antinematodos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Filariasis, Lymphatic]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Wolbachia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Nematoda]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Antinematodal Agents]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
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