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Filariasis Residuals in Veterans with Report of a Case of Microfilaremia¹

1. A case of non-symptomatic microfilaremia due to Wuchereria bancrofti is reported approximately seven and a half years after exposure to infection.

2. The objective residuals of infection in 87 cases of filariasis in veterans consist of lymph node enlargement in all cases, especially axillary. Rarely, slight swelling of the affected limbs was demonstrable.

3. The subjective symptoms were complaints of dull pain and swelling of the affected parts after exertion, and anxiety related to the genital organs. The patients were not exercised so that it is possible that some of the complaints concerning swelling may have a foundation in fact.

¹ Reviewed in the Veterans Administration and published with the approval of the Chief Medical Director. The statements and conclusions published by the authors are the result of their own study and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or policy of the Veterans Administration.

² Present address: Veterans Administration Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa.

Appreciation is expressed to Drs. J. F. Kessel, T. B. Magath and G. R. Callender for advice in this study; to Ruth Ross for technical assistance and to Dr. J. Greenberg for permission to report the case study.