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Wuchereria bancrofti and Onchocerca volvulus Co-infection in a Refugee from Sierra Leone

Address correspondence to Jaber Aslanzadeh, Ph.D., Department of Pathology, Hartford Hospital, 80 Seymour Street, Hartford, CT 06102-5037, USA; tel 860 545 4128; fax 860 545 2726; e-mail jaslanz{at}harthosp.org.

Abstract

Filarial infection is endemic in the tropics and is a public health problem in Africa, Asia, South and Central America, and the Pacific Islands. Co-infection with filarial nematodes, if unrecognized, can result in untoward therapeutic consequences. We report a case of co-infection of Wuchereria bancrofti and Onchocerca volvulus that was diagnosed by direct blood smear (W. bancrofti ) and serology (O. volvulus) in a native of Sierra Leone. We comment briefly on the therapeutic implications of the co-infection.

Keywords: filariasis, wuchereriasis, onchocerciasis, co-infection, Mazzotti’s reaction