Table 1 Clinical and laboratory findings for the 7 antigenemic patients
From: Filariasis serosurvey, New Caledonia, South Pacific, 2013
Patients | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
age | 64 | 62 | 34 | 28 | 35 | 31 | 47 |
sex | M | F | M | F | F | M | F |
Community | Melanesian | European | Metis | European | Melanesian | Metis | European |
Birthplace | NC | NC | NC | NC | NC | NC | France |
NC arrival date | 1991 | ||||||
Laboratory results | |||||||
ICT | Positive | Positive | Positive | Positive | Positive | Positive | Positive |
Microfilaremia | Negative | Negative | Negative | Negative | Negative | Negative | Negative |
LF PCR | Negative | Negative | Negative | Negative | Negative | Negative | Negative |
Lived/worked in LF area known in NC* | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Travels in LF endemic countries | |||||||
Travel 1 | Malaisia | Vanuatu | Vanuatu | Vanuatu (x3) | |||
Year | 1988 | 2011 | 1994 | 1994, 1998, 2010 | |||
Travel 2 | Vanuatu (x3) | Indonesia | French Polynesia (x10) | ||||
Year | 2004, 2005, 2007 | 1996 | 1992 - > 2011 | ||||
Travel 3 | Viet-Nam | Sri Lanka | |||||
Year | 2008 | 1990 |