[Wuchereria bancrofti and asthmatic pulmonary signs in Upper Egypt]

A biological and clinical survey was conducted in 25 patients with bancroftian filariasis, consulting the El Nikhela Health Centre, Assiout Governorate, Upper Egypt. Eleven patients showed asthmatic bronchitis. According to parasitological and serological data (specific antibodies level, total IgE), those clinical manifestations cannot be considered as a part of the "eosinophilic lung" syndrome. In this area, where Wuchereria bancrofti has been recently introduced and where there is an increasing degree of infection, bancroftian filariasis seems to predispose to allergic manifestations.