Exhaled NO Testing in Filariasis

Exclusion Criteria

• •4. A minimum of 2 years of continuous residence in Guyana at the time of enrollment, exclusive of short trips out of the country (at least 21 of previous 24 months physically in Guyana)
• •5. English speaking
• •1. Patients less than 6 years of age
• •2. Patients who do not consent to the study
• •3. Children (\<18 years) without a parent/guardian present
• •4. Prisoners
• •5. Patients who appear to be medically or psychologically unstable or felt to be otherwise inappropriate for study enrollment, in the opinion of the investigator or any treating health care provider. This determination will be made on an individual basis, but some of the general criteria to be used in making this determination will be:
• •i. The patient appears to be in significant pain ii. The patient appears acutely ill - severe respiratory distress, diaphoretic, altered mental status, active bleeding, actively vomiting, etc.
• •iii. Those with respiratory difficulty to the point they cannot speak in complete sentences iv. Chief complaint of sexual assault v. The patient appears acutely intoxicated vi. The patient displays agitated, nervous, restless, or other behavior suggestive of an uncontrolled psychiatric emergency
• •6. Patients with pulmonary findings felt to be secondary to congestive heart failure, foreign body, bacterial pneumonia, tuberculosis or other clearly defined cause
• •7. Non-English speaking patients
• •8. Patients without at least 2 years of residence (exclusive of short trips abroad, total of 21 of 24 previous months physically in Guyana) in Guyana at the time of enrollment