| towards eliminating lymphatic filariasis in papua new guinea: impact of annual single-dose mass treatment on transmission of wuchereria bancrofti in east sepik province. | the impact of annual single-dose community-wide treatment on the transmission of wuchereria bancrofti was investigated in 5 villages in the east sepik province where pretreatment prevalence of microfilaraemia ranged from 34% to 73%. anopheles punctulatus and an. koliensis were the only carriers of the parasite. 3 villages received diethylcarbamazine citrate (dec) in combination with ivermectin (ivr) and 2 received dec alone. the rate and intensity of microfilaraemia were both reduced in all 5 vi ... | 2000 | 11939298 |
| transmission dynamics of wuchereria bancrofti in east sepik province, papua new guinea. | bancroftian filariasis is endemic in many areas of papua new guinea. this study describes the entomologic indices of transmission near dreikikir in east sepik province, papua new guinea. a total of 1,735 culicine mosquitoes, including culex and mansonia species, were dissected, but none were infected with filarial larvae. in contrast, anopheles punctulatus and an. koliensis were found to be potential vectors: 7.3% of anopheles were infected and the mean number of first- to third-stage larvae per ... | 1996 | 8686774 |
| filarial vector studies in a diethylcarbamazine-treated and in untreated villages in papua new guinea. | entomological studies were undertaken in three villages in the east sepik province of papua new guinea. the inhabitants of one village, nanaha, had been treated with diethylcarbamazine (dec) to reduce the prevalence and density of microfilaraemia of wuchereria bancrofti. no intervention was undertaken in the other two villages, yauatong and musenau, in which bancroftian filariasis was present but with markedly different human prevalence rates and mean parasite densities. in yauatong, infection r ... | 1995 | 8544229 |
| allozyme analysis reveals six species within the anopheles punctulatus complex of mosquitoes in papua new guinea. | among samples collected from nineteen localities in papua new guinea, we have identified six species within the anopheles punctulatus complex of mosquitoes, by means of cellulose acetate allozyme electrophoresis. an.punctulatus dönitz sensu stricto was collected from seven villages in the madang area and from buksak, sausi mission and an area 18 km sw of tari; an.koliensis owen from eight villages in the madang area, from popondetta and brown river near karema; and an.farauti no. 1 from ten coas ... | 1993 | 8435487 |