| evidence for wolbachia symbiosis in microfilariae of wuchereria bancrofti from west bengal, india. | wolbachia are symbiotic endobacteria that infect the majority of filarial nematodes, including wuchereria bancrofti, brugia malayi and onchocerca volvulus. recent studies have suggested that wolbachia are necessary for the reproduction and survival of filarial nematodes and have highlighted the use of antibiotic therapy such as tetracycline/doxycycline as a novel method of treatment for infections caused by these organisms. before such therapy is conceived and implemented on a large scale, it is ... | 2010 | 20413911 |
| a lymphatic filarial survey revealing a focus of brugia malayi in the coastal region of west bengal. | random night blood samples were examined from 528 subjects in an endemic zone of lymphatic filariasis, in the coastal region of west bengal. there were 136 cases out of 528 who were symptomatic, with or without recurrent episodes of fever, lymphangitis and lymphadenitis and with various degrees of lymphoedema. examination of blood samples revealed microfilaria in 43 cases of which 42 were asymptomatic and only one was symptomatic with lymphoedema. all the microfilariae were of the species brugia ... | 1996 | 8855578 |
| epidemiology of brugia malayi infection and its co-existence with wuchereria bancrofti in and around sillaberia phc, district midnapur, west bengal. | of 2186 persons investigated in thirteen villages of sillaberia phc, 19 were found to be infected with brugia malayi and only one person harboured microfilaria (mf) of wuchereria bancrofti. similarly 41 persons exhibited signs and symptoms of chronic filariasis. the mf and disease rates percent worked out to be 0.914 and 1.87 respectively. the earliest ages showing mf and disease manifestations were 3 and 11 respectively. the mean mf density ranged from 2 to 12.2 per 20 cumm of blood. the male a ... | 1990 | 1983013 |