| parasitological and entomological studies on filariasis in seven villages, serian district, sarawak, east malaysia. | a total of 82 persons have been found to be positive for microfilaria a sub-periodic brugia malayi out of 1,613 examined in seven villages in serian district. this represents an average microfilaria infection rate of 5.1% with a range of zero to 10.7%. it is found that males are more predominantly affected than females with a ratio of 3:1. it is also confirmed that mansonia dives and m. bonneae are possible vectors for the transmission of the disease although anopheles species cannot be ruled ou ... | 1981 | 6114566 |
| field validation of sensitivity and specificity of rapid test for detection of brugia malayi infection. | we conducted a field study of a rapid test (brugia rapid) for detection of brugia malayi infection to validate its sensitivity and specificity under operational conditions. seven districts in the state of sarawak, malaysia, which are endemic for brugian filariasis, were used to determine the test sensitivity. determination of specificity was performed in another state in malaysia (bachok, kelantan) which is non-endemic for filariasis but endemic for soil-transmitted helminths. in sarawak both th ... | 2005 | 15655019 |