| prevalence of filariasis in rural areas of shahjahanpur district (uttar pradesh). | night blood survey was carried out during may, 1990 to december, 1991 in 18 villages of 5 primary health centres of district shahjahanpur (up), to find out the prevalence of filariasis in the area. out of 2141 individuals surveyed randomly, 217 were found positive for microfilariae of wuchereria bancrofti. the microfilaria rate, filarial disease rate and filarial endemicity rates were 10.1, 11.4 and 18.8 per cent respectively. an entomological survey revealed culex quinquefasciatus as the vector ... | 1993 | 8406632 |
| bancroftian filariasis in the varanasi region of north india: an epidemiological study. | the age- and sex-specific distributions of human infections with wuchereria bancrofti were investigated at two sites in the varanasi region of north india: one a rural, agricultural area (chiraigaon) and the other an urban-slum area (sunderpur). a random clinical and parasitological survey revealed that the prevalence of microfilaraemia and elephantiasis in the urban area (14% and 7.3%, respectively) were both higher than in the rural area (9% and 3.1%, respectively). in both areas, prevalence o ... | 1999 | 10656039 |
| the impact of housing structures on filarial infection. | a study was undertaken to correlate the impact of housing and patterns of house construction on the vector density and transmission of filaria among the inhabitants of these houses. three different types of houses in ecologically similar hamlets of hariharpur village in varanasi were selected for determining the density of culex quinquefasciatus, the vector of wuchereria bancrofti and its infectivity. the maximum per man hour density of the vector was recorded during march (31.66, 40.33 and 41.3 ... | 2000 | 10957707 |
| presence of wolbachia endosymbionts in microfilariae of wuchereria bancrofti (spirurida: onchocercidae) from different geographical regions in india. | in view of the recent discovery of rickettsial endosymbionts, wolbachia in lymphatic filarial parasites, wuchereria bancrofti and brugia malayi and subsequently of their vital role in the survival and development of the latter, antibiotics such as tetracycline are being suggested for the treatment of lymphatic filariasis, by way of eliminating the endosymbiont. but, it is essential to assess their presence in parasites from areas endemic for lymphatic filariasis before such a new control tool is ... | 2003 | 15049082 |
| filariasis in ghatampur tahsil of kanpur nagar district: indications of high endemicity locus. | a study in the 26 villages surveyed, the mf rate was observed to vary from 6.4% to 17.8%, the disease rate ranged from 1.9% to 10% and total infection rate from 8.2% to 26.4%. the median microfilaraemia density among positives was 10 and 90% of persons had density below 60 and in 10% above this level. the mf rate among those who never used bednets while sleeping was found to be 11.8%, 15.7% higher than 10.2% among those who ever used bednets (8.7% in regular users and 10.7% among irregular users ... | 2006 | 17370678 |
| status of lymphatic filariasis in lucknow district, uttar pradesh. | lucknow district was endemic for lymphatic filariasis (lf). during march 2008, lf survey was carried out in 14 randomly selected villages (six primary health centres) and 4 mohallas of lucknow city. out of 3,654 night blood smears (nbs) collected and examined, 209 were found positive for wuchereria bancrofti (micrifilaria rate: 5.7%). microfilaria (mf) carriers were detected from all surveyed villages and mohallas. the age of these positive persons ranged from 6-70 years. in all areas, prevalenc ... | 2009 | 19886174 |
| multiple insecticide resistance/susceptibility status of culex quinquefasciatus, principal vector of bancroftian filariasis from filaria endemic areas of northern india. | to understand the insecticide resistance status of culex quinquefasciatus say (diptera: culicidae) (cx. quinquefasciatus) to deltamethrin, cyfluthrin, permethrin, lambdacyhalothrin, ddt and malathion in filarial endemic areas of uttar pradesh, india. | 2011 | 21771692 |