| little andaman island, a new focus of infection with nocturnally periodic wuchereria bancrofti. | a filariasis survey was carried out for the first time in the little andaman island, covering a population of 12,247 in 12 of the 13 villages. infection due to wuchereria bancrofti was found only in 3 villages with microfilaria (mf) rate ranging from 1.02 to 6.45 per cent. observations on the appearance of mf in peripheral blood showed that the parasite is nocturnally periodic form with a peak at 2000 h. the infection was prevalent only among the settlers from bihar and bangladesh and none of th ... | 1996 | 8840654 |
| lymphatic filariasis in rural areas of patna district, bihar. a challenge ahead. | patna district was endemic for lymphatic filariasis (lf). during november 2004, a lymphatic filariasis survey was carried out in seven randomly selected villages from four phcs of patna district. of 1878 night blood smears (nbs) examined, 117 were found positive for w. bancrofti infection (mf rate 6.2%). microfilaria carriers were detected from all surveyed villages. in all areas prevalence of microfilaria generally increased with age to maximum 15-34 years and then decline within most age-group ... | 2006 | 17370679 |
| a pilot study on the status of lymphatic filariasis in a rural community of bihar. | a pilot study of lymphatic filariasis was conducted in two contiguous villages of patna district in bihar situated at the side of the river ganges, known to be endemic for lymphatic filariasis, to study present status of transmission parameters of filariasis. of the 1872 persons examined, 8.4% were found asymptomatic but microfilaraemic. morbidity pattern due to filarial infection showed an increase with advancement of age and significantly high in males as compared to female (p < 0.001). acute ... | 2006 | 17370681 |
| evidence of sex variations in microfilaraemia and fluorescent antibody titre level at puberty in a bancroftian filariasis endemic area. | 1101 children and young adults between 2 and 17 years age, residing in bancroftian filariasis endemic area of the jharia coalfields in bihar, were examined by indirect immunofluorescent test (iift) against dipetalonema vitae. the results, along with those of two night blood surveys conducted in the same area, covering 2148 and 2246 persons respectively, are reported. in the prepubertal age groups there was no statistically significant variation in the percentage of children showing positive anti ... | 1994 | 7963382 |
| seasonal prevalence of filaria infection in culex fatigans, from dhanbad, bihar. | | 1980 | 7031122 |
| lymphatic filariasis in east district, sikkim. | east district of sikkim has been considered as non-endemic for lymphatic filariasis (lf). however, a lf survey conducted during 2008 revealed microfilaria rate (mf rate) of 1.2%. the lf survey was carried out in 15 randomly selected villages and urban localities of east sikkim. out of 3,428 night blood smears collected and examined, 42 were found positive for wuchereria bancrofti. microfilaria (mf) carriers were detected from 5 surveyed villages and 5 urban localities of singtam and rangpoo with ... | 2010 | 22468549 |