| impact of season on filarial vector density and infection in raipur city of chhattisgarh, india. | bionomics and transmission dynamics of vector population are profoundly influenced by local climatic conditions. the study monitored variations in density, infection and infectivity rates of culex quinquefasciatus with respect to season in randomly selected localities of raipur city of chhattisgarh state. | 2009 | 19724085 |
| filarial infection is resisted differentially by subjects having different blood group phenotypes. | this study was aimed to elucidate the relationship between major blood group antigens (bgas) and susceptibility or resistance to human lymphatic filariasis. a total of 492 human subjects, living in raipur city of chhattisgarh, endemic for bancroftian filariasis in central india, were screened for the presence of wuchereria bancrofti microfilariae and disease manifestations. the frequency of bgas was tabulated as a function of the status of filariasis, namely normal (no infection), mf carrier (pr ... | 2009 | 19455632 |
| lymphatic filariasis in bilaspur district, chhattisgarh. | as per earlier reports only ratanpur phc of the district bilaspur of chattisgarh was endemic for filariasis. during the present survey microfilaria infection and disease manifestations were detected in two more phcs namely bilha and bilaspur. 3426 night blood smears were collected from 24 randomly selected localities (13 rural and 11 urban) covering 25% known endemic areas and 75% reportedly non-endemic areas. sample size was calculated taking 12% prevalence rate using standard statistical formu ... | 2005 | 16749276 |