| autochthonous wuchereria bancrofti microfilaremia in the city of maceió, alagoas-brazil. | | 1991 | 1842450 |
| a comparison of two brazilian populations of culex quinquefasciatus (say, 1823) from endemic and non-endemic areas to infection with wuchereria bancrofti (cobbold, 1877). | culex quinquefasciatus is known to be an efficient insect host of wuchereria bancrofti. in brazil cx. quinquefasciatus is widely distributed throughout the country and is often abundant in and around human habitations. in contrast, bancroftian filariasis is limited to three foci in brazil. experiments were undertaken to compare the vector capacities of cx. quinquefasciatus originating from maceió (alagoas), one of the endemic areas of w. bancrofti infection in brazil, and belo horizonte (minas g ... | 1997 | 9302411 |
| bancroftian filariasis in maceio, state of alagoas, brazil: observations on culex quinquefasciatus after blood feeding on individuals with different densities of microfilariae in the peripheral blood stream. | females of laboratory-reared culex quinquefasciatus were allowed to take blood meals on individuals with low (1-100 microfilariae/ml of peripheral blood), moderate (101-500 microfilariae/ml), and high (> 500 microfilariae/ml) microfilaremia. the mosquitoes ingested 1.39-3.80 microl of blood and infective third-stage (l3) larvae were first recorded 13-14 days after the infecting blood meal. the number of microfilariae ingested by mosquitoes was proportional to the density of microfilariae in the ... | 1998 | 9574797 |
| [tropical filarial pulmonary eosinophilia and its differential diagnosis]. | the authors present a comprehensive review of tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (tpe) of filarial etiology and describe its differential diagnosis with similar syndromes. epidemiological, clinical, diagnostic, therapeutic and phisiopathological aspects are considered, with an emphasis on new advances in our knowledge of lymphatic filariasis and their implication for improved understanding of tpe and similar syndromes. a tpe-like syndrome, which is caused by intestinal helminth infections, occurs i ... | 1998 | 9659744 |
| [bancroftian filariasis in brazil]. | the past and present distribution of bancroftian filariasis in brazil is reviewed. parasitological and entomological surveys were conducted between 1951 and 1958, the autochthonous transmission of wuchereria bancrofti having been found only in 11 places in the country as follows, with the corresponding prevalences; ponta grossa (sc), 14.5% belém (pa), 9.8%; barra de laguna (sc), 9.4%; recife (pe), 6.9%; castro alves (ba), 5.9%; florianópolis (sc), 1.4%; são luis (ma), 0.6%; salvador (ba), 0.4%; ... | 1998 | 9699353 |
| lymphatic filariasis in brazilian urban area (maceió, alagoas). | a cross-sectional survey conducted among evening students was used to determine the prevalence of wuchereria bancrofti infection in maceió, capital of the state of alagoas, northeast brazil. a single thick-blood smear was used, being collected between 10 p.m. and 12 a.m. from a total of 29,551 students enrolled at evening elementary schools in the 33 city sectors, 16,569 (56.4%) were random selected for inclusion in the study. from those, 10,857 (65.5%) were interviewed and examined and 73 (0.7% ... | 1998 | 9921288 |
| the microfilarial periodicity of wuchereria bancrofti in north-eastern brazil. | the periodicity of wuchereria bancrofti microfilariae (mff) in peripheral blood was analysed in 42 microfilaraemics living in maceió, in alagoas state, north-eastern brazil. nine blood samples were collected from each subject, over a 24-h period, and two quantitative (60-microliter) thick smears were prepared from each sample. although all the subjects had detectable microfilaraemias from 23.00 hours to 06.00 hours, no mff could be detected in most (71.4%) of the smears prepared from samples col ... | 2000 | 10945047 |
| assessment of family and neighbors of an individual infected with wuchereria bancrofti from a non-endemic area in the city of maceió, brazil. | the family and neighbors of a patient infected with w. bancrofti microfilariae were assessed aiming to evaluate the occurrence of cases of lymphatic filariasis in a non-endemic area in the city of maceió, in the brazilian state of alagoas. the patient had previously lived in an endemic focus; however, he has been living in an area where the parasite has never been detected for the past ten years. female ingurgitated culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes captured in the houses of the microfilaremic i ... | 2010 | 20563436 |
| [bancroftian filariasis in urban areas of alagoas state, northeast brazil: study in the general population]. | in order to assess the present status of lymphatic filariasis in alagoas state, brazil, hemoscopic surveys were carried out in the human population of the three different physiographic regions of the state. blood samples were collected by thick smear technique taken after 10:00 p.m. from a total of 101 cities of the state, 10 were randomly selected, bancroftian filariasis was only found in maceió, the capital of alagoas state. in a cross-sectional survey conducted among the general population of ... | 2000 | 11175584 |