| elimination of bancroftian filariasis (wuchereria bancrofti) in santa catarina state, brazil. | during the 1950s, three foci of wuchereria bancrofti transmission were identified in the state of santa catarina, brazil. in florianópolis, são josé da ponta grossa and barra da laguna community treatment of bancroftian filariasis with diethylcarbamazine (dec) was performed using two distinct approaches, without vector control or improvements in sanitation. in two of the three communities only microfilaraemic individuals were treated, while in barra da laguna the entire population received dec t ... | 2000 | 11169273 |
| [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 |