Publications
| wuchereria bancrofti infection in haitian immigrants and the risk of re-emergence of lymphatic filariasis in the brazilian amazon. | lymphatic filariasis (lf) is a public health problem in haiti. thus, the emigration of haitians to brazil is worrisome because of the risk for lf re-emergence. | 2017 | 28562766 |
| survey of bancroftian filariasis infection in humans and culex mosquitoes in the western brazilian amazon region: implications for transmission and control. | the aim of this work was to identify possible lymphatic filariasis foci in the western brazilian amazonian that could be established from the reports of rachou in the 1950s. the study was conducted in three cities of the western brazilian amazon region - porto velho and guajará-mirim (state of rondônia) and humaitá (state of amazonas). | 2013 | 23740057 |
| [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 |