| studies on malayan filariasis in bengkulu (sumatera), indonesia with special reference to vector confirmation. | in an endemic focus of brugia malayi in bengkulu, indonesia the microfilariae rate was 25%. the microfilariae showed nocturnal periodicity. domestic cats in the same area were found to harbour b. pahangi, with a microfilariae rate of 23%. in the study area, the most prevalent man-biting mansonia mosquitoes were mn.bonneae (41%), followed by mn.annulata (27%), mn.uniformis (25%) and mn.dives (7%). more mansonia mosquitoes were collected outdoors than indoors between 1800-2200 hours. natural infec ... | 1981 | 6114567 |
| a study of malayan filariasis in lubuk mumpo and datar lebar villages in lais regency, north bengkulu, sumatera, indonesia. | filariasis surveys at lubuk mumpo and datar lebar, bengkulu, sumatera, showed microfilarial rates of 23.9% and 30% respectively. periodicity studies showed the parasite to be nocturnally periodic b. malayi with a periodicity index of 82.17. however, unlike the malaysian form of periodic b. malayi, 44-100% of the microfilariae in thick blood smears were sheathed. mansonia annulata, m. bonneae, m. dives, m. uniformis and anopheles nigerrimus are probably involved in the transmission of the disease ... | 1982 | 6133359 |