| sibling species of the anopheles funestus group, and their infection with malaria and lymphatic filarial parasites, in archived and newly collected specimens from northeastern tanzania. | studies on the east african coast have shown a recent dramatic decline in malaria vector density and change in composition of sibling species of the anopheles gambiae complex, paralleled by a major decline in malaria incidence. in order to better understand the ongoing changes in vector-parasite dynamics in the area, and to allow for appropriate adjustment of control activities, the present study examined the composition, and malaria and lymphatic filarial infection, of sibling species of the an ... | 2015 | 25885457 |
| bancroftian filariasis: patterns of vector abundance and transmission in two east african communities with different levels of endemicity. | intensive monitoring of wuchereria bancrofti vector abundance and transmission intensity was carried out in two communities, one with high-level endemicity for bancroftian filariasis (masaika, tanzania) and the other with low-level (kingwede, kenya), on the east african coast. mosquitoes were collected in light traps, from 50 randomly selected households in each community, once weekly for 1 year. they were identified, dissected and checked for parity and filarial larvae. anopheles gambiae s. l., ... | 2005 | 15829135 |
| tanzania filariasis project: studies on microfilaraemia and selected clinical manifestations of bancroftian filariasis. | in a total of 1977 males aged 5 years and over examined in 21 cluster samples on the coast of tanzania, the overall rate for microfilariae of wuchereria bancrofti was 32%. hydrocoele and elephantiasis rates were 39% and 3%, respectively. the rates and severity of these 2 clinical manifestations increased in the older age groups. both the microfilarial density and prevalence increased rapidly in the early age groups, followed by a levelling off and then a slight fall in old age. there was no asso ... | 1980 | 6104427 |