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A BASELINE STUDY OF RURAL BANCROFTIAN FILARIASIS IN SOUTHERN INDIA

IR@IICT: CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad

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Creator Murty, U.S.N
Praveen, B
SatyaKumar, D.V.R
Sriram, K
MadhusudhanRao, K
Sai, K.S.K
 
Date 2008-12-15T08:53:40Z
2008-12-15T08:53:40Z
2004
 
Identifier Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health,Vol.35, 583-586p
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/48
 
Description Night mass blood surveys were carried out for parasitological evidence of Bancroftian filariasis in 45 rural areas belonging to 9 National Filaria Control Program (NFCP) zones of East Godavari and West Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh, India during the period 1998 to 2001. Mf prevalence range between 2.9 to 10.2%, and mf intensities in 20 mm3 blood samples ranged from 1-281. The present study explains the trend of microfilaria dynamics in the rural population, where mass drug delivery has been implemented since 1997, and anti-larivicidal and adulticidal control measures have not been adopted.
 
Title A BASELINE STUDY OF RURAL BANCROFTIAN FILARIASIS IN SOUTHERN INDIA
 
Type Article