Detection of a new focus of Brugia malayi infection in Orissa.
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| ID: sea-112923
ABSTRACT
526 people were surveyed in a village called Chudamani, in Balasore district of Orissa, for detection of asymptomatic microfilaria (mf) carriers. Of these 36 (6.8 per cent) were cases found to harbour mf; 19 cases had Brugia malayi, 4 Wuchereria bancrofti and 5 cases had mixed infection. In 8 cases, species could not be ascertained. For the first time after 1955, a focus of B. malayi has been detected in Orissa.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Wuchereria bancrofti
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Elephantiasis, Filarial
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Brugia
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Humans
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Pilot Projects
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Filariasis
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India
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Animals
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Year:
1989
Type:
Article
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