Microfilaraemia survey in Vientiane, Laos.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
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1979 Dec; 10(4): 483-5
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-30689
ABSTRACT
During the period June 1977-January 1978 a microfilariaemia survey was conducted for the first time in 27 villages (population 9,300) of Vientiane province of Laos. A total of 2,339 persons, 1,372 males, 967 females, mostly adults, were blood tested between 2000--2400 hours; one thick smear, approximately 20 c.mm, was collected from each one and stained with 10% Giemsa for 30 minutes; only one positive was detected with microfilaria of W. bancrofti in a 22-year-old male; unusually the sheath was well stained. Two cases of elephantiasis of the left leg in two middle-aged women were also diagnosed during the clinical survey. All the three cases were probably infected in the north-eastern province of Houa Phanh.
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Wuchereria bancrofti
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Aged
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Brugia
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Adolescent
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Adult
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Year:
1979
Type:
Article
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