A lymphatic filarial survey revealing a focus of Brugia malayi in the coastal region of west Bengal.
J Indian Med Assoc
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1996 Aug; 94(8): 296-7, 310
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-97413
ABSTRACT
Random night blood samples were examined from 528 subjects in an endemic zone of lymphatic filariasis, in the coastal region of West Bengal. There were 136 cases out of 528 who were symptomatic, with or without recurrent episodes of fever, lymphangitis and lymphadenitis and with various degrees of lymphoedema. Examination of blood samples revealed microfilaria in 43 cases of which 42 were asymptomatic and only one was symptomatic with lymphoedema. All the microfilariae were of the species Brugia malayi.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Elephantiasis, Filarial
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Aged
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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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Incidence
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Cross-Sectional Studies
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Adolescent
Type of study:
Incidence study
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Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
J Indian Med Assoc
Year:
1996
Type:
Article
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