Treatment of microfilaraemics with DEC and its effect on vector infection and infectivity in tribal and non-tribal areas of Bankura district, West Bengal, India.
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ABSTRACT
Single course DEC treatment (6 mg/kg body weight/day for 12 days) was administered to 66 tribal and 442 non-tribal microfilaria (mf) carriers detected through a Filariasis survey in Bankura district, West Bengal, India. All the mf carriers remained amicrofilaraemic on 22nd, 180th and 365th post-treatment day. As a result of DEC treatment to the mf carriers, vector (Culex quinquefasciatus) infection rate in tribal study areas reduced from 2.06% to 1.07%. Infectivity rate was "nil" both before and after treatment. In non-tribal study areas, vector infection rate reduced from 4.33% to 2.22% and infectivity rate from 0.51% to 0.29%.
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Assunto principal:
Wuchereria bancrofti
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Humanos
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Portador Sadio
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Dietilcarbamazina
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Filariose
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Filaricidas
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Índia
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Insetos Vetores
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Animais
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Microfilárias
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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