title: A multidisciplinary study on bancroftian filariasis in Jakarta.
abstract: A study on bancroftian filariasis in Jakarta has indicated that one person in one year could be exposed to 223,000 bites of Culex pipens fatigans and to 1,941 infective-stage larvae of Wuchereria bancrofti. Blood surveys with 20 mm3 samples revealed a microfilaria rate of 6%. Although some cases of hydrocele (4% of 272 males examined) were found, there was little evidence of severe filarial disease in either males or females. Amongst wild-caught mosquitoes only 0.3% contained infective larvae, but much higher levels of vectorial competence were established under laboratory conditions. High daily vector mortality (30%) coupled with noticeable improvements in standards of living could have been important factors preventing an increase in endemicity.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003465:Culex / Q000469:parasitology; D004463:Ecology; D005260:Female; D005368:Filariasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D014958:Wuchereria bancrofti