title: Distribution and prevalence of cases of microfilaraemia in Indonesia.
abstract: Blood smear surveys were conducted in principal villages on the major islands of Indonesia to determine the microfilarial rates presently existing in the populations. A total of 163,454 persons were examined and 10.8 percent found positive for microfilariae of Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi or Brugia timori. The highest prevalence rates were found in Nusatenggara-Maluku-Irian Jaya (15.5%) followed by Sulawesi (13.7%) Kalimantan (10.8%) Sumatera (8.9%) and Jawa and Bali (1.7%). Many areas endemic for filariasis are used for the settlement of transmigrants from non-filarial endemic areas. Control program must therefore be implemented to prevent filarial infections in these new susceptible population groups.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002009:Brugia; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005368:Filariasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014958:Wuchereria bancrofti