Detection of a new focus of Brugia malayi infection in Orissa.
526 people were surveyed in a village called Chudamani, in Balasore district of Orissa, for detection of asymptomatic microfilaria (mf) carriers. Of these 36 (6.8 per cent) were cases found to harbour mf; 19 cases had Brugia malayi, 4 Wuchereria bancrofti and 5 cases had mixed infection. In 8 cases, species could not be ascertained. For the first time after 1955, a focus of B. malayi has been detected in Orissa.
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D000818:Animals; D002009:Brugia; D004605:Elephantiasis, Filarial / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005368:Filariasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014958:Wuchereria bancrofti