title: Detection of a new focus of Brugia malayi infection in Orissa.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Rath
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Mohapatra
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Das
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002009:Brugia; D004605:Elephantiasis, Filarial / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005368:Filariasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014958:Wuchereria bancrofti