Bancroftian filariasis in Namrup tea estate, district Dibrugarh, Assam.
Filariasis survey in a randomly selected tea estate of district Dibrugrah revealed 6.7% infection of Wuchereria bancrofti in labour population with microfilaria (mf) rate of 7.6% in males and 5.9% in females. The mf rate increased progressively with the age which however, dropped in 31-40 age group of males and in 41-50 age group of females. Chronic filariasis diseases rate was 2.7%. The involvement of genitals in manifesting chronic filariasis was significantly higher than of the lower extremities. Infection and infectivity rates in the vector mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus were 6.1% and 4.6% respectively with mean L3 load per infective mosquito of 8.5. Drains, land, peridomestic ditches were chief breeding habitats of Cules quinquefasciatus in the tea estate.
Prakash
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Regional Medical Research Centre, N.E. Region, Dibbrugarh, Assam.
Mohapatra
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Das
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Sharma
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Mahanta
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003465:Culex / Q000469:parasitology; D004605:Elephantiasis, Filarial / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D013662:Tea; D014958:Wuchereria bancrofti / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D013662:Tea