title: Impact of different housing structures on filarial transmission in rural areas of southern India.
abstract: The aim of the present investigation was to assess the filarial transmission levels in houses of different structure in rural areas of Andhra Pradesh, India. During this study, ecologically-similar households were selected for entomological study. The per-man-hour density (PMHD), infection and infectivity rates, were recorded in different ranges ie, 16.1 to 77.6, 0-31.2% and 0-5.6%, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Bioinformatics Group, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR), Tarnaka, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: D V R Satya
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Krishna
authors.forename: U Suryanarayana
authors.initials: US
authors.lastname: Murty
authors.forename: K S K
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Sai
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D003252:Construction Materials; D003465:Culex / Q000469:parasitology*; D004605:Elephantiasis, Filarial / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission*; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006798:Housing / Q000145:classification*; D006801:Humans; D006813:Humidity; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012423:Rural Health; D012621:Seasons; D013696:Temperature