Impact of different housing structures on filarial transmission in rural areas of southern India.
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.
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D V R Satya
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Bioinformatics Group, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR), Tarnaka, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Krishna
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Murty
U Suryanarayana
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Sai
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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