title: A baseline study of rural Bancroftian filariasis in southern India.
abstract: Night mass blood surveys were carried out for parasitological evidence of Bancroftian filariasis in 45 rural areas belonging to 9 National Filaria Control Program (NFCP) zones of East Godavari and West Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh, India during the period 1998 to 2001. Mf prevalence range between 2.9 to 10.2%, and mf intensities in 20 mm3 blood samples ranged from 1-281. The present study explains the trend of microfilaria dynamics in the rural population, where mass drug delivery has been implemented since 1997, and anti-larivicidal and adulticidal control measures have not been adopted.
authors.affiliation: Bioinformatics Group, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. usnmurty@iict.ap.nic.in
authors.forename: U Suryanarayana
authors.initials: US
authors.lastname: Murty
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Praveen
authors.forename: D V R Satya
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sriram
authors.forename: K Madhusudhan
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: K S K
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Sai
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods; D005368:Filariasis / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008842:Microfilariae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008875:Middle Aged; D009032:Mosquito Control; D015995:Prevalence; D012423:Rural Health; D014329:Tropical Climate; D014958:Wuchereria bancrofti / Q000302:isolation & purification*