OBJECTIVE To determine the role of vector control in further decreasing the transmission of bancroftian filariasis achieved by mass drug administration and the long-term impact on filariometric indices. METHODS Three rounds of annual mass drug administration, with diethylcarbamazine and ivermectin, were complemented by vector control (mainly using polystyrene beads) in villages of Tirukoilur,...

National Filaria Control Programme has been running in the country since year 1955 with strategy of parasite detection, treatment and vector control mainly urban areas. In 1997, fiftieth World Health Assembly Resolution listed Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) for elimination by 2020 which now aligned Sustainable Development Goal to be achieved 2030. India also started its campaign eliminate LF 2004. T...

The enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for specific IgE antibodies to Brugia malayi was compared with the radioallergosorbent test (RAST) for use in immunoepidemiological studies of lymphatic filariasis. Sera used were from individuals (aged 5-82 years) living in an area endemic for lymphatic filariasis in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The percentage of positive IgE ELISA reactions (52.6%) ...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this work was to identify possible lymphatic filariasis foci in the western Brazilian Amazonian that could be established from the reports of Rachou in the 1950s. The study was conducted in three cities of the western Brazilian Amazon region - Porto Velho and Guajará-Mirim (State of Rondônia) and Humaitá (State of Amazonas). METHODS For human infection evaluation thick...