Filarias is one major health problem in the coastal areas of Orissa including district Bhadrak. Tis article deals with 8 plant species used in native phytotherapy for filariasis in this region with the view to provide clue for further research.

1 Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, 2 The DeWorm3 Project, The Natural History Museum of London, London, United Kingdom, 3 Eastern and Southern Africa Centre of International Parasite Control, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya, 4 Neglected Tropical Disease Team, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washingto...

Five laboratory methods used for the recovery of microfilariae from the blood were compared for efficiency of recovery and time involved. The methods used were thin blood films, thick blood films, wet preparations, the Polyvidone technique, and the microhaematocrit technique. The last proved superior in both efficiency and saving time.

Improved treatments for lymphatic filariasis (LF) could accelerate the global elimination program this disease. A triple drug combination of anti-filarial drugs ivermectin, diethylcarbamazine (DEC) and albendazole (IDA) has been shown to be safe effective achieving sustained clearance microfilariae (Mf) filarial parasite Wuchereria bancrofti from human blood. However, not previously evaluated t...

.In this review, the mosquito vector borne diseases (VBD) majorly malaria, dengue, filariasis, chikungunya, Japanese encephalitis, Zika were presented to comprehend global disease incidence as control of these transmitting vectors are challengeable globally nowadays. It has been found that malaria affects nearly 500 million people and lymphatic filariasis about 100 worldwide every year. About 2...

every Fijian is the subject of filariasis. These reasons, together with the preceding (1) are: (a) adult filarioe are to be found in the lymphatics and other tissues without the presence in the blood of corresponding microfilariae ; (b) a large proportion of Fijians are effected with what in common with others I regard as filarial disease, and in whom no microfilarire can be found in the blood....

Circulating filarial antigen (Ag) prevalence, measured using rapid point-of-care tests, is the standard indicator used for monitoring and surveillance in Global Program to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis. In 2015, immunochromatographic test (ICT) was replaced with filariasis strip (FTS), which has higher reported sensitivity. Despite differences sensitivity, no changes recommended targets were m...

OBJECTIVES Timely and accurate health data are important for objective decision making and policy formulation. However, little evidence exists to explain why poor quality routine health data persist. This study examined the constraints to data reporting for the lymphatic filariasis mass drug administration programme in two districts in Ghana. This qualitative study focused on timeliness and acc...

Malaria at present is still one of the important mosquito-borne diseases in Indonesia. The disease is widespread all over the country and involves nearly all islands. Sixteen Anopheles species have been reconfirmed as malaria vectors. They were distributed geographically as follows: Coastal areas and lagoons ----An sundizicus and An.subpictus Cultivated ricefields and swampy areas ----An.aconit...

BACKGROUND Lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminths, and trachoma are the five most prevalent neglected tropical diseases in the world, and each is frequently treated with mass drug administrations. We performed a survey of neglected tropical diseases experts to elicit their opinions on the role of mass drug administrations for the elimination of these i...