In developing nations, lymphatic filariasis is a significant public health concern. Wuchereria bancrofti species, which are morphologically recognised as sheathed parasites with tail tip free of nuclei, responsible for almost 90% the cases in India. Microfilariae have been found wide range other body fluids well urine samples from patients chylous and achylous hematuria. We report case microfil...

The technique involved in studying the activation of lymphocytes in the resting form, and their recognition as dividing and functional cells was studied, using phase contrast and agar as well as fluid culture. Standardization of technical methods was found to be essential, and the effect of variables was studied. Lymphocytes from human umbilical cord vein blood were found to be spontaneously ac...

A total of 315 birds representing 75 species (23 families) from Villavicencio and San Miguel (Meta, Colombia) were examined for haematozoa. Fifty birds (15.9%) harbored blood parasites. Microfilariae were the most common haematozoans encountered, followed by species of the genera Haemoproteus, Plasmodium and Trypanosoma. This survey included 15 new host-parasite records and 8 species of birds t...

6th June, 1925.?No response to quinine (grs. 5 t.d.s.) given from 2nd June, 1925, 9-30 p.m. Temperature 106?F. Intravenous injection of quinine bihydrochloride (grs. 3). 7th June, 1925.?8 a.;m. Temperature 98.6?F. Intravenous injection of quinine bihydrochloride (grs. 2i). Urine now distinctly "milky," showed marked chyluria and the microscope revealed a large number of microfilariae. The quini...

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 stu...