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  • Title: Bancroftian filariasis in Namrup tea estate, district Dibrugarh, Assam.
    Author: Prakash A, Mohapatra PK, Das HK, Sharma RK, Mahanta J.
    Journal: Indian J Public Health; 1998; 42(4):103-7, 112. PubMed ID: 10389521.
    Abstract:
    Filariasis survey in a randomly selected tea estate of district Dibrugrah revealed 6.7% infection of Wuchereria bancrofti in labour population with microfilaria (mf) rate of 7.6% in males and 5.9% in females. The mf rate increased progressively with the age which however, dropped in 31-40 age group of males and in 41-50 age group of females. Chronic filariasis diseases rate was 2.7%. The involvement of genitals in manifesting chronic filariasis was significantly higher than of the lower extremities. Infection and infectivity rates in the vector mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus were 6.1% and 4.6% respectively with mean L3 load per infective mosquito of 8.5. Drains, land, peridomestic ditches were chief breeding habitats of Cules quinquefasciatus in the tea estate.
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