Human filarial infections afflict over 150 million persons worldwide and are major causes of
morbidity in many developing countries. Onchocerca volvulus infection is a leading�…

A cross-sectional survey was used to determine the prevalence of disease (n= 6493) and
microfilaraemia (n= 24 946) due to Wuchereria bancrofti in Pondicherry, south India. The�…

Background: Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is endemic in Myanmar and targeted for elimination.
To highlight the National Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (NPELF) progress�…

About 100 years ago, it was dicovered that insects transmit grave, mainly tropical diseases-
very much to the astonishment of the physicians of that time, who saw this as a new, possibly�…

Africa, such as Tanzania, the most common clinical form of the disease is hydrocoele while
lymphoedema and elephantiasis is much less common (3). In other areas of the world such�…

This year-long study investigated the epidemiology of acute filarial episodes due to
Wuchereria bancrofti in 2 rural villages in south India. The annual incidence of 96.5�…

To identify the gaps in people's knowledge of lymphatic filariasis, we collected descriptive
and quantitative information in rural areas of Tamil Nadu, South India. People are well�…

In urban landscapes the crowding of humans and their waste products may alleviate intra‐
specific interactions of common mosquitoes. Here, we present the results of a semi‐natural�…

Background Mansonellosis arises from infections with threadlike filarial nematodes in
millions of individuals, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Since infections present no overt�…

Accurate and specific diagnosis of human loiasis is of crucial importance in an endemic area
where two-thirds of infected individuals are without circulating microfilariae (occult loiasis)�…