A pilot study on the status of XXXX in a rural community of Bihar.

@entity1 @entity6565 @entity697 @entity3754 @entity10065
A pilot study of @entity3754 was conducted in two contiguous villages of Patna district in Bihar situated at the side of the river Ganges, known to be endemic for @entity3754 , to study present status of transmission parameters of @entity6565 . Of the 1872 @entity1 examined, 8.4% were found asymptomatic but microfilaraemic. Morbidity pattern due to filarial infection showed an increase with advancement of age and significantly high in males as compared to female (p < 0.001). @entity697 was observed as 0.5% and 9% respectively. Microfilaria was found in 10% of acute and 11.2% of chronic filarial cases. The Mf rate was found to be 9.9% in males and 9.0% in females respectively. The parasite species was identified as @entity10065 . The vector fauna surveyed show highest prevalence of vector species of Cx. quinquefasciatus (43%) in both domestic as well as predomestic area in the community. Other species like Cx. vishnui and Ma. uniformis were also seen. Each household and predomestic area was searched for mosquito fauna at night. The infection rate in vectors was found to be 14% and infectivity rate (L3) was 8%. The @entity6565 cases detected in the study were treated with 12 days course of DEC 6 mg/kg body weight.
