Lymphatic filariasis and malaria: concomitant parasitism in Orissa, India

✍ Scribed by B Ravindran; P.K Sahoo; A.P Dash

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 422 KB
• Volume: 92
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0035-9203
• DOI: 10.1016/s0035-9203(98)90937-3

✦ Synopsis

Concomitant parasitism with Plasmodium spp. and Wuchereria bancrofti was examined in Orissa, India, to study the influence of one parasite infection on the other in human communities. A survey of 18 15 nocturnal blood films in 11 villages indicated an overall prevalence of 9.6% for malaria and 8.5% for microfilaraemia. Only 0.3% of the population harboured both parasites. Analysis of the expected and observed distribution of cases of dual infection in each village did not indicate any significant interaction between the 2 infections. The malarial vector density in 3 selected villages correlated well with the prevalence rate of malaria.