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Sunish IP, Rajendran R, Mani TR, Munirathinam A, Tewari SC, Hiriyan J, Gajanana A, Reuben R, Satyanarayana K.
Transmission intensity index to monitor filariasis infection pressure in vectors for the evaluation of filariasis elimination programmes. Trop Med Int Health. 2003 Sep;8(9):812-9.
PMID: 12950667

Weerasooriya MV, Itoh M, Islam MZ, Qiu XG, Fujimaki Y, Kimura E.
Prevalence and levels of filaria-specific urinary IgG4 among children less than five years of age and the association of antibody positivity between children and their mothers. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2003 Apr;68(4):465-8.
PMID: 12875298

Sunish IP, Rajendran R, Mani TR, Gajanana A, Reuben R, Satyanarayana K.
Long-term population migration: an important aspect to be considered during mass drug administration for elimination of lymphatic filariasis. Trop Med Int Health. 2003 Apr;8(4):316-21.
PMID: 12667150

Sherchand J, Obsomer V, Thakur G, Hommel M.
Mapping of lymphatic filariasis in Nepal. Filaria J. 2003 March 18.
PMID: 12694630

Chai JY, Lee SH, Choi SY, Lee JS, Yong TS, Park KJ, Yang KA, Lee KH, Park MJ, Park HR, Kim MJ, Rim HJ.
A survey of Brugia malayi infection on the Heugsan Islands, Korea. Korean J Parasitol. 2003 Mar;41(1):69-73.
PMID: 12666733

Chadee DD, Rawlins SC, Tiwari TS.
Short communication: concomitant malaria and filariasis infections in Georgetown, Guyana.
Trop Med Int Health. 2003 Feb;8(2):140-3.
PMID: 12581439

Shriram AN, Murhekar MV, Ramaiah KD, Sehgal SC.
Prevalence of diurnally subperiodic bancroftian filariasis among the Nicobarese in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India: effect of age and gender. Trop Med Int Health. 2002 Nov;7(11):949-54.
PMID: 12390601

Srividya A, Michael E, Palaniyandi M, Pani SP, Das PK.
A geostatistical analysis of the geographic distribution of lymphatic filariasis prevalence in southern India. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2002 Nov;67(5):480-489.
PMID: 12479548

Gyapong JO, Kyelem D, Kleinschmidt I, Agbo K, Ahouandogbo F, Gaba J, Owusu-Banahene G, Sanou S, Sodahlon YK, Biswas G, Kale OO, Molyneux DH, Roungou JB, Thomson MC, Remme J.
The use of spatial analysis in mapping the distribution of bancroftian filariasis in four West African countries. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2002 Oct;96(7):695-705.
PMID: 12537631

Supali T, Wibowo H, Ruckert P, Fischer K, Ismid IS, Purnomo, Djuardi Y, Fischer P.
High prevalence of Brugia timori infection in the highland of Alor Island, Indonesia. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2002 May;66(5):560-565.
PMID: 12201590

Nielsen NO, Makaula P, Nyakuipa D, Bloch P, Nyasulu Y, Simonsen PE.
Lymphatic filariasis in Lower Shire, southern Malawi. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2002 Mar-Apr; 96(2): 133-8.
PMID: 12055799

Ngwira BM, Jabu CH, Kanyongoloka H, Mponda M, Crampin AC, Branson K, Alexander ND, Fine PE.
Lymphatic filariasis in the Karonga district of northern Malawi: a prevalence survey.
Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2002 Mar;96(2):137-44.
PMID: 12080974

Gyapong JO, Remme JH.
The use of grid sampling methodology for rapid assessment of the distribution of bancroftian filariasis. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2001 Nov-Dec; 95(6): 681-6.
PMID: 11816445

Sunish IP, Rajendran R, Satyanarayana K, Munirathinam A, Gajanana A. Immunochromatographic test (ICT) for estimation of true prevalence of bancroftian filariasis in an endemic area in southern India. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2001 Nov-Dec; 95(6): 607-9.
PMID: 11816431

Triteeraprapab S, Nuchprayoon I, Porksakorn C, Poovorawan Y, Scott AL.
High prevalence of Wuchereria bancrofti infection among Myanmar migrants in Thailand. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2001 Jul;95(5):535-8.
PMID: 11487375

Alexander ND, Bockarie MJ, Dimber ZB, Griffin L, Kazura JW, Alpers MP.
Migration and dispersal of lymphatic filariasis in Papua New Guinea. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2001 May-Jun; 95(3): 277-9. No abstract available.
PMID: 11490996

Onapa AW, Simonsen PE, Pedersen EM, Okello DO.
Lymphatic filariasis in Uganda: baseline investigations in Lira, Soroti and Katakwi districts. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2001 Mar-Apr; 95(2): 161-7.
PMID: 11355548

Weerasooriya MV, Weerasooriya TR, Gunawardena NK, Samarawickrema WA, Kimura E. Epidemiology of bancroftian filariasis in three suburban areas of Matara, Sri Lanka. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2001 Apr;95(3):263-273.
PMID: 11339886

Jaoko WG, Simonsen PE, Meyrowitsch DW, Pedersen EM, Rwegoshora RT, Michael E. Wuchereria bancrofti in a community with seasonal transmission: stability of microfilaraemia, antigenaemia and filarial-specific antibody concentrations. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2001 Apr;95(3):253-61.
PMID: 11339885

Sahoo PK, Geddam JJ, Satapathy AK, Mohanty MC, Ravindran B.
Bancroftian filariasis: prevalence of antigenaemia and endemic normals in Orissa, India
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2000 Sep-Oct; 94(5): 515-7. No abstract available.
PMID: 11132379

Sabesan S, Palaniyandi M, Das PK, Michael E.
Mapping of lymphatic filariasis in India. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2000 Sep;94(6):591-606.
PMID: 11064761

Mwobobia IK, Muniu EM, Kombe Y, Wamae CN.
Hydrocelectomy: a proxy for hydrocele prevalence in coastal Kenya. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2000 Jul;94(5):479-84.
PMID: 10983560

Rudra SK, Chandra G.
Comparative epidemiological studies on lymphatic filariasis, between tribal and non-tribal populations of Bankura district, West Bengal, India. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2000 Jun;94(4):365-372.
PMID: 10945046

Gbakima AA, Bockarie MJ, Sahr F, Palmer LT, Gooding E.
Rapid assessment of the prevalence and distribution of lymphatic filariasis in Sierra Leone
Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2000 Apr;94(3):299-301.
PMID: 10884875

Lindsay SW, Thomas CJ.
Mapping and estimating the population at risk from lymphatic filariasis in Africa. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2000 Jan-Feb; 94(1): 37-45.
PMID: 10748895

Srividya A, Lall R, Ramaiah KD, Ramu K, Hoti SL, Pani SP, Das PK.
Development of rapid assessment procedures for the delimitation of lymphatic filariasis-endemic areas. Trop Med Int Health. 2000 Jan;5(1):64-71.
PMID: 10672207

Medeiros Z, Gomes J, Beliz F, Coutinho A, Dreyer P, Dreyer G.
Screening of army soldiers for Wuchereria bancrofti infection in the metropolitan Recife region, Brazil: implications for epidemiological surveillance. Trop Med Int Health. 1999 Jul;4(7):499-505.
PMID: 10470342

Weil GJ, Ramzy RM, El Setouhy M, Kandil AM, Ahmed ES, Faris R.
A longitudinal study of Bancroftian filariasis in the Nile Delta of Egypt: baseline data and one-year follow-up. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1999 Jul;61(1):53-58.
PMID: 10432056

Sharma S, Sharma M, Rathaur S.
Bancroftian filariasis in the Varanasi region of north India: an epidemiological study. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1999 Jun;93(4):379-387.
PMID: 10656039

Pedersen EM, Kilama WL, Swai AB, Kihamia CM, Rwiza H, Kisumku UM.
Bancroftian filariasis on Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania: an update on the status in urban and semi-urban communities. Trop Med Int Health. 1999 Apr;4(4):295-301.
PMID: 10320655

Itoh M, Weerasooriya MV, Gunawardena NK, Mudalige MP, Samarawickrema WA, Kimura E.
Wuchereria bancrofti antigenaemia in Sri Lanka. Trop Med Int Health. 1999 Mar;4(3):207-10.
PMID: 10223216

Dzodzomenyo M, Dunyo SK, Ahorlu CK, Coker WZ, Appawu MA, Pedersen EM, Simonsen PE.
Bancroftian filariasis in an irrigation project community in southern Ghana. Trop Med Int Health. 1999 Jan;4(1):13-8.
PMID: 10203168

Myung K, Massougbodji A, Ekoue S, Atchade P, Kiki-Fagla V, Klion AD.
Lymphatic filariasis in a hyperendemic region: a ten-year, follow-up panel survey. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1998 Aug;59(2):222-226.
PMID: 9715936

Thompson DF, Malone JB, Harb M, Faris R, Huh OK, Buck AA, Cline BL.
Bancroftian filariasis distribution and diurnal temperature differences in the southern Nile delta. Emerg Infect Dis. 1996 Jul-Sep;2(3):234-5.
PMID: 8903237

Bryan JH, Dagoro H, Southgate BA.
Filarial vector studies in a diethylcarbamazine-treated and in untreated villages in Papua New Guinea. J Trop Med Hyg. 1995 Dec;98(6):445-51.
PMID: 8544229

Meyrowitsch DW, Simonsen PE, Makunde WH.
A 16-year follow-up study on bancroftian filariasis in three communities of north-eastern Tanzania. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1995 Dec;89(6):665-75.
PMID: 8745941

Meyrowitsch DW, Simonsen PE, Makunde WH.
Bancroftian filariasis: analysis of infection and disease in five endemic communities of north-eastern Tanzania. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1995 Dec;89(6):653-63.
PMID: 8745940

Chang MS, Doraisingam P, Hardin S, Nagum N.
Malaria and filariasis transmission in a village/forest setting in Baram District, Sarawak, Malaysia. J Trop Med Hyg. 1995 Jun;98(3):192-8.
PMID: 7783279

Lammie PJ, Hightower AW, Eberhard ML.
Age-specific prevalence of antigenemia in a Wuchereria bancrofti-exposed population. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1994 Sep;51(3):348-355.
PMID: 7943556

Estambale BB, Simonsen PE, Knight R, Bwayo JJ.
Bancroftian filariasis in Kwale District of Kenya. I. Clinical and parasitological survey in an endemic community. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1994 Apr;88(2):145-51.
PMID: 8067810

Gyapong JO, Badu JK, Adjei S, Binka F.
Bancroftian filariasis in the Kassena Nankana District of the upper east region of Ghana: a preliminary study. J Trop Med Hyg. 1993 Oct;96(5):317-22.
PMID: 8411308

Reid EC, Kimura E.
Microfilaria prevalence of diurnally subperiodic Wuchereria bancrofti among people having a medical checkup in American Samoa in the past 17 years. J Trop Med Hyg. 1993 Apr;96(2):118-23.
PMID: 8459485

Medeiros Z, Dreyer G, Andrade LD, Pires ML, Mendes J, Pimentel R.
Wuchereria bancrofti microfilarial density of autochthonous cases and natural Culex infectivity rates in northeast Brazil. J Trop Med Hyg. 1992 Jun;95(3):214-7.
PMID: 1597880

Rajasekariah GR, Parab PB, Chandrashekar R, Deshpande L, Subrahmanyam D.
Pattern of Wuchereria bancrofti microfilaraemia in young and adolescent school children in Bassein, India, an endemic area for lymphatic filariasis. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1991 Dec;85(6):663-5.
PMID: 1811444

Day KP, Grenfell B, Spark R, Kazura JW, Alpers MP.
Age specific patterns of change in the dynamics of Wuchereria bancrofti infection in Papua New Guinea. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1991 May;44(5):518-527.
PMID: 2063955

Hitch WL, Hightower AW, Eberhard ML, Lammie PJ.
Analysis of isotype-specific antifilarial antibody levels in a Haitian pediatric population. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1991 Feb;44(2):161-167.
PMID: 2012259

Hati AK, Chandra G, Bhattacharyya A, Biswas D, Chatterjee KK, Dwibedi HN.
Annual transmission potential of bancroftian filariasis in an urban and a rural area of West Bengal, India. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1989 Apr;40(4):365-367.
PMID: 2653062

Udonsi JK. The status of human filariasis in relation to clinical signs in endemic areas of the Niger Delta. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1986 Aug;80(4):425-32.
PMID: 3539045

Matola YG.
Prospects of human malaria and Bancroftian filariasis infections in the Lower Rufiji Basin, Tanzania II. Bancroftian filariasis. Trop Geogr Med. 1985 Jun;37(2):108-13.
PMID: 2863884

Matola YG.
Prospects of human malaria and Bancroftian filariasis infections in the Lower Rufiji Basin, Tanzania. I. Malaria. Trop Geogr Med. 1985 Jun;37(2):102-7.
PMID: 4035771


Hii J, Kan S, Pereira M, Parmar SS, Campos RL, Chan MK.
Bancroftian filariasis and malaria in island and hinterland populations in Sabah, Malaysia. Trop Geogr Med. 1985 Jun;37(2):93-101.
PMID: 3898498

McMahon JE, Magayauka SA, Kolstrup N, Mosha FW, Bushrod FM, Abaru DE, Bryan JH. Studies on the transmission and prevalence of Bancroftian filariasis in four coastal villages of Tanzania. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1981 Aug;75(4):415-31.
PMID: 6118103

Knight R.
Current status of filarial infections in The Gambia. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1980 Feb;74(1):63-8.
PMID: 6990885

Knight R, McAdam KP, Matola YG, Kirkham V.
Bancroftian filariasis and other parasitic infections in the Middle Fly River region of Western Papua New Guinea I. Clinical, parasitological and serological studies. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1979 Dec;73(6):563-76.
PMID: 395913

Carme B, Laigret J.
Longevity of Wuchereria bancrofti var. pacifica and mosquito infection acquired from a patient with low level parasitemia. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1979 Jan;28(1):53-55.
PMID: 373472

Oemijati S, Partono F, Hudojo, Hadi TR, Clarke MD, Gunning JJ, Cross JH.
Brugia malayi in Kresek, West Java, Indonesia: the effect of environmental changes of filarial endemicity. Trop Geogr Med. 1978 Sep;30(3):301-4.
PMID: 734755

Wijers DJ
Bancroftian filariasis in Kenya. IV. Disease distribution and transmission dynamics.Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1977 Dec;71(4):452-63.
PMID: 23080

Wijers DJ.
Bancroftian filariasis in Kenya I. Prevalence survey among adult males in the Coast Province. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1977 Sep;71(3):313-31.
PMID: 335990

Kapojos DS, Tumewu M, Kapojos FX, Waworuntu HC.
Filariasis in the Minahassa. Trop Geogr Med. 1976 Dec;28(4):359-61.
PMID: 1014078

Satti MH, Abdel Nur OM.
Bancroftian filariasis in the Sudan. Bull World Health Organ. 1974;51(3):314-5.
PMID: 4618513

Croll DG.
Filariasis among Australian troops. BMJ. 1919 (1);28.

Byrd EE, St. Amant LS.
Studies on the epidemiology of filariasis on Central and South Pacific Islands. South Pacific Commission. Technical Paper Number 125. 1959 Sept.

de Rook H.An investigation on filariasis in the Berau region (Inanwatan District, North-West New Guinea). South Pacific Commission. Techincal Paper Number 105. 1957 May.

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