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| Leite,Anderson B; Lima,Ana RV de; Leite,Renata B; Santos,Rafael V; Gonçalves,Johnathan EL; Rocha,Eliana MM; Fontes,Gilberto. |
| The family and neighbors of a patient infected with W. bancrofti microfilariae were assessed aiming to evaluate the occurrence of cases of lymphatic filariasis in a non-endemic area in the city of Maceió, in the Brazilian state of Alagoas. The patient had previously lived in an endemic focus; however, he has been living in an area where the parasite has never been detected for the past ten years. Female ingurgitated Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes captured in the houses of the microfilaremic individual and of his neighbors in the non-endemic region were also examined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique. The thick blood smear examination, blood membrane filtration, and rapid immunochromatography (antigen search) revealed no infected individuals... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Wuchereria bancrofti; Lymphatic filariasis; Epidemiology; Culex. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000200002 |
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