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Clinical manifestations of Bancroftian filariasis in a suburb of Calcutta, India.

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 01 Jan 1976, 25(1):64-73
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1976.25.64 PMID: 769575 

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Interviews and physical examinations for filarial disease were conducted in Howrah near Calcutta, West Bengal, India, in a study area where long term quantitative entomological studies have disclosed high intensity, year round exposure to Wuchereria bancrofti. Little elephantiasis or other serious filariasis-related disease was noted, but half the males over 20 years of age had genital lesions of various types. Ninety-two percent of households had at least one resident with microfilaremia or presumptive clinical evidence of filarial disease.

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