Assessing the Filariasis Causing Parasites in Adult Mosquitoes and the Vector Mosquito Larval Breeding in Selected Medical Officer of Health Areas in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka

This study concludes possible lymphatic filariasis situation is in extremely very low level persistent (0.06%) where transmission cannot be sustained and is restricted only to isolated pockets in the study area. The zoonotic strains of filariasis causing subcutaneous dirofilariasis in humans by Dirofilaria repens is continuing to survive due to the presence of stray dogs that serve as reservoir hosts.PMID:33927771 | PMC:PMC8053054 | DOI:10.1155/2021/6643226

Source: Journal of Tropical Medicine - April 30, 2021 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: S A S Pilagolla L D Amarasinghe Source Type: research