Mishra Ashok, Bhadoriya Rahul Singh
Department of Community Medicine, GR Medical College, Gwalior - 474 009, MP, India.
Indian J Community Med. 2009 Jul;34(3):202-5. doi: 10.4103/0970-0218.55284.
District Datia has been known to be endemic for filariasis. A number of cases have been reported in recent past. The present study was an epidemiological investigation carried out in village Barganya, Datia in the month of Sept 2004.
The objectives of this study were to confirm the epidemic in village Barganya and to study the causes of the present epidemic.
The study was a cross sectional study carried out through house to house survey, covering a population of 1512.
A total of 78 clinically confirmed cases were reported. The study calculated a microfilarial rate of 6.9% and 1.65% in males and females respectively. The microfilarial density among confirmed cases ranged from 3.1 to 10.6 per 20 cmm.
The study concluded that majority of the cases were males who worked in open field and there was a lack of proper management of these cases at village level.
达蒂亚地区一直以丝虫病流行而闻名。最近报告了多例病例。本研究是2004年9月在达蒂亚的巴尔加尼亚村进行的一项流行病学调查。
本研究的目的是确认巴尔加尼亚村的疫情,并研究当前疫情的原因。
该研究是一项通过逐户调查进行的横断面研究,覆盖了1512人。
共报告了78例临床确诊病例。该研究计算出男性和女性的微丝蚴率分别为6.9%和1.65%。确诊病例中的微丝蚴密度为每20立方毫米3.1至10.6条。
该研究得出结论,大多数病例是在露天工作的男性,并且在村庄层面缺乏对这些病例的妥善管理。