Jemaneh L, Kebede D
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Addis Abeba University.
Ethiop Med J. 1995 Apr;33(2):125-8.
As part of a clinical and epidemiological study of lymphatic filariasis in southwestern Ethiopia the microfilarial density in the blood of two male and two female volunteers from the village of Ketch (near the town of Gambella) was determined every four hours for a 24-hour period using the counting chamber technique. In the blood of the volunteers the majority of the microfilariae appeared between 20 and 04 hours with peak at 24 hours (range at peak time + 3060-3560 mf/ml blood) depicting a nocturnal periodicity of circulating Wuchereria bancrofti microfilariae. This has important implications for the diagnosis, monitoring and transmission of lymphatic filariasis in the area.
作为埃塞俄比亚西南部淋巴丝虫病临床和流行病学研究的一部分，使用计数室技术，对来自凯奇村（靠近甘贝拉镇）的两名男性和两名女性志愿者的血液进行了为期24小时的监测，每四小时测定一次微丝蚴密度。志愿者血液中的大多数微丝蚴出现在20点至04点之间，24点达到峰值（峰值时范围为每毫升血液含3060 - 3560条微丝蚴），显示班氏吴策线虫微丝蚴具有夜间周期性。这对该地区淋巴丝虫病的诊断、监测和传播具有重要意义。
