Molecular xenomonitoring of diurnally subperiodic Wuchereria bancrofti infection in Aedes (Downsiomyia) niveus (Ludlow, 1903) after nine rounds of Mass Drug Administration in Nancowry Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Addepalli Premkumar, Ananganallur Nagarajan Shriram, Kaliannagounder Krishnamoorthy, Swaminathan Subramanian, Venkatesan Vasuki, Paluru Vijayachari, Purushothaman Jambulingam
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Lone
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008763; https://doaj.org/article/82d38f19bfd949e4bf1c5ea6cdab1887

A group of four human inhabited Nancowry Islands in Nicobar district in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India having a population of 7674 is the lone focus of diurnally sub-periodic Wuchereria bancrofti (DspWB) that is transmitted by Aedes niveus (Ludlow). Microfilaria (Mf) prevalence was above 1%...