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Who Expert Committee on Filariasis
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Book : Who Expert Committee on Filariasis Author : * -- Language : English Library : Health-Safety-Environment Publish Place : Geneva ISBN : 92 4 120542 3 Publish Date : 00 1974 Publisher : World Health Organization WHO Original Language : Turkish Book Type : Book Book Number : 6112 |
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INDEX
1. Distribution and prevalence of lymphatic filariasis (Wuchereria and Brugiainfections)
1.1 Areas of decreasing prevalence
1.2 Areas of increased prevalence
2. Evaluation of control measures
2.1 Chemotherapy
2.2 Experimental chemotherapy
2.3 Control of vectors
2.4 Sanitation, urban environmental improvement, and health education
3. Methods for epidemiological assessment
3.1 Assessment of clinical manifestations in surveys
3.2 Parasitological and immunodiagnostic procedures in surveys
3.3 Parameters for an analysis of the dynamics of transmission
4. Other fllarial parasites
4.1 Problems of taxonomy
4.2 Loa loa
4.3 Dipetalonema perstans
4.4 Dipetalonema streptocerca
4.5 Mansonella ozzardi
5. Research proposals
5.1 Epidemiology
5.2 Chemotherapy
5.3 Pathophysiology
5.4 Tmmunology
5.5 Vector control
5.6 Vector ecology and bionomics
5.7 Miscellaneous research proposals
6. Recommendations
Acknowledgements
Annex 1. The distribution of fllarial infections of man and their vectors
Annex 2. Protocols for filariasis surveys
Annex 3. Methods for the diagnosis of microfilaraemia
