Relationship between male hydrocele and infection prevalences in clustered communities with uncertain transmission of Wuchereria bancrofti on the Thailand-Myanmar border.

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dc.contributor.authorBhumiratana, Adisaken_US
dc.contributor.authorWattanakull, Boontuanen_US
dc.contributor.authorKoyadun, Suracharten_US
dc.contributor.authorSuvannadabba, Saravudhen_US
dc.contributor.authorRojanapremsuk, Jirasaken_US
dc.contributor.authorTantiwattanasup, Worawiten_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-27T16:30:01Z
dc.date.available2009-05-27T16:30:01Z
dc.date.issued2002-03-18en_US
dc.descriptionThe Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health.en_US
dc.description.abstractA cross-sectional community-based study was conducted in three clustered communities, belonging to a single small village in Mae Chan subdistrict, Umphang district, Tak Province, close to the Thailand-Myanmar border, where regular night blood survey have been discontinued since 1997 and no epidemiological study had been conducted. In order to understand prevalences of distribution of male hydrocele and infection in clinically diagnostic and epidemiologic implications in uncertain transmission of Wuchereria bancrofti, we analyzed the relationship between male hydrocele and community infection prevalences in 219 (90.5% coverage) subjects aged > or =1 year old, including 54.8% migratory and 45.2% local Karen inhabitants. Migratory inhabitants tended to have high prevalence of antigenemia (p < 0.05) and hydrocele. Overall rates of 23.7% antigenemia, 3.7% microfilaremia, and 4.6% male hydrocele were observed. Male hydrocele prevalence was significantly correlated (r = 0.348, p < 0.0001) with antigenemia prevalence, but not with microfilaremia prevalence (r = 0.065, p = 0.493). However, high antigenemia prevalence in local inhabitants was evident, particularly antigenemia prevalence in children suggesting that transmission in the village may have occurred in recent years.en_US
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Parasitology, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. phabr@mahidol.ac.then_US
dc.identifier.citationBhumiratana A, Wattanakull B, Koyadun S, Suvannadabba S, Rojanapremsuk J, Tantiwattanasup W. Relationship between male hydrocele and infection prevalences in clustered communities with uncertain transmission of Wuchereria bancrofti on the Thailand-Myanmar border. The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 2002 Mar; 33(1): 7-17en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/35351
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.tm.mahidol.ac.th/seameo/2002_33_1/03-2613.pdfen_US
dc.subject.meshAdolescenten_US
dc.subject.meshAdulten_US
dc.subject.meshAgeden_US
dc.subject.meshAged, 80 and overen_US
dc.subject.meshAnimalsen_US
dc.subject.meshChilden_US
dc.subject.meshChild, Preschoolen_US
dc.subject.meshCross-Sectional Studiesen_US
dc.subject.meshFilariasis --complicationsen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshInfanten_US
dc.subject.meshMaleen_US
dc.subject.meshMiddle Ageden_US
dc.subject.meshMyanmar --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshPrevalenceen_US
dc.subject.meshTesticular Hydrocele --complicationsen_US
dc.subject.meshThailand --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshWuchereria bancrofti --isolation & purificationen_US
dc.titleRelationship between male hydrocele and infection prevalences in clustered communities with uncertain transmission of Wuchereria bancrofti on the Thailand-Myanmar border.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.typeResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'ten_US
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