World Health Organization : Report on a European Syposium Convened by the Regional Office for Europe, Filarial, Expert Committee, Working Paper, No. 73.13: The Epidemiological Significance and Control of Reservoir Hosts for Human Lymphatic Filarial Infections

By Lim Boo Liat

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Title:	World Health Organization : Report on a European Syposium Convened by the Regional Office for Europe, Filarial, Expert Committee, Working Paper, No. 73.13: The Epidemiological Significance and Control of Reservoir Hosts for Human Lymphatic Filarial Infections
Author:	Lim Boo Liat
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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A g r e a t v a r i e t y of non-human primates (gibbons, monkeys, langurs or leaf-monkeys, orangutans) i s present i n South-East Asia, p a r t i c u l a r l y Malaysia and Indonesia. Of t h e s e , the most common a r e the macaques spp,) and the leaf-monkeys ( P r e s b y t i s spp.). In Malaysia and Indonesia, some members of these genera a r e important r e s e r v o i r s of zoonotic f i l a r i a s i s (Laing, 1961; Lim & Mak, 1979; Mak e t a l . , 1982; Lim & Sudomo, 1983). Recent s t u d i e s show t h a t they play a s i g n i f i c a n t r o l e i n the epidemiology of human f i l a r i a s i s i n endemic areas. This paper p r e s e n t s r e c e n t f i n d i n g s , discusses some aspects of possible control measures of the r e s e r v o i r h o s t s and gives recommendations f o r f u t u r e research.

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