Detection of Wuchereria bancrofti in the city of São Luís, state of Maranhão, Brazil: New incursion or persisting problem?
Tatiane Alexandre de AraújoAlessandra Lima de AlbuquerqueDanielle Cristina Tenório Varjal de MeloEloína Maria de Mendonça SantosAndré Luiz Sá de OliveiraConstância Flávia Junqueira AyresCláudia Maria Fontes de OliveiraPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2023)
The high density of engorged C. quinquefasciatus females per home, inadequate sanitation, and detection of W. bancrofti-infected mosquitoes in the city of São Luís represent a warning of the possible upsurge of LF, a disease that is still neglected; this underscores the need for the ostensive monitoring of LF in Brazil.