The age-related prevalence of asymptomatic amicrofilaraemics, apparently uninfected individuals, was determined in a Wuchereria bancrofti-endemic region of Orissa, India during 2001. The prevalence of these uninfected individuals was highest in the younger age groups (aged < or = 15 years), decreased rapidly in those aged > 15 to 40 years, and then stabilized in those aged > 40 years.
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