Impact of MDA and the prospects of elimination of the lone focus of diurnally sub periodic lymphatic filariasis in Nicobar Islands, India

In India, diurnally sub periodic bancroftian filariasis is prevalent only in the Nancowry group of islands. A population of 10,721 constituted by Nicobarese tribe are at risk of acquiring this infection. Program to eliminate LF was launched in 2004.