Filariasis in southern Rajasthan _a case report

Lymphatic filariasis is caused by Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, Brugia timori and are transmitted to man by the bites of infective mosquito. The thread like adult parasite reside in lymphatic channel and lymph node, where they remain viable for more than two decade manifesting as asymptomatic to acute and chronic symptoms like lymphangitis, lymphadenitis, elephantiasis of genitals, legs and arms or as a hypersensitivity state like tropical pulmonary eosinophilia or as an atypical form such as filarial arthritis. We report a 21 year old female residing in Udaipur, a city in south Rajasthan, presenting with filariasis, a region from where no indegenious case of filariasis is reported (National Filaria Control Programme and Recent Strategies, 2010).