filariasis repository

              A National Repository facility for filarial parasites and reagents is set up with the support from DBT. Brugia malayi filarial infection susceptible in rodents mastomys and jirds ( second facility in India) and a filarial sera bank with a collection of about 300 sera of different clinical groups of bancroftian filariasis from various endemic regions are being maintained.

Animal house:

There is an independent CPCSEA registered animal house of about 1800 sq. ft area (constructed  with support of TDR and DBT grants) housing about 140  Mastomys natalensis (Swiss rats) & 220 Meriones unguiculatus (Desert rats) as filarial animal models and  10 Balb/c mice (for hybridoma technique) and 12  rabbits for raising antisera.

Insectarium:

This is a breeding and rearing facility for Aedes aegypti (Liverpool black eye strain) mosquito colony to be used as vector for transmission of B. malayi infection to Mastomys & jirds.

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