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  • Title: [Effectiveness of mass chemotherapy campaigns with diethylcarbamazine on blood microfilaria of Wuchereria bancrofti in Mayotte].
    Author: Galtier J, Julvez J, Michault A, Isautier H.
    Journal: Bull Soc Pathol Exot Filiales; 1987; 80(5):826-33. PubMed ID: 3329988.
    Abstract:
    An evaluation of the microfilarial index has been carried out in a randomised population, during April and May 1986, to determine the efficacy of long course mass chemotherapy. A single dose of DEC at 6 mg/kg was distributed to the whole population of the island, every 4 months, in 1985 and 1986. The survey was done three months after the treatment. 1,307 thick blood films have been collected in night-time. The prevalence of microfilaremia was 1.9% as compared with 17.1% in 1981 in the conditions. The control measures were considered as quite satisfactory, and it was decided to continue mass chemotherapy together with vector control.
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