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  • Title: [Lymphatic filariasis in Haiti. Results of treatment with diethylcarbamazine in the town of Limbe].
    Author: Raccurt C, Hodges W, Boncy J.
    Journal: Bull Soc Pathol Exot Filiales; 1983; 76(2):172-7. PubMed ID: 6347417.
    Abstract:
    In the town of Limbe, in Haiti, 16,8% of the inhabitants show W. bancrofti microfilariae in their blood taken by finger prick between 8.00 and 10.00 p.m. From those positive patients, 208 have received a cure of DEC at the dosage of 6 mg/kg/day during ten days. The control of the therapeutic efficacity among 190 patients, after three and a half months of this cure, shows a negativity of 72%. The positives patients show a very low parasitic charge (MfD50 = 1.9). If the secondary effects are frequent (83.7%), they are often benign and temporary.
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