[Effectiveness of mass chemotherapy campaigns with diethylcarbamazine on blood microfilaria of Wuchereria bancrofti in Mayotte].
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.
Galtier
J
J
Médecin-Inspecteur de la Santé, Mamoudzou, Mayotte.
Julvez
J
J
Michault
A
A
Isautier
H
H
D000818:Animals; D004049:Diethylcarbamazine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004605:Elephantiasis, Filarial / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005368:Filariasis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008842:Microfilariae / Q000187:drug effects; D010139:Pacific Islands; D014957:Wuchereria / Q000187:drug effects*; D014958:Wuchereria bancrofti / Q000187:drug effects*
D004049:Diethylcarbamazine
Action des campagnes de chimiothérapie de masse a la diéthylcarbamazine sur la microfilarémie de Wuchereria bancrofti a Mayotte.