[Wuchereria bancrofti: value of the diethylcarbamazine provocation test for the diurnal detection of microfilaria carriers].
Sixty-nine of 83 (83%) patients with circulating microfilariae of nocturnally periodic Wuchereria bancrofti were detected in daytime blood films following the one-time administration of diethylcarbamazine at a dose per patient of 1 +/- .25 mg/kg of body weight. This method of detecting microfilaria carriers in Haiti is recommended as a reasonably sensitive alternative when circumstances make it impossible to conduct a nighttime blood survey.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D004049:Diethylcarbamazine; D004605:Elephantiasis, Filarial / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D006205:Haiti; D006801:Humans; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014957:Wuchereria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014958:Wuchereria bancrofti / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D004049:Diethylcarbamazine
Wuchereria bancrofti en Haïti: intérêt du test de provocation par la diéthylcarbamazine pour le dépistage diurne des porteurs de microfilaires.