[Lymphatic filariasis in Haiti. Results of treatment with diethylcarbamazine in the town of Limbe].
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.
D004049:Diethylcarbamazine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005368:Filariasis / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000469:parasitology; D006205:Haiti; D006801:Humans; D008842:Microfilariae / Q000502:physiology; D014958:Wuchereria bancrofti / Q000502:physiology
D004049:Diethylcarbamazine
Filariose lymphatique en Haiti. Résultats du traitement par le diéthylcarbamazine dans la ville du Limbe.