| the effect of diethylcarbamazine citrate on incidence and recovery rates of brugia malayi microfilaremia in sabah, malaysia. | mass drug administration via 3 modes of delivery reduced the incidence and prevalence rates and intensity of brugia malayi infection in 3 rural villages in the bengkoka peninsula, sabah, in 1982-1983. a dosage of 6 mg diethylcarbamazine citrate (dec-c)/kg body weight was administered either daily or weekly (total of 6 doses, 36 mg/kg body weight), and impact on b. malayi cases were comparable in the 3 villages. a total of 384 people participated in the dec-c regimens, and all pregnant women and ... | 1988 | 3275137 |