| [epidemiological survey on patients with advanced filariasis in shandong province with bancroftian filariasis basically eliminated]. | this paper reports on the incidence of advanced filariasis after basic elimination of bancroftian filariasis since 1983 in shandong province. investigation was carried out in a population of 166,776 between 1984 and 1988 in 252 villages of teng xian and other 5 counties/cities, the erstwhile highly endemic areas. a total of 1,038 filariasis patients were found with an average incidence of 0.6%. among them, 383 were with elephantiasis, 357 with chyluria and 298 with hydrocele. 902 cases (86.9%) w ... | 1990 | 2099251 |