| mass treatment of filariasis using dec-medicated salt. | diethylcarbamazine (dec)-medicated salt was used to control bancroftian filariasis in 20 endemic counties and cities of fujian province in china. the population was 5,189,126 and the microfilaria (mf) rates were between 1.56 and 11.81%. the total dose of dec was 6-10.5 g per person over a period of 2-4 months. six to 9 months after treatment the mf rate was reduced to 0-0.57% with a mean of 0.07% (621/823,796). in 184 villages sampled one year post treatment the mf rate was 0.22% (371/171,067) a ... | 1992 | 1560482 |
| filariasis in fujian province. | | 1985 | 3938380 |
| filariasis and its control in fujian, china. | epidemiological survey of filariasis in fujian province, china showed that malayan filariasis, transmitted by anopheles lesteri anthropophagus was mainly distributed in the northwest part and bancroftian filariasis with culex quinquefasciatus as vector, in middle and south coastal regions. both species of filariae showed typical nocturnal periodicity. involvement of the extremities was not uncommon in malayan filariasis. in contrast, hydrocele was often present in bancroftian filariasis, in whic ... | 1991 | 1948271 |
| clinical manifestations of filariasis in fujian, china. | | 1992 | 1641878 |