| diethylcarbamazine salt in the control of lymphatic filariasis. | where lymphatic filariasis has diminished since about the 1950s, it has most frequently, though not always, been a direct result of chemotherapeutic intervention against the parasite. diethylcarbamazine (dec), a well-established drug, has been the single agent of chemotherapeutic control and has been successful in a wide variety of regimens. this paper reviews the experience with one strategy: long-term, low-dose treatment through dec-medicated common salt. diethylcarbamazine-medicated salt play ... | 1994 | 8024057 |