| a review of the present status of lymphatic filariasis in vietnam. | establishing the current status of an infectious disease forms the starting point of any attempt at parasite control. although data on the prevalence and distribution of lymphatic filariasis exist for vietnam from the early 1900s, the present situation regarding the disease is less well-known. here, we review the results of recent surveys conducted by the institute of malariology, parasitology and entomology, hanoi, to update the existing information on filariasis epidemiology and distribution f ... | 1998 | 9777718 |