| filariasis and erisipela in santo domingo. | this study examined acute-convalescent changes in diagnostic anti-streptococcal antibodies by the anti-streptolysin o (aso) and anti-dnaase b (adab) tests among patients (n 28) with lymphedema and recurrent erisipela of the lower limb, comparing them with endemic normal control residents (n=25). the study was based in villa francisca, an urban focus of bancroftian filariasis in eastern santo domingo, capital of the dominican republic. the acute signs and symptoms of erisipela were consistent wit ... | 1998 | 9645857 |