| descriptive epidemiology of lymphatic filariasis in ghana. | a national filariasis survey was conducted to determine the prevalence and distribution of wuchereria bancrofti microfilaraemia and clinical disease associated with lymphatic filariasis in ghana. multi-stage systematic sampling was used to select households to be examined in all 10 administrative regions of the country. the results showed a high prevalence of microfilaraemia and disease with considerable regional variation in all the quantities investigated. in general, the disease was more prev ... | 1996 | 8730304 |