[Lymphatic filariasis in Haiti. Results of treatment with diethylcarbamazine in the town of Limbe].

In the town of Limbe, in Haiti, 16,8% of the inhabitants show W. bancrofti microfilariae in their blood taken by finger prick between 8.00 and 10.00 p.m. From those positive patients, 208 have received a cure of DEC at the dosage of 6 mg/kg/day during ten days. The control of the therapeutic efficacity among 190 patients, after three and a half months of this cure, shows a negativity of 72%. The positives patients show a very low parasitic charge (MfD50 = 1.9). If the secondary effects are frequent (83.7%), they are often benign and temporary.