The ultrastructure of infective larvae (L3) of Wuchereria bancrofti after treatment with diethylcarbamazine

Thus, undoubtedly in vitro treatment with concentrations of DEC similar to therapeutic conditions, which are 1-5 μg/ml (Hawking, 1979), had a direct effect on infective larvae of W. bancrofti by causing, primarily neuromuscular alterations with subsequent damage to organelles.