Filariasis and Elephantiasis

every Fijian is the subject of filariasis. These reasons, together with the preceding (1) are: (a) adult filarioe are to be found in the lymphatics and other tissues without the presence in the blood of corresponding microfilariae ; (b) a large proportion of Fijians are effected with what in common with others I regard as filarial disease, and in whom no microfilarire can be found in the blood. That is to say, the proportion of Fijians carrying microfilaria} (-27 1 per cent.) added to the number of Fijians affected by filarial disease but without microfilariae (25'4 per cent.) amounts to 52'5 per cent, of the entire population ; (c) all Fijians, as well