He said this was achieved through the National Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Programme held since 2002 in 127 endemic sub-districts in eight states, namely Kedah, Perak, Johor, Pahang, Terengganu, Kelantan, Sabah and Sarawak.
"There are three sub-districts in Sarawak and two in Sabah that have yet to achieve the antibody prevalence rate of less than 2% . As for patients suffering from elephantiasis complications, he said a total of 76 cases had been registered, although no new cases had been reported since 2004.Dr Noor Hisham said lymphatic filariasis is caused by filarial worms spread by mosquitoes , and in Malaysia, the common species of filaria is Brugia malayi.
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