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    ### Instruction:
    What are the treatments for Parasites - Lymphatic Filariasis ?
    ### Response:
    Patients currently infected with the parasite
    
Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) is the drug of choice in the United States. The drug kills the microfilaria and some of the adult worms. DEC has been used world-wide for more than 50 years. Because this infection is rare in the U.
    