A community trial of ivermectin for onchocerciasis in Sierra Leone: Compliance and parasitological profiles after three and a half years of intervention

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 52-58

  Whitworth, J A G ^a,c   Downham, M D ^a,b   Lahai, G ^b   Maude, G H ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Medical Research Council Laboratory   (Sierra Leone)

^c UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

Author keywords

compliance; ivermectin; microfilarial load; onchocerciasis; randomized controlled trial; Sierra Leone; treatment regimens

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIERRA LEONE;

HEALTH CARE; IVERMECTIN; ONCHOCERCIASIS CONTROL;

SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 0029669870     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1996.d01-3.x     Document Type: Article

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