Ultrasonographic assessment of the adulticidal efficacy of repeat high-dose ivermectin in bancroftian filariasis

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 427-432

  Dreyer, G ^a   Addiss, D ^b   Noroes, J ^c   Amaral, F ^d   Rocha, A ^a   Coutinho, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d Memorial Imagem e Diagnostico   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Filariasis; Ivermectin; Ultrasound; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ADULT; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FILARIASIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; SCROTUM DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0029811946     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1996.d01-79.x     Document Type: Article

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