Histological evidence for adulticidal effect of low doses of diethylcarbamazine in bancroftian filariasis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 192-194

  Figueredo Silva, José ^a   Jungmann, Patricia ^b   Norões, Joaquim ^a   Piessens, Willy F ^c   Coutinho, Amaury ^d   Brito, Carlos ^a   Rocha, Abraham ^d   Dreyer, Gerusa ^d,e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^e Lab de Cultura de Células II   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adulticidal effect; Diethylcarbamazine; Filariasis; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE;

ARM; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EOSINOPHIL; FIBROSIS; FILARIASIS; GRANULOMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; SPERMATIC CORD; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0029990020     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90138-8     Document Type: Article

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