Viability and fertility of adult Onchocerca volvulus after 6 years of treatment with ivermectin

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 581-589

  Klager S L ^a,d   Whitworth, J A G ^b   Downham, M D ^c  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

^c Medical Research Centre   (Sierra Leone)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embryogram; Fertility; Ivermectin; Onchocerca volvulus; Onchocerciasis; Reproductivity; Viability

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 0029992542     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.1996.tb00083.x     Document Type: Article

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