Mass diethylcarbamazine chemotherapy for control of bancroftian filariasis: Comparative efficacy of standard treatment and two semi-annual single-dose treatments

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-73

  Meyrowitsch, D W ^a   Simonsen, P E ^a   Makunde, W H ^b  

^a DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Comparison of regimens; Diethylcarbamazine; Filariasis; Mass chemotherapy; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TANZANIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0030028054     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90484-8     Document Type: Article

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