Mass diethylcarbamazine chemotherapy for control of bancroftian filariasis through community participation: Comparative efficacy of a low monthly dose and medicated salt

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 74-79

  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

Community participation; Control; Diethylcarbamazine; Filariasis; Mass chemotherapy; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROFILARIASIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TANZANIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0030032566     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90485-X     Document Type: Article

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