Control of bancroftian filariasis in an endemic area of Polynesia by ivermectin 400 μg/kg

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 689-691

  Nguyen, N L ^a   Moulia Pelat, J P ^a   Cartel, J L ^a  

^a Inst Terr Rech Medicales Louis M   (French Polynesia)

Author keywords

Community treatment; Filariasis; Ivermectin; Polynesia; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ANOREXIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CARRIER; FEVER; FILARIASIS; FRENCH POLYNESIA; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SHIVERING; VERTIGO; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0030449666     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90439-3     Document Type: Article

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