Parasite-specific serum IgG following successful treatment of endemic strongyloidiasis using ivermectin

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 702-703

  Lindo, J F ^a   Atkins, N S ^b   Lee, M G ^a   Robinson, R D ^a   Bundy, D A P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Ivermectin; Serum IgG; Strongyloides stercoralis; Strongyloidiasis

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IVERMECTIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; SERODIAGNOSIS; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

EID: 0030450145     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90444-7     Document Type: Article

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