Prolonged clearance of microfilaraemia in patients with bancroftian filariasis after multiple high doses of ivermectin or diethylcarbamazine

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 684-688

  Ismail, M M ^a   Weil, G J ^b   Jayasinghe, K S A ^a   Premaratne, U N ^a   Abeyewickreme, W ^a   Rajaratnam, H N ^c   Rezvi Sheriff, M H ^a   Selvie Perera, C ^c   Dissanaike, A S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Sri Lanka)

^d NONE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Diethylcarbamazine; Filariasis; Ivermectin; Sri Lanka; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IVERMECTIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; MALE; MICROFILARIASIS; PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCROTUM DISORDER; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0030452397     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90437-X     Document Type: Article

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