Reduced Loa loa microfilaria count ten to twelve months after a single dose of ivermectin

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 592-593

  Duong, T H ^a   Kombila, M ^b   Ferrer, A ^a   Bureau, P ^c   Gaxotte, P ^d   Richard Lenoble, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES DE LA SANTÉ   (Gabon)

^c Programme National de lutte contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine (PNLTHA)   (Gabon)

^d Dohme Chibret Centre de Recherche Riom   (France)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Gabon; Ivermectin; Loa loa; Loiasis

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; IVERMECTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; GABON; HUMAN; LOA LOA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIA; PRURITUS; RASH;

LOA LOA;

EID: 0030664847     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90040-7     Document Type: Article

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