Effect of mass treatments with ivermectin, with only partial compliance, on prevalence and intensity of O. volvulus infection in adults and in untreated 4 and 5 year-old children in Burundi

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 912-916

  Newell, E D ^a,b  

^a Onchocerciasis Control Programme   (Burundi)

^b NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Burundi; Ivermectin; O. volvulus; Onchocerciasis

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ARTICLE; BURUNDI; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MICROFILARIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; SCREENING;

EID: 0030776368     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1997.d01-412.x     Document Type: Article

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