Serious reactions after mass treatment of onchocerciasis with ivermectin in an area endemic for Loa loa infection

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue 9070, 1997, Pages 18-22

  Gardon, Jacques ^a   Gardon Wendel, Nathalie ^a   Demanga Ngangue, ^b   Kamgno, Joseph ^a   Chippaux, Jean Philippe ^a   Boussinesq, Michel ^a  

^a CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^b Section Départementale de la Santè Publique du Mbam   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; IVERMECTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CAMEROON; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CHILD; COMA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FILARIOIDEA; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030981519     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)11094-1     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. WHO Expert Committee on Onchocerciasis Control. Technical report series 852. Geneva: WHO, 1995:27-13.
2. Aziz MA, Diallo S, Diop IM, Larivière M, Porta M. Efficacy and tolerance of ivermectin in human onchocerciasis. Lancet 1982; ii: 171-73.