Assessment of vector microfilarial uptake as a comparatively non- invasive technique for monitoring onchocerciasis treatment campaigns in the Americas

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 348-355

  Davies, John B ^a   Luján, Ricardo ^b   López Martínez, Luis A ^b   Paniagua Alvarez, Aura J ^b   Morales Hernández, Byron E ^b   Sherlock, K ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Guatemala; ivermectin; microfilaria; onchocerciasis; onchocercosis; Simulium ochraceum; skin snip; uptake; vector

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROFILARIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SCREENING; SIMULIUM;

SIMULIUM OCHRACEUM;

EID: 0031002953     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.1997.tb00150.x     Document Type: Article

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