Ivermectin for the chemotherapy of bancroftian filariasis: A meta- analysis of the effect of single treatment

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 393-403

  Cao, Wu Chun ^a   Van Der Ploeg, Catharina P B ^a   Plaisier, Anton P ^a   Sivera Van Der Sluijs, I J ^a   Habbema, J Dik F ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

chemotherapy; ivermectin; lymphatic filariasis; meta analysis; review; treatment efficacy; treatment safety; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; META ANALYSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0031004816     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.1997.tb00157.x     Document Type: Article

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