Treatment of human Mansonella streptocerca infection with ivermectin

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 191-199

  Fischer, P ^a   Bamuhiiga, J ^b   Buttner D W ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit mbH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

dermatitis; ivermectin; Mansonella streptocerca; Uganda

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DERMATITIS; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRURITUS; UGANDA;

EID: 0031048124     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1997.d01-233.x     Document Type: Article

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