Impact of repeated large scale ivermectin treatments on the transmission of Loa loa

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 454-458

  Chippaux, J P ^a,b   Bouchite B ^a   Boussinesq, M ^a   Ranque, S ^a   Baldet, T ^a   Demanou, M ^a  

^a CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^b Centre de Recherche Medicale et Sanitaire Niamey   (Niger)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Chemotherapy; Chrysops dimidiata; Chrysops silacea; Ivermectin; Loa loa; Loiasis

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FLY; FOLLOW UP; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; LARVA; LOA LOA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SIDE EFFECT; TIME;

CHRYSOPS; CHRYSOPS DIMIDIATA; CHRYSOPS SILACEA; LOA LOA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0031661522     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)91091-4     Document Type: Article

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