Absence of ivermectin-associated excess deaths

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 342-

  Alexander, N D E ^a   Bockarie, M J ^a   Kastens, W A ^a,b   Kazura, J W ^b   Alpers, M P ^a  

^a PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Diethylcarbamazine; Filariasis; Ivermectin; Mortality; Papua New Guinea; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IVERMECTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SCABIES; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0031804941     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)91035-5     Document Type: Article

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