Direct assessment in vivo of the efficacy of combined single-dose ivermectin and diethylcarbamazine against adult Wuchereria bancrofti

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 219-222

  Dreyer, Gerusa ^a   Addiss, David ^b   Santos, Abiel ^a   Figueredo Silva, Jose ^c   Norões, Joaquim ^c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Chemotherapy; Diethylcarbamazine; Filaria dance sign; Filariasis; Ivermectin; Macrofilaricidal effect; Microfilaricidal effect; Ultrasonography; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IVERMECTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG POTENCY; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCROTUM; ULTRASOUND; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

FILARIA; NEMATODA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0031938127     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)90754-4     Document Type: Article

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