Randomised community-based trial of annual single-dose diethylcarbamazine with or without ivermectin against Wuchereria bancrofti infection in human beings and mosquitoes

Lancet

Volumn 351, Issue 9097, 1998, Pages 162-168

  Bockarie, Moses J ^a   Alexander, Neal D E ^a,c   Hyun, Philip ^a,b   Dimber, Zachary ^a   Bockarie, Florence ^a   Ibam, Ervin ^a   Alpers, Michael P ^a   Kazura, James W ^b  

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

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IVERMECTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; LEG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROFILARIASIS; MOSQUITO; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VECTOR CONTROL; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0032539450     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)07081-5     Document Type: Article

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