Efficacy of ivermectin in the treatment of Wuchereria bancrofti infection: A model-based analysis of trial results

Parasitology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 385-394

  Plaisier, A P ^a   Cao, W C ^b   Van Oortmarssen, G J ^a   Habbema, J D F ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ivermectin; Lymphatic filariasis; Mathematical model; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IVERMECTIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; META ANALYSIS; MICROFILARIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; MICROFILARIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

NEMATODA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0032832362     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182099004783     Document Type: Article

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