Comparison of serological and parasitological assessments of Onchocerca volvulus transmission after 7 years of mass ivermectin treatment in Mexico

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 98-104

  Rodríguez Pérez, Mario A ^a   Danis Lozano, Rogelio ^b   Rodríguez, Mario H ^a   Bradley, J E ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; ELISA; Filariasis; Onchocerca volvulus; Skin biopsy; Transmission

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; MICROFILARIA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FILARICIDES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IVERMECTIN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEXICO; MICROFILARIA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC;

ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033067950     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00363.x     Document Type: Article

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