Mass treatment with ivermectin for filariasis control in Papua New Guinea: Impact on mosquito survival

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 120-123

  Bockarie, M J ^a   Hii, J L K ^b   Alexander, N D E ^a   Bockarie, F ^a   Dagoro, H ^a   Kazura, J W ^c   Alpers, M P ^a  

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

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

An.punctulatus; Anopheles koliensis; Diethylcarbamazine citrate (DEC); Filariasis vectors; Ivermectin; Lymphatic filariasis; Papua New Guinea; Survival rate; Vector control

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; IVERMECTIN;

DISEASE CONTROL; FILARIASIS; IVERMECTIN; MOSQUITO;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; ELEPHANTIASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOSQUITO; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ANTHELMINTICS; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; IVERMECTIN; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 0033133907     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1999.00159.x     Document Type: Article

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