The role of albendazole in programmes to eliminate lymphatic filariasis

Parasitology Today

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 382-386

  Ottesen, E A ^a   Ismail, M M ^b   Horton, J ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IVERMECTIN;

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; MICROFILARIASIS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 0033198038     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(99)01486-6     Document Type: Review

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