A study on the provocative day test effect of ivermectin and albendazole on nocturnal periodic Wuchereria bancrofti microfilaraemia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 608-610

  Dunyo, Samuel K ^a   Nkrumah, Francis K ^a   Simonsen, Paul E ^b  

^a University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Diagnosis; Filariasis; Ghana; Ivermectin; Nocturnal periodicity; Provocative day test; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; IVERMECTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; GHANA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT; PERIODICITY; PROVOCATION TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

NEMATODA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0033391011     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90066-4     Document Type: Article

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