Efficacy of mass single-dose diethylcarbamazine and DEC-fortified salt against bancroftian filariasis in Papua New Guinea six months after treatment

Papua and New Guinea Medical Journal

Volumn , Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 213-220

  Sapak, Peter ^a   Williams, Gail ^b   Bryan, Joan ^b   Riley, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; INORGANIC SALT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TABLET; TIME; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SALTS; TABLETS; TIME FACTORS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0034286114     PISSN: 00311480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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