Towards eliminating lymphatic filariasis in Papua New Guinea: Impact of annual single-dose mass treatmnet on transmission of Wuchereria bancrofti in East Sepik Province

Papua and New Guinea Medical Journal

Volumn , Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 172-182

  Bockarie, Moses J ^a   Ibam, Ervin ^a   Alexander, Neal D E ^a   Hyun, Philip ^a,b   Dimber, Zachary ^a   Bockarie, Florence ^a   Alpers, Michael P ^a   Kazura, James W ^b  

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IVERMECTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; ELEPHANTIASIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FILARICIDES; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PROGRAM EVALUATION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0034286236     PISSN: 00311480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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