Tropical medicine

BMJ

Volumn 320, Issue 7233, 2000, Pages 490-

  Murray, Henry W ^a   Pépin, Jacques ^a   Nutman, Thomas B ^a   Hoffman, Stephen L ^a   Mahmoud, Adel ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIMONY; ARTEMISININ; ARTESUNATE; BCG VACCINE; CHLOROQUINE; CLINDAMYCIN; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; DOXYCYCLINE; EFLORNITHINE; FANSIDAR; HALOFANTRINE; IMIDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; KETOCONAZOLE; MEFLOQUINE; MELARSOPROL; MILTEFOSINE; N ACETYL S NITROSOPENICILLAMINE; PAROMOMYCIN; PENTAMIDINE; QUININE; VACCINE;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TROPICAL MEDICINE; ELEPHANTIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS; MALARIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TROPICAL MEDICINE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 0034685096     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.320.7233.490     Document Type: Article

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