Satellite mapping of Loa loa prevalence in relation to ivermectin use in west and central Africa

Lancet

Volumn 356, Issue 9235, 2000, Pages 1077-1078

  Thomson, M C ^a   Obsomer, V ^b   Dunne, M ^a   Connor, S J ^a   Molyneux, D H ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG SAFETY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LOA LOA; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE VECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034706239     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02733-1     Document Type: Article

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