Annual single-dose diethylcarbamazine plus ivermectin for control of bancroftian filariasis: Comparative efficacy with and without vector control

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 361-378

  Reuben, R ^a   Rajendran, R ^a   Sunish, I P ^a   Mani, T R ^a   Tewari, S C ^a   Hiriyan, J ^a   Gajanana, A ^a  

^a Centre for Research in Medical Entomology ICMR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IVERMECTIN;

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; VECTOR CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULEX; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; DISEASE VECTORS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FILARICIDES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; IVERMECTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0034987627     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034980120065796     Document Type: Article

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