Effect of aggressive prolonged diethylcarbamazine therapy on circulating antigen levels in bancroftian filariasis

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-41

  Freedman, David O ^a   Adam Plier, D ^a   De Almeida, Adriana B ^a   De Oliveira, Ana Luna ^b   Miranda, Janaina ^a   Braga, Cynthia ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antigenaemia; Control programmes; DEC; W. bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLEARANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FILARIASIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BRAZIL; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FILARICIDES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

PROTOZOA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0035103563     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00666.x     Document Type: Article

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