A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study with diethylcarbamazine for the treatment of hydrocoele in an area of Tanzania endemic for lymphatic filariasis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 534-536

  Bernhard, Peter ^a,b   Magnussen, Pascal ^a   Lemnge, Martha M ^c  

^a DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Diethylcarbamazine; Filariasis; Hydrocoele; Men; Tanzania; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FILARIASIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCROTUM; TANZANIA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLUMETRY; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FILARICIDES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TANZANIA; TESTICULAR HYDROCELE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

NEMATODA; WUCHERERIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0035467565     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(01)90031-8     Document Type: Article

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