Topical application of DEET for schistosomiasis

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 551-555

  Ramaswamy, Kalyanasundaram ^a   He, Yi Xun ^a   Salafsky, Buz ^a   Shibuya, Takeshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; INSECT REPELLENT; LIPID; WATER;

ANIMAL; CERCARIA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SOLUBILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; SCHISTOSOMA; TREMATODA;

EID: 0345724870     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2003.10.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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