Efficacy of single dose combinations of albendazole, ivermectin and diethylcarbamazine for the treatment of bancroftian filariasis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 94-97

  Ismail, M M ^a   Jayakody, R L ^a   Weil, G J ^b   Nirmalan, N ^a   Jayasinghe, K S A ^a   Abeyewickrema, W ^a   Rezvi Sheriff, M H ^a   Rajaratnam, H N ^c   Amarasekera, N ^c   De Silva, D C L ^d   Michalski, M L ^b   Dissanaike, A S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

^d CM Laboratory   (Sri Lanka)

^e NONE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Chemotherapy; Diethylcarbamazine; Filariasis; Ivermectin; Sri Lanka; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IVERMECTIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROFILARIASIS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

NEMATODA; VERMES; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 13144256795     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)90972-5     Document Type: Article

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