Macrofilaricidal activity after doxycycline treatment of Wuchereria bancrofti: A double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial

Lancet

Volumn 365, Issue 9477, 2005, Pages 2116-2121

  Taylor, Mark J ^a   Makunde, Williams H ^a,b   McGarry, Helen F ^a   Turner, Joseph D ^a   Mand, Sabine ^c,d   Hoerauf, Achim ^c,d  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; PLACEBO;

ADENITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; FILARIASIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LIMB SWELLING; MALE; MICROFILARIASIS; MONITORING; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TANZANIA; ULTRASOUND; VOMITING; WORM; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 20444455510     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66591-9     Document Type: Article

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