Tolerance and efficacy of combined diethylcarbamazine and albendazole for treatment of Wuchereria bancrofti and intestinal helminth infections in Haitian children

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 115-121

  Fox, LeAnne M ^b   Furness, Bruce W ^c   Haser, Jennifer K ^d   Desire, Dardith ^e   Brissau, Jean Marc ^e   Milord, Marie Denise ^e   Lafontant, Jack ^e   Lammie, Patrick J ^f   Beach, Michael J ^a,f  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c STD Control Program   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Hopital Sainte Croix   (Haïti)

^f NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ASCORBIC ACID; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEVER; FILARIASIS; HAITI; HEADACHE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYALGIA; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS; TRICHURIS; VERMES; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 24644470986     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.73.115     Document Type: Article

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