Tolerability and efficacy of single dose albendazole, diethylcarbamazine citrate (DEC) or co-administration of albendazole with DEC in the clearance of Wuchereria bancrofti in asymptomatic microfilaraemic volunteers in Pondicherry, South India: A hospital-based study

Filaria Journal

Volumn 1, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Pani, S P ^a   Subramanyam Reddy, G ^b   Das, L K ^a   Vanamail, P ^a   Hoti, S L ^a   Ramesh, J ^b   Das, P K ^a  

^a VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b Government General Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILL; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GEOMETRY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MICROFILARIASIS; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; OPTICAL DENSITY; PARASITE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; VOLUNTEER; VOMITING; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 2942542722     PISSN: 14752883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2883-1-1     Document Type: Article

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