Comparison of different anthelminthic drug regimens against Mansonella perstans filariasis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 458-463

  Bregani, Enrico Rino ^a,b,c   Rovellini, Angelo ^a   Mbaïdoum, Narassem ^b   Magnini, Maria Giovanna ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b Hôpital Missionaire de Goundi   (Chad)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chad; Diethylcarbamazine; Filariasis; Mansonella perstans; Mebendazole; Thiabendazole

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IVERMECTIN; MEBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL; TIABENDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANSONELLA PERSTANS; MICROFILARIA; MONOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHAD; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; FEMALE; FILARICIDES; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; MALE; MANSONELLA; MANSONELLIASIS; MEBENDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; PRAZIQUANTEL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THIABENDAZOLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MANSONELLA PERSTANS;

EID: 33644838523     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.07.009     Document Type: Article

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