Department of Error (DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68426-2);Effect of yearly mass drug administration with diethylcarbamazine and albendazole on bancroftian filariasis in Egypt: A comprehensive assessment

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Volumn 367, Issue 9515, 2006, Pages 992-999

  Ramzy, Reda M R ^a   El Setouhy, Maged ^a   Helmy, Hanan ^a   Ahmed, Ehab S ^a   Abd Elaziz, Khaled M ^a   Farid, Hoda A ^a   Shannon, William D ^b   Weil, Gary J ^b  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FILARIASIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MICROFILARIASIS; MOSQUITO; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 33645108502     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68885-5     Document Type: Erratum

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