Model-based analysis of trial data: Microfilaria and worm-productivity loss after diethylcarbamazine-albendazole or ivermectin-albendazole combination therapy against Wuchereria bancrofti

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 718-728

  De Kraker, Marlieke E A ^a   Stolk, Wilma A ^a   Van Oortmarssen, Gerrit J ^a   Habbema, J Dik F ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Diethylcarbamazine; Ivermectin; Lymphatic filariasis; Treatment efficacy; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IVERMECTIN;

FILARIASIS; IVERMECTIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LIFESPAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MASS TREATMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROFILARIA DENSITY; MICROFILARIA LOSS; PARASITE SURVIVAL; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; WORM PRODUCTIVITY LOSS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; CHILD; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FILARICIDES; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; LONGEVITY; MICROFILARIA; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 33646255455     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01606.x     Document Type: Article

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