Efficacy of ivermectin against Onchocerca volvulus in Ghana

Lancet

Volumn 370, Issue 9593, 2007, Pages 1123-

  Cupp, Ed ^a   Richards, Frank ^b   Lammie, Patrick ^c   Eberhard, Mark ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARTER CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; ANTIFILARIAL AGENT;

DRUG EFFICACY; GHANA; HUMAN; LETTER; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; NOTE; PARASITOLOGY; SKIN;

ANIMALS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FILARICIDES; GHANA; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SKIN;

EID: 34648823560     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61501-3     Document Type: Letter

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