Impact of the 2004 mass drug administration for the control of lymphatic filariasis, in urban and rural areas of the Western province of Sri Lanka

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 335-341

  Gunawardena, G S A ^a   Ismail, M M ^a   Bradley, M H ^b   Karunaweera, N D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FILARIASIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMBRANE FILTER; MICROFILARIASIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; SRI LANKA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; FILARICIDES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SRI LANKA;

EID: 34748862333     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485907X176364     Document Type: Article

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