Delivery strategy of mass annual single dose DEC administration to eliminate lymphatic filariasis in the urban areas of Pondicherry, South India: 5 years of experience

Filaria Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Nandha, B ^a   Sadanandane, C ^a   Jambulingam, P ^a   Das, P K ^a  

^a VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIZZINESS; DRUG FEVER; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 35348900883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2883-6-7     Document Type: Article

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