Filarial infections in travelers and immigrants

Current Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-57

  Klion, Amy D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BENZIMIDAZOLE; CORTICOSTEROID; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; DOXYCYCLINE; IVERMECTIN; MEBENDAZOLE; MOXIDECTIN; SURAMIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTHRALGIA; BRAIN DISEASE; BRUGIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; BRUGIA TIMORI; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; EYE DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEVER; FILARIA; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOA LOA; MANSONELLA; MANSONELLA OZZARDI; MANSONELLA PERSTANS; MANSONELLA STREPTOCERCA; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRURITUS; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCROTUM DISORDER; SEROLOGY; SHOCK; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TRAVEL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URTICARIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 41049118177     PISSN: 15233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-008-0010-2     Document Type: Review

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