Mass drug administration trial to eliminate lymphatic filariasis in Papua New Guinea: Changes in microfilaremia, filarial antigen, and Bm14 antibody after cessation

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 289-293

  Tisch, Daniel J ^b   Bockarie, Moses J ^b   Dimber, Zachary ^c   Kiniboro, Benson ^c   Tarongka, Nandao ^c   Hazlett, Fred E ^b   Kastens, Will ^b   Alpers, Michael P ^d   Kazura, James W ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; BM14 ANTIBODY; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; FILARIAL ANTIGEN; IVERMECTIN; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; HELMINTH ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WUCHERERIA ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ERADICATION THERAPY; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROFILARIASIS; MONOTHERAPY; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATIENT MONITORING; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG COMBINATION; ELEPHANTIASIS; FOLLOW UP; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; IVERMECTIN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 41249095151     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.289     Document Type: Article

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