Prevalences of loiasis in Ondo state, Nigeria, as evaluated by the rapid assessment procedure for loiasis (RAPLOA)

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 215-227

  Adeoye, G O ^a   Akinsanya, B ^a   Otubanjo, A O ^a   Ibidapo, C A ^b   Atalabi, T ^a   Okwuzu, J ^a   Adejai, E O ^c   Braide, E I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c Onchocerciasis Section   (Nigeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EDEMA; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; LOA LOA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIASIS; NIGERIA; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; RASH; SWELLING; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FILARICIDES; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; LOIASIS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PREVALENCE;

LOA LOA;

EID: 44449084271     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485908X267867     Document Type: Article

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