Effectiveness of two annual, single-dose mass drug administrations of diethylcarbamazine alone or in combination with albendazole on soil-transmitted helminthiasis in filariasis elimination programme

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1030-1035

  Mani, T R ^a,c   Rajendran, R ^a,c   Sunish, I P ^a,c   Munirathinam, A ^a,c   Arunachalam, N ^a,c   Satyanarayana, K ^a,b   Dash, A P ^a,c  

^a Centre for Research in Medical Entomology ICMR   (India)

^b Dr P S Inst Med Sci/Res F   (India)

^c INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Diethylcarbamazine; Egg reduction rate; Lymphatic filariasis; Reduction in prevalence; Soil transmitted helminths

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IVERMECTIN;

ADMINISTRATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG PRESCRIBING; FILARIASIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FILARIASIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; TRICHURIS; WORM EGG;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS; TRICHURIS; VERMES;

EID: 4644220084     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01298.x     Document Type: Article

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