Efficacy of 2- and 4-week rifampicin treatment on the Wolbachia of Onchocerca volvulus

Parasitology Research

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1303-1309

  Specht, Sabine ^a   Mand, Sabine ^a   Marfo Debrekyei, Yeboah ^b   Debrah, Alexander Yaw ^b,c   Konadu, Peter ^c   Adjei, Ohene ^b,c   Büttner, Dietrich W ^d   Hoerauf, Achim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b KUMASI CENTRE FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Ghana)

^c KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^d BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FILARIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MALE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; WOLBACHIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; RIFAMPIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOLBACHIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ENDOBACTERIA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 53049110937     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1133-y     Document Type: Article

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