Antifilarial drugs, in the doses employed in mass drug administrations by the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis, reverse lymphatic pathology in children with Brugia malayi infection

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 235-247

  Shenoy, R K ^a,f   Suma, T K ^a   Kumaraswami, V ^b   Rahmah, N ^c   Dhananjayan, G ^d   Padma, S ^e  

^a TD Medical College Hospital   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

^c INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE INFORMM   (Malaysia)

^d Lourdes Hospital Campus   (India)

^e Ultrascan Municipal Shopping Complex   (India)

^f Ground Floor Block 'C' Medical College Hospital Complex   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; DRUG COMBINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BRUGIAN FILARIASIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIA; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIASIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; ANIMAL; BRUGIA MALAYI; DRUG COMBINATION; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRUGIA MALAYI;

ADOLESCENT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FILARICIDES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65249121848     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485909X398249     Document Type: Article

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