Mass drug administration and integrated control for the world's high-prevalence neglected tropical diseases

Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 659-664

  Hotez, P J ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b SABIN VACCINE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; AZITHROMYCIN; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IVERMECTIN; MEBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLONORCHIASIS; CYSTICERCOSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; LOIASIS; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; OPISTHORCHIASIS; PARAGONIMIASIS; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCABIES; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TAENIASIS; TOXOCARIASIS; TRACHOMA; TRICHURIASIS; TROPICAL DISEASE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUGS, ESSENTIAL; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; TRACHOMA; TROPICAL MEDICINE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 67349251974     PISSN: 00099236     EISSN: 15326535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/clpt.2009.16     Document Type: Article

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