Impact of 3 years ivermectin treatment on onchocerciasis in Yanomami communities in the Brazilian Amazon

Acta Tropica

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-130

  Banic, Dalma M ^a   Calvão Brito, Regina H S ^a   Marchon Silva, Verônica ^a   Schuertez, Joana C ^b   de Lima Pinheiro, Luís Renerys ^b   da Costa Alves, Marilene ^a   Têva, Antônio ^a   Maia Herzog, Marilza ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FUNDAÇÃO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Ivermectin; Onchocerciasis; Yanomami

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

BLINDNESS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; IVERMECTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC CREST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MORBIDITY; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITIC SKIN DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SCAPULA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NODULE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAZIL; RORAIMA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70249099149     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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