Imported bancroftian filariasis: Diethylcarbamazine response and benzimidazole susceptibility of Wuchereria bancrofti in dynamic cross-border migrant population targeted by the National Program to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis in South Thailand

Acta Tropica

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-128

  Bhumiratana, A ^a   Pechgit, P ^a   Koyadun, S ^b   Siriaut, C ^a   Yongyuth, P ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Benzimidazole susceptibility; Diethylcarbamazine; Imported bancroftian filariasis; National Program to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

BENZIMIDAZOLE; BETA TUBULIN; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; GENOMIC DNA; PHENYLALANINE; TYROSINE;

DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG; FILARIASIS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MIGRANT WORKER; RISK FACTOR; SURVEILLANCE AND ENFORCEMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANCROFTIAN FILARIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANSONELLIASIS; MICROFILARIASIS; MYANMAR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THAILAND; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BENZIMIDAZOLES; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FILARICIDES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYANMAR; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THAILAND; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBULIN; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; YOUNG ADULT;

MYANMAR; PHANGNGA; SOUTHERN REGION; THAILAND;

MANSONELLA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 74149090110     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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