Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis in Southeast Asia

Advances in Parasitology

Volumn 72, Issue C, 2010, Pages 205-233

  Sudomo, Mohammad ^a   Chayabejara, Sombat ^b   Duong, Socheat ^c   Hernandez, Leda ^d   Wu, Wei Ping ^e   Bergquist, Robert ^f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Indonesia)

^b Southeast Asian Regional Program Review Group (RPRG)   (Thailand)

^c National Centre for Parasitology Entomology and Malaria Control   (Cambodia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Philippines)

^e CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^f Brastad   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Control; Endemicity; Lymphatic filariasis; Poverty reduction; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; MEBENDAZOLE; PESTICIDE; PYRANTEL; ANTIFILARIAL AGENT;

ANOPHELES; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BOOK; BRUGIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; BRUGIA TIMORI; CAMBODIA; CHINA; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG COST; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDONESIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LAOS; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; TIMOR-LESTE; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VIET NAM; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; ANIMAL; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BRUGIA; CHINA; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FILARICIDES; HUMANS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 77954583532     PISSN: 0065308X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-308X(10)72008-X     Document Type: Chapter

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