Evaluation of a single oral dose of diethylcarbamazine 300 mg as provocative test and simultaneous treatment in myanmar migrant workers with Wuchereria bancrofti infection in Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 591-598

  Bhumiratana, Adisak ^a   Siriaut, Chumsin ^a   Koyadun, Surachart ^a   Satitvipawee, Pratana ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIASIS; MIGRANT WORKER; MYANMAR; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAILAND; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 8444243386     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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