Long term impact of large scale community-directed delivery of doxycycline for the treatment of onchocerciasis

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Tamarozzi, Francesca ^a   Tendongfor, Nicholas ^b,c   Enyong, Peter A ^c,d   Esum, Mathias ^c   Faragher, Brian ^a   Wanji, Samuel ^b,c   Taylor, Mark J ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^c Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and Environment   (Cameroon)

^d Tropical Medicine Research Station   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Community directed delivery; Doxycycline; Effectiveness; Onchocerca volvulus; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; IVERMECTIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOA LOA; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SKIN BIOPSY; ANIMAL; BIOPSY; DRUG EFFECT; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOLBACHIA;

LOA LOA; NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; WOLBACHIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; CAMEROON; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84858390711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-53     Document Type: Article

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