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New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 1953-1954

  Keiser, Jennifer ^a   Speich, Benjamin ^a   Utzinger, Jürg ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; MEBENDAZOLE; OXANTEL EMBONATE; ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PYRANTEL EMBONATE;

ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SAFETY; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TANZANIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; TRICHURIS;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PYRANTEL PAMOATE; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

EID: 84900305249     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1403068     Document Type: Letter

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