Mass diethylcarbamazine chemotherapy for control of bancroftian filariasis: comparative efficacy of standard treatment and two semi-annual single-dose treatments
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 90 (1) , 69-73
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0035-9203(96)90484-8
Abstract
The efficacy of 2 strategies for control of bancroftian filariasis using mass diethylcarbamazine (DEC) chemotherapy was evaluated and compared in 2 enKeywords
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