Treatment of bancroftian filariasis in Recife, Brazil: a two-year comparative study of the efficacy of single treatments with ivermectin or diethylcarbamazine
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 89 (1) , 98-102
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(95)90674-6
Abstract
The effectiveness of single oral doses of ivermectin (200 or 400 (μg/kg) and diethylcarbamazine (DEC, 6 mg/kg), preceded 4 d earlier by either placebKeywords
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