Long-term efficacy of single-dose combinations of albendazole, ivermectin and diethylcarbamazine for the treatment of bancroftian filariasis
- 1 May 2001
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 95 (3) , 332-335
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0035-9203(01)90257-3
Abstract
In a ‘blinded’ trial (in Sri Lanka, 1996–1998) of 47 male asymptomatic microfilaraemic subjects with Wuchereria bancrofti infection, the safety, toleKeywords
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