title: Onchocerciasis treated with diethylcarbamazine.
abstract: One hundred patients with onchocerciasis were treated with diethylcarbamazine: a single course of treatment led to clinical cure in 48% of the patients; no means of anticipating which patients might require only a single course of treatment was found.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004049:Diethylcarbamazine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009855:Onchocerciasis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011537:Pruritus / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D004049:Diethylcarbamazine