[Medical treatment of lymphatic filariasis].
Lymphatic filariasis remains in 1991 a major health problem. Ivermectine revolutionizes their treatment and, by suppressing microfilaremia, provides a new method of helping to control the vector-borne transmission of lymphatic filariasis.
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Service de Pathologie infectieuse et tropicale, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Laveran, Marseille, Armées.
Laroche
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Verrot
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Molinier
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Touze
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D002985:Clinical Protocols / Q000592:standards; D004605:Elephantiasis, Filarial / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D005369:Filaricides / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D009032:Mosquito Control
D005369:Filaricides
Le traitement medical des filarioses lymphatiques.