Targeting of children in filariasis mass drug administration

Rajendran, R.; Sunish, I.P.; Mani, T.R.; Munirathinam, A.; Satyanarayana, K.

Lancet 360(9343): 1430

2002


ISSN/ISBN: 0140-6736
PMID: 12424026
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(02)11389-4
Document Number: 244058
An article is presented discussing the results of studies conducted to assess the efficiency of a mass drug administration of albendazole and diethylcarbamazine in children with filariasis from Tamil Nadu, India. The mass drug administration substantially reduced blood Wuchereria bancrofti antigen prevalence in young children but had a lower response in youths.

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Targeting of children in filariasis mass drug administration