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Treatment of co-infection with bancroftian filariasis and onchocerciasis: a safety and efficacy study of albendazole with ivermectin compared to treatment of single infection with bancroftian filariasis.

Makunde WH, Kamugisha LM, Massaga JJ, Makunde RW, Savael ZX, Akida J, Salum FM, Taylor MJ.

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Randomised placebo-controlled comparison of ivermectin and albendazole alone and in combination for Wuchereria bancrofti microfilaraemia in Haitian children.

Addiss DG, Beach MJ, Streit TG, Lutwick S, LeConte FH, Lafontant JG, Hightower AW, Lammie PJ.

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A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled field trial of ivermectin and albendazole alone and in combination for the treatment of lymphatic filariasis in Ghana.

Dunyo SK, Nkrumah FK, Simonsen PE.

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Efficacy of single dose combinations of albendazole, ivermectin and diethylcarbamazine for the treatment of bancroftian filariasis.

Ismail MM, Jayakody RL, Weil GJ, Nirmalan N, Jayasinghe KS, Abeyewickrema W, Rezvi Sheriff MH, Rajaratnam HN, Amarasekera N, de Silva DC, Michalski ML, Dissanaike AS.

Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1998 Jan-Feb;92(1):94-7.PMID: 9692166 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

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Ismail MM, Jayakody RL, Weil GJ, Fernando D, De Silva MS, De Silva GA, Balasooriya WK.

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A randomized, double-blind clinical trial of a 3-week course of doxycycline plus albendazole and ivermectin for the treatment of Wuchereria bancrofti infection.

Turner JD, Mand S, Debrah AY, Muehlfeld J, Pfarr K, McGarry HF, Adjei O, Taylor MJ, Hoerauf A.

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An analysis of the safety of the single dose, two drug regimens used in programmes to eliminate lymphatic filariasis.

Horton J, Witt C, Ottesen EA, Lazdins JK, Addiss DG, Awadzi K, Beach MJ, Belizario VY, Dunyo SK, Espinel M, Gyapong JO, Hossain M, Ismail MM, Jayakody RL, Lammie PJ, Makunde W, Richard-Lenoble D, Selve B, Shenoy RK, Simonsen PE, Wamae CN, Weerasooriya MV.

Parasitology. 2000;121 Suppl:S147-60. Review.PMID: 11386686 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of levamisole alone, levamisole plus ivermectin, and levamisole plus albendazole, and their efficacy against Onchocerca volvulus.

Awadzi K, Edwards G, Opoku NO, Ardrey AE, Favager S, Addy ET, Attah SK, Yamuah LK, Quartey BT.

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Shenoy RK, John A, Babu BS, Suma TK, Kumaraswami V.

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Clinical characteristics of post-treatment reactions to ivermectin/albendazole for Wuchereria bancrofti in a region co-endemic for Mansonella perstans.

Keiser PB, Coulibaly YI, Keita F, Traore D, Diallo A, Diallo DA, Semnani RT, Doumbo OK, Traore SF, Klion AD, Nutman TB.

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The co-administration of ivermectin and albendazole--safety, pharmacokinetics and efficacy against Onchocerca volvulus.

Awadzi K, Edwards G, Duke BO, Opoku NO, Attah SK, Addy ET, Ardrey AE, Quartey BT.

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Treatment of Brugia timori and Wuchereria bancrofti infections in Indonesia using DEC or a combination of DEC and albendazole: adverse reactions and short-term effects on microfilariae.

Supali T, Ismid IS, Rückert P, Fischer P.

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Comparison of single-dose diethylcarbamazine and ivermectin for treatment of bancroftian filariasis in Papua New Guinea.

Kazura J, Greenberg J, Perry R, Weil G, Day K, Alpers M.

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The effect of single dose ivermectin alone or in combination with albendazole on Wuchereria bancrofti infection in primary school children in Tanzania.

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Safety, tolerability, efficacy and plasma concentrations of diethylcarbamazine and albendazole co-administration in a field study in an area endemic for lymphatic filariasis in India.

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The chemotherapy of onchocerciasis XX: ivermectin in combination with albendazole.

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The effect of six rounds of single dose mass treatment with diethylcarbamazine or ivermectin on Wuchereria bancrofti infection and its implications for lymphatic filariasis elimination.

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Albendazole for lymphatic filariasis.

Critchley J, Addiss D, Gamble C, Garner P, Gelband H, Ejere H; International Filariasis Review Group.

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