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The conquest of ‘river blindness’
- Source :
- Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology. 85:97-101
- Publication Year :
- 1991
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 1991.
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Abstract
- Studies carried out at the WHO/OCP Onchocerciasis Chemotherapeutic Centre in Tamale, Ghana, are reported, culminating in the clinical trials of ivermectin (Mectizan), which has revolutionized our approach to the treatment of the disease. It is concluded that the conquest of 'river blindness' is an eminently achievable goal.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics
030231 tropical medicine
Helminthiasis
CONQUEST
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Ivermectin
Double-Blind Method
Onchocerciasis, Ocular
030225 pediatrics
parasitic diseases
medicine
Humans
Clinical Trials as Topic
Blindness
business.industry
social sciences
History, 20th Century
medicine.disease
Surgery
Clinical trial
Infectious Diseases
Parasitology
Onchocerciasis
business
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13648594 and 00034983
- Volume :
- 85
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1cda336a3006111a386ee4915a2f8f47
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00034983.1991.11812535