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Practical and effective dose schedule of diethylcarbamazine (DEC) against bancroftian filariasis for mass therapy campaigns. 1988

D C Jain, and K V Sethumadhavan, and C S Babu, and V M Johney, and T K Ghosh

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D004049	Diethylcarbamazine	An anthelmintic used primarily as the citrate in the treatment of filariasis, particularly infestations with Wucheria bancrofti or Loa loa.	Carbamazine,Diethylcarbamazine Citrate,Diethylcarbamazine Citrate (1:1),Diethylcarbamazine Citrate (1:2),Diethylcarbamazine L-Tartrate (1:1),Diethylcarbamazine Maleate,Diethylcarbamazine Monohydrochloride,Diethylcarbamazine Phosphate (1:1),Hetrazan,Loxuran,Notezine,Citrate, Diethylcarbamazine,Maleate, Diethylcarbamazine,Monohydrochloride, Diethylcarbamazine
D004334	Drug Administration Schedule	Time schedule for administration of a drug in order to achieve optimum effectiveness and convenience.	Administration Schedule, Drug,Administration Schedules, Drug,Drug Administration Schedules,Schedule, Drug Administration,Schedules, Drug Administration
D005368	Filariasis	Infections with nematodes of the superfamily FILARIOIDEA. The presence of living worms in the body is mainly asymptomatic but the death of adult worms leads to granulomatous inflammation and permanent fibrosis. Organisms of the genus Elaeophora infect wild elk and domestic sheep causing ischemic necrosis of the brain, blindness, and dermatosis of the face.	Elaeophoriasis,Filarioidea Infections,Infections, Filarioidea,Elaeophoriases,Filariases,Filarioidea Infection,Infection, Filarioidea
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D014958	Wuchereria bancrofti	A white threadlike worm which causes elephantiasis, lymphangitis, and chyluria by interfering with the lymphatic circulation. The microfilaria are found in the circulating blood and are carried by mosquitoes.	Filaria bancrofti,Filaria sanguinis hominis

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