Diethylcarbamazine (DEC)-medicated salt for community-based control of lymphatic filariasis.

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2002
Document Type:
Research Paper
Theme:
Health
Authors:
Gelband, H.

Abstract

The objectives are to summarize the reliable evidence about the short- and long-term effects of diethylcarbamazine (DEC)-medicated salt on infection with lymphatic filarids (by any reliable method of detection) in individual-level and community-level studies.

Citation

The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2002, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD003758. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003758.

Diethylcarbamazine (DEC)-medicated salt for community-based control of lymphatic filariasis.

Published 1 January 2002
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