Doxycycline and eradication of microfilaremia in patients with loiasis

Emerg Infect Dis. 2001;7(3 Suppl):604-5. doi: 10.3201/eid0707.010747.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Doxycycline / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Loa / microbiology
  • Loiasis / drug therapy*
  • Loiasis / parasitology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Parasitemia / drug therapy
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / genetics
  • Wolbachia / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 18S
  • Doxycycline