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Chemotherapy for patients with multiple parasitic infections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2007

P. L. CHIODINI
P. L. CHIODINI
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Parasitology, The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London WC1E 6AU
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Abstract

Multiple parasitic infections have become increasingly recognized as a result of improvements in laboratory diagnosis and a growing population of immunocompromised individuals. This review examines the principles of chemotherapy in groupings of multiple infections which are of particular clinical significance.

Keywords

Multiple parasitesOnchocercaLoa loaintestinal helminthsschistosomiasismalariaAIDSmicrosporidiachemotherapy
Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 122 , Supplement S1 , March 2001 , pp. S83 - S89
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© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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