The effect of repeated doses of ivermectin on adult female Onchocerca volvulus in Sierra Leone.

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Published in Trop Med Parasitol on December 01, 1992

Authors

D C Chavasse1, R J Post, P A Lemoh, J A Whitworth

Author Affiliations

1: Medical Research Council Laboratory, Bo, Sierra Leone.

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