Onchocerciasis: The First Decade of Mectizan™ Treatment

Autor:	H.B Dull, S.E.O Meredith
Rok vydání:	1998
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Family medicine Donation Immunology Tropical medicine medicine Parasitology As Long As Needed Onchocerciasis medicine.disease business
Zdroj:	Parasitology Today. 14:472-474
ISSN:	0169-4758
DOI:	10.1016/s0169-4758(98)01342-8
Popis:	The Symposium, `Mectizan™ and Onchocerciasis—A Decade of Accomplishment and Prospects for the Future: The Evolution of the Donation of a Drug into a Development Concept', was hosted at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK, 8–9 December 1997, by David Molyneux, Director of the School, with assistance from the Mectizan™ Donation Program, Atlanta, USA, to mark the tenth anniversary of the 1987 decision of Merck & Co. to donate Mectizan™ (ivermectin, MSD), its effective microfilaricide, to treat all persons with onchocerciasis who could benefit from the drug for as long as needed. Merck & Co. provided financial support. The Proceedings have been published in Vol. 92 of the Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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