| using knowledge, attitudes and practice (kap) surveys on lymphatic filariasis to prepare a health promotion campaign for mass drug administration in alor district, indonesia. | we report the results of two surveys of people's knowledge, attitudes and practices (kap) regarding lymphatic filariasis (lf) in alor district, eastern indonesia. the results of the surveys were used to prepare and evaluate the social mobilization component of a pilot mass drug administration (mda) in five villages. in the study area, the filarial parasites brugia timori and wuchereria bancrofti are highly endemic. frequent and severe adverse reactions after mda may occur especially in areas end ... | 2006 | 17054754 |
| treatment of brugia timori and wuchereria bancrofti infections in indonesia using dec or a combination of dec and albendazole: adverse reactions and short-term effects on microfilariae. | filariasis caused by brugia timori and wuchereria bancrofti is an important public health problem on alor island, east nusa tenggara, indonesia. to implement a control programme, adverse reactions and short-term effects on the microfilaria (mf) density were studied following a divided dose of diethylcarbamazine (dec, 6 mg/kg body weight - 100 mg on day 1 and the rest on day 3) or a single dose of dec (6 mg/kg body weight on day 3) and albendazole (alb, 400 mg). in order to define the most approp ... | 2002 | 12358626 |