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Article: Research on filariasis detailed by scientists at University of Colombo, Medical Department.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- October 1, 2008
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According to a study from Colombo, Sri Lanka, "To document the types and severity of adverse drug reactions to diethylcarbamazine and albendazole in randomly selected urban populations from Colombo and rural populations from Gampaha, Sri Lanka. Interviewers administered a pre-tested questionnaire to elicit information about the type and severity of adverse drug reactions experienced by recipients."
"Seeking medical treatment and requiring hospital admission for the adverse drug reactions were used as indicators for severity. The sample population was selected using the cluster sampling method. Two thousand three hundred and nineteen persons aged 10 to 90 years ...