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diethylcarbamazine (dec)
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Definition for diethylcarbamazine (dec)
Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) is an anthelmintic drug that does not resemble other antiparasitic compounds. It is a synthetic organic compound which is highly specific for several parasites and does not contain any toxic metallic elements.
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Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) is an anthelmintic drug that does not resemble other antiparasitic compounds. It is a synthetic organic compound which is highly specific for several parasites and does not contain any toxic metallic elements.
DEC is indicated for treatment of individual patients with certain filarial diseases . These diseases include: lymphatic filariasis caused by infection with Wuchereria bancrofti , Brugia malayi , or Brugia timori ; tropical pulmonary eosinophilia , and loiasis .
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Diethylcarbamazine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) is an anthelmintic drug that does not resemble other ... DEC is indicated for treatment of individual patients with certain filarial ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diethylcarbamazine
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Tolerability and efficacy of single dose albendazole ...
... diethylcarbamazine citrate (DEC) or co-administration of albendazole ... dose albendazole (400 mg), diethylcarbamazine citrate (DEC) (6 mg/kg bodyweight) ...
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WHO | Unfulfilled potential: using diethylcarbamazine-fortified salt to ...
... either ivermectin or diethylcarbamazine (DEC) for mass drug ... Salt fortified with diethylcarbamazine (DEC) as an effective intervention for ...
http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/7/06-034108/en/index.html
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Filarial Nematode Infections: Nematodes (Roundworms): Merck Manual ...
Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) is the only drug that kills microfilariae and adult worms. ... Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) kills microfilariae and a variable proportion ...
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/print/sec14/ch182/ch182e.html
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Tolerance and efficacy of combined diethylcarbamazine and albendazole ...
... with placebo, albendazole (ALB), diethylcarbamazine (DEC), or combined therapy. ... Albendazole and DEC/ALB reduced the prevalence of Ascaris, Trichuris, and ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16014845
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RHF Vol.6,No.2-Compliance with Single-Dose Diethylcarbamazine Citrate
About EIP Regional Health Forum WHO South-East Asia Region Communicable Diseases Compliance with Single-Dose Diethylcarbamazine Citrate (DEC) Mass Treatment ...
http://www.searo.who.int/EN/Section1243/Section1310/Section1...
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LF Treatment | CDC DPD
Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) is the drug of choice in the United States. ... DEC has been used world-wide for more than 50 years. ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/lymphaticfilariasis/...
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Talk:DEC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I would like to add the abreviation DEC to the database. It stands for the drug diethylcarbamazine. ... it should be at diethylcarbamazine (which is where it ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:DEC
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Mathematical models for lymphatic filariasis transmission and control ...
... anti-filarial drugs (diethylcarbamazine ? DEC, albendazole and ivermectin) ... Diethylcarbamazine (DEC): immunopharmacological interactions of an anti-filarial ...
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Chapter 4 - Filariasis, Lymphatic - Yellow Book | CDC Travelers' Health
Official U.S. government health recommendations for traveling. Provided by ... travelers with W. bancrofti or B. malayi infections is diethylcarbamazine (DEC) ...
http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/yellowBookCh4-FilariasisLymphatic.aspx
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DEC and PER capita AIDS cases.
... immunomodulator drug diethylcarbamazine (DEC) frequently alters virologic, ... The null hypothesis that DEC has no effect on numbers of per capita AIDS cases ...
http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=102179372.html
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Policy and practice
Abstract Fortifying salt with diethylcarbamazine (DEC) is a safe, low-cost and ... either ivermectin or diethylcarbamazine (DEC) for mass drug administration ...
http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/7/06-034108.pdf
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Prolonged pulmonary hypertension caused by platelet-activating factor ...
... 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor diethylcarbamazine (DEC), administered before the PAF ... DEC administration that began 5 min after PAF reduced PAP and only LTC4 levels ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1400062
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The effect of renal disease on the pharmacokinetics of ...
1 The pharmacokinetics of diethylcarbamazine (DEC) were studied in twelve ... Metabolism and excretion of 14c-labelled diethylcarbamazine. Br J Pharmacol Chemother. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1402015
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Dec - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Francis E. Dec (1926?1996), U.S. conspiracy theorist ... Diethylcarbamazine, an anti ... "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dec" Categories: Disambiguation pages ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dec
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Can vector control play a useful supplementary role against bancroftian ...
... lariasis with diethylcarbamazine (DEC) in Makunduchi, a ... 12 000 with diethylcarbamazine (DEC) at the then- recommended dose of 72 mg per kg body weight. ...
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/bulletin/1999/Vol77-No2/bulletin_1999_77(1)_138-143.pdf
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WHO | Unfulfilled potential: using diethylcarbamazine-fortified salt to ...
Fortifying salt with diethylcarbamazine (DEC) is a safe, low-cost and effective ... DEC-fortified salt has been used successfully in pilot projects in several ...
http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/7/06-034108-ab/en/index.html
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Filarial Nematode Infections: Nematodes (Roundworms): Merck Manual ...
Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) is the only drug that kills microfilariae ... Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) kills microfilariae and a variable proportion of adult worms. ...
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec14/ch182/ch182e.html
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Impact of two rounds of mass drug administration using ...
... annual dose of diethylcarbamazine (DEC) combined with albendazole ... DEC, diethylcarbamazine. GPELF, Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis ...
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Impact of two rounds of mass treatment with diethylcarbamazine plus ...
... of endemic populations with a combination of either diethylcarbamazine (DEC) ... high effectiveness of MDA using a DEC/albendazole combination against Wuchereria ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18550135?ordinalpos=1&ito...
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Clinical Study: 88-I-0083, Host Response to Infection and Treatment in ...
Clinical Study Summary Sheet for 88-I-0083 ... Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) Suramin. Ivermectin. Recruitment Keyword(s): Filarial Infection ...
http://clinicalstudies.info.nih.gov/detail/A_1988-I-0083.html
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Blood and Tissue Nematodes: Whats New in Filariasis?
2001 Dec 16-19; 41: abstract no. 597. CDC, Atlanta, GA ... dose of the antifilarial drug diethylcarbamazine (DEC) is as effective as a full ...
http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=102268997.html
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Ocular changes with oral and transepidermal diethylcarbamazine therapy ...
... and efficacy of oral diethylcarbamazine (DEC) with topical DEC lotion. ... a controlled clinical trial of topical diethylcarbamazine (DEC) in Guatemala. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1039557
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Loa loa filariasis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... treated with the drug diethylcarbamazine (DEC), and when appropriate, surgical ... choice for therapy is diethylcarbamazine (DEC), though ivermectin use is ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loa_loa_filariasis
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WHO South Pacific-MVP: WHO activities to support the South Pacific
World Health Organization for the South Pacific ... drug administration of diethylcarbamazine (DEC) or ivermectin in combination ...
http://www.wpro.who.int/southpacific/sites/ccd/mvp/activities.htm
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Tolerability and efficacy of a three-age class dosage schedule of ...
... class dosage schedule of Diethylcarbamazine citrate (DEC) in the treatment of ... age class dosage schedule of Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) of 50mg (1-2 years), 100mg ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16637395
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Lymphatic Filariasis:Mass Drug Administration
Department of Communicable Diseases. Lymphatic Filariasis. What is ... (MDA) with diethylcarbamazine (DEC) and albendazole to the entire endemic population. ...
http://www.searo.who.int/en/Section10/Section2096_10585.htm
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WHO EMRO - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
... included the 12-day diethylcarbamazine (DEC) treatment regimen (6 mg/kg ... drug treatment combinations (albendazole + DEC or albendazole + ivermectin) is ...
http://www.emro.who.int/Publications/Emhj/0904/article5.htm
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The effect of moderate urine alkalinisation on low dose ...
... treated with 25 mg of diethylcarbamazine (DEC) citrate twice daily for 10 days. ... a controlled clinical trial of topical diethylcarbamazine (DEC) in Guatemala. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1400978
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LF Fact Sheet | CDC DPD
... dose of medicine, called diethylcarbamazine (DEC), that kills the microscopic ... Physicians can obtain DEC from CDC after lab results confirm infection. ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/lymphaticfilariasis/...
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WHO | Lymphatic filariasis
... shown that single doses of diethylcarbamazine (DEC) have the same long-term (1 ... of two drugs given together: albendazole plus either diethylcarbamazine (DEC) ...
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs102/en/
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Leukotrienes in the pathogenesis of pulmonary blast injury.
... diethylcarbamazine (DEC, Sigma, St. Louis, Missouri) (50 mg/kg, i.v.), immediately before blast. ... Although DEC exerts local antioxidant activity with ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8606397
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Diethylcarbamazine activity against Brugia malayi microfilariae is ...
Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) has been used for many years in the treatment of human ... Diethylcarbamazine (DEC): immunopharmacological interactions of an anti-filarial ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1173132
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The effect of variations in urinary pH on the pharmacokinetics of ...
Journal List > Br J Clin Pharmacol > v.12(6); Dec 1981. Summary. Selected References ... 1 The partitioning of diethylcarbamazine (DEC) between octan-1-ol and aqueous ...
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Inhibition of leukotriene formation by diethylcarbamazine modifies the ...
... of the present study was to investigate the effects of diethylcarbamazine (DEC) ... Obtained results indicated that DEC treatment reduced some disturbances ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10518442
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: National Center for ...
Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) Diethylcarbamazine citrate (Hetrazan®), an investigational drug, is an ... DEC is indicated for treatment of individual patients with ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/srp/drugs/formulary.html
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MANUFACTURERS OF DRUGS USED TO TREAT PARASITIC INFECTIONS
diethylcarbamazine citrate (DEC) ? Hetrazan. Page 2 of 2. Diflucan (Pfizer) ... Hetrazan ? diethylcarbamazine citrate (DEC) Humatin (Monarch) ? paromomycin ...
http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/PDF_Files/MedLetter/Filariasis.pdf
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Acute tropical pulmonary eosinophilia. Characterization of the lower ...
... individuals (n = 5) with acute TPE were treated with diethylcarbamazine (DEC) ... study of response to diethylcarbamazine and cortico-steroid drugs. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=442221
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Brugia malayi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) has been used in mass treatment programs in the form of ... Das PK, Gelband H. Diethylcarbamazine (DEC)-medicated salt for community-based ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brugia_malayi
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Diethylcarbamazine enhances microbicidal activity of bacteria and ...
1993 Dec 12-16; 142. Marshall University School of Medicine, WV. ... of diethylcarbamazine (N,N- diethyl-4-methyl-1-piperazine carboxamide [DEC]) as ...
http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=102214444.html
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Antibodies in human filariasis sera react with diethylcarbamazine.
... sera that react with diethylcarbamazine (DEC); they appear to be primarily ... Piessens WF, Beldekas M. Diethylcarbamazine enhances antibody-mediated cellular ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1534679
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Lymphatic Filariasis
diethylcarbamazine (DEC) (6 mg/kg). However, so far there is no information ... of DEC/ALB resulted in the clearance of microfilaraemia from more ...
http://www.emro.who.int/tdr/PDF/proj01-102.pdf
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WHO Representative Hands Over Medicines for Mass Drug Administration ...
... 9 million of tablets of Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) and 3 million tablets of ... over nearly 5 million tablets of DEC and over one million tablets of Albenadazole. ...
http://www.afro.who.int/country_offices_press/2007/pr20071106.html
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Global Alliance Partners Join Hands to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis ...
Global Alliance Partners Join Hands to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis ... Referring to Diethylcarbamazine (DEC), the drug used initially in the control of ...
http://www.searo.who.int/EN/Section316/Section503/Section2371_13040.htm
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7001687 1981 01 26 1981 01 26 2007 11 15 0035-9203 74 3 1980 Trans. R ...
... to 3,150 mg and total diethylcarbamazine citrate (DEC) of 36 and 126 mg per kg body-weight. ... as a total oral dosage of DEC at 126 mg per kg body-weight. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7001687
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Some observations on the effect of Daflon (micronized purified ...
... diethylcarbamazine citrate (DEC) in countries where onchocerciasis or ... 5, 6-benzo-alpha-pyrone (coumarin), and the effects of Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) ...
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Dear Sir, I am writing
Since the introduction of the drug diethylcarbamazine (DEC) in 1947, a number of ... are ivermectin and diethylcarbamazine (DEC). Each of these drugs ...
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/1997/WHO_CTD_FIL_97.4.pdf
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Implementation/achievements
diethylcarbamazine (DEC) skin patch to detect Onchocerca volvulus infection ... studies and in large-scale evaluation of DEC skin patch (Senegal and Mali) ...
http://www.who.int/tdr/svc/research/drug-development-helmint...
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Introduction: Parasitic Infections: Merck Manual Home Edition
Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) Lung flukes (Paragonimus westermani) Most common in the Far East ... Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) alone or with doxycycline ...
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/print/sec17/ch196/ch196a.html
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: National Center for ...
Botulism antitoxin bivalent (equine), types A and B (package insert) ... Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) for the treatment of filariasis. IND Protocol #57,944; 2006: 1-33. ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/srp/drugs/references.html
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