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These drugs kill the filarial worms or their larvae, i.e., microfilariae, and used in the treatment of lymphatic filariasis. Their classification is given below:

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    Trilok Chandra Goel

  2. Department of Urology, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, India

    Apul Goel

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(This chapter is based on an article, “Antifilarial drugs,” sent by Dr IP Jain, Former Professor and Head of Department of Pharmacology, GSVM Medical College, Kanpur).

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Goel, T.C., Goel, A. (2016). Antifilarial Drugs. In: Lymphatic Filariasis. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2257-9_10

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