Community-directed delivery of doxycycline for the treatment of onchocerciasis in areas of co-endemicity with loiasis in Cameroon

BACKGROUND: Severe side effects following ivermectin treatment of onchocerciasis in areas of co-endemicity with loaisis have been an impediment for the work of the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) in forested regions of several countries. Doxycycline has been shown to be effective...

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Autores principales: Wanji, Samuel, Tendongfor, Nicholas, Nji, Theolbald, Esum, Mathias, Che, Julious N, Nkwescheu, Armand, Alassa, Fifen, Kamnang, Geremy, Enyong, Peter A, Taylor, Mark J, Hoerauf, Achim, Taylor, David W
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2742514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19712455
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-2-39

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2742514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19712455
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-2-39

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