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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...
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 |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2009
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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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