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Newly acquired Onchocerca volvulus filariae after doxycycline treatment

Despite successful mass drug administration and vector control programs, the nematode Onchocerca volvulus is far from being eradicated. Therefore, new long-term sterilizing or macrofilaricidal drugs are needed. The depletion of Wolbachia endobacteria using doxycycline leads to long-term sterilizing...

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Autores principales: Specht, Sabine, Hoerauf, Achim, Adjei, Ohene, Debrah, Alexander, Büttner, Dietrich W.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2780640/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19756742
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-009-1624-5