Immunoepidemiological Profiling of Onchocerciasis Patients Reveals Associations with Microfilaria Loads and Ivermectin Intake on Both Individual and Community Levels

Mass drug administration (MDA) programmes against Onchocerca volvulus use ivermectin (IVM) which targets microfilariae (MF), the worm's offspring. Most infected individuals are hyporesponsive and present regulated immune responses despite high parasite burden. Recently, with MDA programmes, the...

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Autores principales: Arndts, Kathrin, Specht, Sabine, Debrah, Alexander Y., Tamarozzi, Francesca, Klarmann Schulz, Ute, Mand, Sabine, Batsa, Linda, Kwarteng, Alexander, Taylor, Mark, Adjei, Ohene, Martin, Coralie, Layland, Laura E., Hoerauf, Achim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3930501/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24587458
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002679

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3930501/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24587458
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002679

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