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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...
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 |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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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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