Macrofilaricidal Efficacy of Repeated Doses of Ivermectin for the Treatment of River Blindness

BACKGROUND: Mass drug administration (MDA) with ivermectin is the cornerstone of efforts to eliminate human onchocerciasis by 2020 or 2025. The feasibility of elimination crucially depends on the effects of multiple ivermectin doses on Onchocerca volvulus. A single ivermectin (standard) dose clears...

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Autores principales: Walker, Martin, Pion, Sébastien D S, Fang, Hanwei, Gardon, Jacques, Kamgno, Joseph, Basáñez, Maria-Gloria, Boussinesq, Michel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5850622/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29020189
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix616

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5850622/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29020189
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix616

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