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Would ivermectin for malaria control be beneficial in onchocerciasis-endemic regions?

BACKGROUND: There is accumulating evidence supporting the use of ivermectin as a malaria control tool. Recent findings from the repeat ivermectin mass drug administrations for control of malaria trial demonstrated a reduced incidence of malaria in villages which received repeated ivermectin mass dru...

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Autores principales:	Siewe Fodjo, Joseph Nelson, Kugler, Marina, Hotterbeekx, An, Hendy, Adam, Van Geertruyden, Jean-Pierre, Colebunders, Robert
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2019
Materias:	Commentary
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6706915/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31439040 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-019-0588-7

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