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Individuals living in an onchocerciasis focus and treated three-monthly with ivermectin develop fewer new onchocercal nodules than individuals treated annually
BACKGROUND: Little information is available on the effect of ivermectin on the third- and fourth-stage larvae of Onchocerca volvulus. To assess a possible prophylactic effect of ivermectin on this parasite, we compared the effects of different ivermectin regimens on the acquisition of onchocercal no...
Autores principales: | Campillo, Jérémy T., Chesnais, Cédric B., Pion, Sébastien D. S., Gardon, Jacques, Kamgno, Joseph, Boussinesq, Michel |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7229600/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32414398 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04126-x |
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