Effect of a single dose of 8 mg moxidectin or 150 μg/kg ivermectin on O. volvulus skin microfilariae in a randomized trial: Differences between areas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia and Ghana and impact of intensity of infection

BACKGROUND: Our study in CDTI-naïve areas in Nord Kivu and Ituri (Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC), Lofa County (Liberia) and Nkwanta district (Ghana) showed that a single 8 mg moxidectin dose reduced skin microfilariae density (microfilariae/mg skin, SmfD) better and for longer than a single...

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Autores principales: Bakajika, Didier, Kanza, Eric M., Opoku, Nicholas O., Howard, Hayford M., Mambandu, Germain L., Nyathirombo, Amos, Nigo, Maurice M., Kennedy, Kambale Kasonia, Masembe, Safari L., Mumbere, Mupenzi, Kataliko, Kambale, Bolay, Kpehe M., Attah, Simon K., Olipoh, George, Asare, Sampson, Vaillant, Michel, Halleux, Christine M., Kuesel, Annette C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9084535/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35476631
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010079

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9084535/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35476631
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010079

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