Reproductive Status of Onchocerca volvulus after Ivermectin Treatment in an Ivermectin-Naïve and a Frequently Treated Population from Cameroon

BACKGROUND: For two decades, onchocerciasis control has been based on mass treatment with ivermectin (IVM), repeated annually or six-monthly. This drug kills Onchocerca volvulus microfilariae (mf) present in the skin and the eyes (microfilaricidal effect) and prevents for 3–4 months the release of n...

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Main Authors: Nana-Djeunga, Hugues C., Bourguinat, Catherine, Pion, Sébastien D., Bopda, Jean, Kengne-Ouafo, Jonas A., Njiokou, Flobert, Prichard, Roger K., Wanji, Samuel, Kamgno, Joseph, Boussinesq, Michel
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3998936/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24762816
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002824
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