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Therapeutic Efficacy and Macrofilaricidal Activity of Doxycycline for the Treatment of River Blindness

Background. Onchocerca volvulus and lymphatic filariae, causing river blindness and elephantiasis, depend on endosymbiotic Wolbachia bacteria for growth, development, fertility, and survival. Clinical trials have shown that doxycycline treatment eliminates Wolbachia, causing long-term sterilization...

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Publicado en:Clin Infect Dis
Autores principales: Walker, Martin, Specht, Sabine, Churcher, Thomas S., Hoerauf, Achim, Taylor, Mark J., Basáñez, María-Gloria
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Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4370165/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25537873
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciu1152
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