Differential susceptibility of Onchocerca volvulus microfilaria to ivermectin in two areas of contrasting history of mass drug administration in Cameroon: relevance of microscopy and molecular techniques for the monitoring of skin microfilarial repopulation within six months of direct observed treatment

BACKGROUND: Ivermectin is an excellent microfilaricide against Onchocerca volvulus. However, in some regions, long term use of ivermectin has resulted in sub-optimal responses to the treatment. More data to properly document the phenomenon in various contexts of ivermectin mass drug administration (...

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Published in:BMC Infect Dis
Main Authors: Abong, Raphael Awah, Amambo, Glory N., Chounna Ndongmo, Patrick W., Njouendou, Abdel Jelil, Manuel, Ritter, Beng, Amuam Andrew, Esum, Mathias Eyong, Deribe, Kebede, Fru-Cho, Jerome, Fombad, Fanny F., Nji, Theobald Mue, Enyong, Peter Ivo, Poole, Catherine B., Pfarr, Kenneth, Hoerauf, Achim, Carlow, Clotilde K. S., Wanji, Samuel
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Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2020
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7530974/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33008333
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05444-2
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