Macrofilaricidal activity after doxycycline only treatment of Onchocerca volvulus in an area of Loa loa co-endemicity: a randomized controlled trial.

Macrofilaricidal activity after doxycycline only treatment of Onchocerca volvulus in an area of Loa loa co-endemicity: a randomized controlled trial.

The risk of severe adverse events following treatment of onchocerciasis with ivermectin in areas co-endemic with loiasis currently compromises the development of control programmes and the treatment of co-infected individuals. We therefore assessed whether doxycycline treatment could be used without...

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Main Authors: Joseph D Turner, Nicholas Tendongfor, Mathias Esum, Kelly L Johnston, R Stuart Langley, Louise Ford, Brian Faragher, Sabine Specht, Sabine Mand, Achim Hoerauf, Peter Enyong, Samuel Wanji, Mark J Taylor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-04-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2854122?pdf=render

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