Relationship between skin snip and Ov16 ELISA: Two diagnostic tools for onchocerciasis in a focus in Cameroon after two decades of ivermectin-based preventive chemotherapy
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010380
Abstract: Background Onchocerciasis elimination currently relies on repeated ivermectin-based preventive chemotherapy. Current World Health Organization’s guidelines strongly recommend, though with low evidence of certainty, the use of Ov16 serology testing in children younger than 10 years… read more here.
Keywords: ivermectin based; serology; age; ov16 igg4 ... See more keywords
One versus two doses of ivermectin-based mass drug administration for the control of scabies: A cluster randomised non-inferiority trial
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011207
Abstract: Background Mass drug administration (MDA) based on two doses of ivermectin, one week apart, substantially reduces prevalence of both scabies and impetigo. The Regimens of Ivermectin for Scabies Elimination (RISE) trial assessed whether one-dose ivermectin-based… read more here.
Keywords: ivermectin based; one dose; dose; scabies prevalence ... See more keywords
Effectiveness of ivermectin-based multidrug therapy in severely hypoxic, ambulatory COVID-19 patients
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DOI: 10.2217/fmb-2022-0014
Abstract: Aims: Ivermectin is a safe, inexpensive and effective early COVID-19 treatment validated in 20+ random, controlled trials. Having developed combination therapies for Helicobacter pylori, the authors present a highly effective COVID-19 therapeutic combination, stemming from… read more here.
Keywords: combination; therapy; effectiveness ivermectin; covid ... See more keywords