Efficacy of repeated doses of ivermectin against Mansonella perstans.
Treatment of Mansonella perstans infection, although seldom necessary, is difficult. In a 3 year's trial of normal and high-dose annual and 3-monthly ivermectin treatment against Onchocerca volvulus, the effects on M. perstans were recorded and related to the cumulative dose received. The World Health Organization's African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control may thus reduce the endemicity of M. perstans.
Gardon
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Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, B.P. 6010, 97306 Cayenne, French, Guiana.
Kamgno
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Gardon-Wendel
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Demanga-Ngangue
Duke
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Boussinesq
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D000328:Adult; D005369:Filaricides / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D007559:Ivermectin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D008297:Male; D008368:Mansonelliasis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D005369:Filaricides; D007559:Ivermectin