title: Efficacy of repeated doses of ivermectin against Mansonella perstans.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, B.P. 6010, 97306 Cayenne, French, Guiana.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gardon
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kamgno
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gardon-Wendel
authors.lastname: Demanga-Ngangue
authors.forename: B O L
authors.initials: BO
authors.lastname: Duke
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boussinesq
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005369:Filaricides / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D007559:Ivermectin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D008297:Male; D008368:Mansonelliasis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D005369:Filaricides; D007559:Ivermectin