The first use of ivermectin for the treatment of onchocerciasis in Yemen
β Scribed by Yasin Al-Qubati
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 158 KB
- Volume
- 88
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0035-9203
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The present study aimed: (1) to assess and improve the level of women's involvement in a strategy to control onchocerciasis by community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI) in three parishes of Rukungiri District, Uganda; (2) to measure the performance of female community-directed health worke
Ivermectin, at the standard dose of 150 cLg/kg bodyweight, does not kill the adult worms of Onchocerca volvulus and does not disrupt embryogenesis or spermatogenesis. Repeated standard doses, if maintained, arrest microfilarial production but result in only a mild-to-modest macrofilaricidal effect.