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“Rapid-Impact Interventions”: How a Policy of Integrated Control for Africa's Neglected Tropical Diseases Could Benefit the Poor [PDF]

, 2005
Controlling seven tropical infections in Africa would cost just 40 cents per person per year, and would permanently benefit hundreds of millions of ...
Alan Fenwick, Commission for Africa, David H Molyneux, Peter J Hotez, The Lancet, The Lancet, UNAIDS, UNAIDS, What Works Working Group, What Works Working Group, World Bank, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization and Government of Mexico, World Health Organization, The Stop TB Partnership   +14 more
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Ivermectin susceptibility and sporontocidal effect in Greater Mekong Subregion Anopheles

Malaria Journal, 2017
Background Novel vector control methods that can directly target outdoor malaria transmission are urgently needed in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) to accelerate malaria elimination and artemisinin resistance containment efforts. Ivermectin mass drug
Kevin C. Kobylinski, Ratawan Ubalee, Alongkot Ponlawat, Chanyapat Nitatsukprasert, Siriporn Phasomkulsolsil, Thanaporn Wattanakul, Joel Tarning, Kesara Na-Bangchang, Patrick W. McCardle, Silas A. Davidson, Jason H. Richardson   +10 more
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Ivermectin susceptibility, sporontocidal effect, and inhibition of time to re-feed in the Amazonian malaria vector Anopheles darlingi

Malaria Journal, 2017
Background Outdoor malaria transmission hinders malaria elimination efforts in the Amazon region and novel vector control tools are needed. Ivermectin mass drug administration (MDA) to humans kills wild Anopheles, targets outdoor-feeding vectors, and can
Kevin C. Kobylinski, Karín S. Escobedo-Vargas, Victor M. López-Sifuentes, Salomón Durand, Edward S. Smith, G. Christian Baldeviano, Robert V. Gerbasi, Sara-Blythe Ballard, Craig A. Stoops, Gissella M. Vásquez   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transition from endemic behavior to eradication of malaria due to combined drug therapies: an agent-model approach [PDF]

, 2019
We introduce an agent-based model describing a susceptible-infectious-susceptible (SIS) system of humans and mosquitoes to predict malaria epidemiological scenarios in realistic biological conditions.
Lind, Pedro G., Louçã, Jorge, Mendes, António M., Sequeira, João   +3 more
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Plasma pharmacokinetic profile of fluralaner (Bravecto™) and ivermectin following concurrent administration to dogs

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Background Fluralaner is a novel systemic ectoparasiticide for dogs providing immediate and persistent flea, tick and mite control after a single oral dose.
Feli M. Walther, Mark J. Allan, Rainer KA Roepke   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ivermectin - old drug, new tricks? [PDF]

, 2017
Ivermectin is one of the most important drugs in veterinary and human medicine for the control of parasitic infection and was the joint focus of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, some 35 years after its remarkable discovery.
Devaney, Eileen, Gillan, Victoria, Laing, Roz   +2 more
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Complexin in ivermectin resistance in body lice. [PDF]

PLoS Genetics, 2018
Ivermectin has emerged as very promising pediculicide, particularly in cases of resistance to commonly used pediculicides. Recently, however, the first field-evolved ivermectin-resistance in lice was reported.
Nadia Amanzougaghene, Florence Fenollar, Claude Nappez, Amira Ben-Amara, Philippe Decloquement, Said Azza, Yassina Bechah, Eric Chabrière, Didier Raoult, Oleg Mediannikov   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ivermectin buyers clubs

New Scientist, 2021
People in the UK are trying to source a parasite drug to use as an unproven treatment for covid-19, reveals Chris Stokel-Walker.
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Use of Ivermectin as a Potential Chemoprophylaxis for COVID-19 in Egypt: A Randomised Clinical Trial [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2021
Introduction: The rate of secondary attacks of SARS-COV-2 is high among household close contacts. Social distancing, isolation and infection control measures are important for preventing exposure to infection, but insufficient.
Waheed M Shoumann, Abdelmonem Awad Hegazy, Ramadan M Nafae, Moustafa I Ragab, Saad R Samra, Dalia Anas Ibrahim, Tarek H AL-Mahrouky, Ashraf E Sileem   +7 more
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Update on the current status of onchocerciasis in Cote d’Ivoire following 40 years of intervention: Progress and challenges [PDF]

, 2018
Background Onchocerciasis control in Côte d’Ivoire started with aerial insecticide spraying in 1974 and continued with community directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTi) from 1992 to the present.
Aba, Elvis, Brika, Pierre, Fischer, Peter U, King, Christopher L, Kouakou, Marie-Madeleine, Kouakou, Roger, Koudou, Benjamin G, Meite, Aboulaye, Ouattara, Allassane F, Weil, Gary J, Yeo, Souleymane   +10 more
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