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Effects of the veterinary pharmaceutical ivermectin in indoor aquatic microcosms [PDF]

, 2010
The effects of the parasiticide ivermectin were assessed in plankton-dominated indoor microcosms. Ivermectin was applied once at concentrations of 30, 100, 300, 1000, 3000, and 10,000 ng/l.
Reichman, E.P., Harry Boonstra, Erik P. Reichman, Boonstra, H., van den Brink, P.J., Brink, P.J., van den, Paul J. van den Brink   +6 more
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Ivermectin Treatment and Sanitation Effectively Reduce Strongyloides stercoralis Infection Risk in Rural Communities in Cambodia [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Strongyloides stercoralis is the only soil-transmitted helminth with the ability to replicate within its host, leading to long-lasting and potentially fatal infections. It is ubiquitous and its worldwide prevalence has recently been estimated
Virak Khieu (236174), Christian Schindler (71594), Virak Khieu, Schär, Fabian, Fabian Schär (280371), Hanspeter Marti, Sinuon Muth, Sinuon Muth (251084), Char, Meng Chuor, Odermatt, Peter, Muth, Sinuon, Khieu, Virak, Forrer, Armelle, Christian Schindler, Fabian Schär, Peter Odermatt, Marti, Hanspeter, Peter Odermatt (148926), Schindler, Christian, Meng Chuor Char, Hanspeter Marti (224864), Meng Chuor Char (3070287), Armelle Forrer (183487), Armelle Forrer   +23 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
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Ivermectin Does Not Protect against SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the Syrian Hamster Model

Microorganisms, 2022
Ivermectin, an FDA-approved antiparasitic drug, has been reported to have in vitro activity against SARS-CoV-2. Increased off-label use of ivermectin for COVID-19 has been reported.
Caroline S. Foo, Rana Abdelnabi, Laura Vangeel, Steven De Jonghe, Dirk Jochmans, Birgit Weynand, Johan Neyts   +6 more
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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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The actions of chloride channel blockers, barbiturates and a benzodiazepine on Caenorhabditis elegans glutamate- and ivermectin-gated chloride channel subunits expressed in Xenopus oocytes [PDF]

, 2009
The pharmacology of Caenorhabditis elegans glutamate-gated chloride (GluCl) channels was determined by making intracellular voltage-clamp recordings from Xenopus oocytes expressing GluCl subunits. As previously reported (Cully et al.
Bush, Elizabeth, Holden-Dye, Lindy, Foreman, Richard, Walker, Robert J.   +3 more
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Long-term periodic anthelmintic treatments are associated with increased allergen skin reactivity. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: The low prevalence of allergic disease in the rural tropics has been attributed to the protective effects of chronic helminth infections. There is concern that treatment-based control programmes for these parasites may lead to an increase in ...
Oviedo, G, M. Vaca, I. Quinzo, L. C. Rodrigues, Rodriguez, A, Rodrigues, LC, Moncayo, A-L, M. E. Chico, Chico, ME, G. Oviedo, Lovato, R, Endara, P, P. J. Cooper, R. Lovato, M. L. Barreto, Quinzo, I, A.-L. Moncayo, P. Endara, Vaca, M, Erazo, S, A. Rodriguez, Barreto, ML, S. Erazo, Moncayo, AL, Cooper, PJ   +24 more
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Selamectin is the avermectin with the best potential for Buruli ulcer treatment [PDF]

, 2015
A comprehensive analysis was done to evaluate the potential use of anti-parasitic macrocyclic lactones (including avermectins and milbemycins) for Buruli ulcer (BU) therapy.
Gerd Pluschke, Scherr, Nicole, Thompson, Charles J., Charles J Thompson, Nicole Scherr, Ramón-García, Santiago, Santiago Ramón-García, Pluschke, Gerd   +7 more
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Financial and economic costs of the elimination and eradication of onchocerciasis (river blindness) in Africa [PDF]

, 2015
Onchocerciasis (river blindness) is a parasitic disease transmitted by blackflies. Symptoms include severe itching, skin lesions, and vision impairment including blindness. More than 99% of all cases are concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa.
Sicuri, E, Young Eun Kim (117995), Elisa Sicuri, Sicuri, Elisa, Tediosi, F, Fabrizio Tediosi (247282), Young Eun Kim, Tediosi, Fabrizio, Young Eun Kim, Fabrizio Tediosi, Kim, Young E., Elisa Sicuri (247271), Kim, YE, Kim, Young Eun   +13 more
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Would ivermectin for malaria control be beneficial in onchocerciasis-endemic regions?

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2019
Background There is accumulating evidence supporting the use of ivermectin as a malaria control tool. Recent findings from the repeat ivermectin mass drug administrations for control of malaria trial demonstrated a reduced incidence of malaria in ...
Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Marina Kugler, An Hotterbeekx, Adam Hendy, Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden, Robert Colebunders   +5 more
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