PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022 Background Annual mass drug administrations (MDA) of ivermectin will strongly reduce Onchocerca volvulus microfilariae (mf) in the skin and in the onchocerciasis patients’ eyes. Ivermectin treatment will also affect the expression of immunity in patients,
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Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 1978 Well over 20 million people in the world are infected with Onchocerca volvulus and it is probable that 200 000-500 000 people are blind as a result of this infection, which is the most important cause of blindness in certain areas of Africa and Latin America.Treatment of the disease is difficult and often produces serious adverse reactions in the ...
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