Reproductive Status of Onchocerca volvulus after Ivermectin Treatment in an Ivermectin-Naïve and a Frequently Treated Population from Cameroon

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Nana Djeunga, Hugues C ^a,b   Bourguinat, Catherine ^c   Pion, Sébastien D ^b,d   Bopda, Jean ^b   Kengne Ouafo, Jonas A ^e,f   Njiokou, Flobert ^a   Prichard, Roger K ^c   Wanji, Samuel ^e,f   Kamgno, Joseph ^a,b   Boussinesq, Michel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b Centre for Research on Filariasis and other Tropical Diseases (CRFilMT)   (Cameroon)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e Research Foundation in Tropical Diseases and Environment   (Cameroon)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE; IVERMECTIN;

ADULT; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOSTATIC EFFECT; FEMALE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIASIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPEATED DRUG DOSE; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CAMEROON; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84901281175     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002824     Document Type: Article

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