Upon entering an age of global ivermectin-based integrated mass drug administration for neglected tropical diseases and malaria

Abstract Ivermectin mass drug administration (MDA) in humans to reduce malaria vectors is yet another use for this remarkable medicine whose discoverers shared the 2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine with the discoverer of artemisinin. The malaria community should join those who have long used ivermectin M...

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Published in:Malaria Journal
Main Author: Frank O. Richards
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-1830-z
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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:c754db5a9da84fc893d7c536f8510015 2023-05-15T14:58:22+02:00 Upon entering an age of global ivermectin-based integrated mass drug administration for neglected tropical diseases and malaria Frank O. Richards 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-1830-z https://doaj.org/article/c754db5a9da84fc893d7c536f8510015 EN eng BMC http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-017-1830-z https://doaj.org/toc/1475-2875 doi:10.1186/s12936-017-1830-z 1475-2875 https://doaj.org/article/c754db5a9da84fc893d7c536f8510015 Malaria Journal, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-3 (2017) Malaria Ivermectin Albendazole Lymphatic Filariasis Mass Drug Administration Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 article 2017 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-1830-z 2022-12-31T02:30:00Z Abstract Ivermectin mass drug administration (MDA) in humans to reduce malaria vectors is yet another use for this remarkable medicine whose discoverers shared the 2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine with the discoverer of artemisinin. The malaria community should join those who have long used ivermectin MDA in an integrated battle to break transmission of three vector-borne parasitic diseases. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Malaria Journal 16 1
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topic Malaria
Ivermectin
Albendazole
Lymphatic Filariasis
Mass Drug Administration
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
spellingShingle Malaria
Ivermectin
Albendazole
Lymphatic Filariasis
Mass Drug Administration
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Frank O. Richards
Upon entering an age of global ivermectin-based integrated mass drug administration for neglected tropical diseases and malaria
topic_facet Malaria
Ivermectin
Albendazole
Lymphatic Filariasis
Mass Drug Administration
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
description Abstract Ivermectin mass drug administration (MDA) in humans to reduce malaria vectors is yet another use for this remarkable medicine whose discoverers shared the 2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine with the discoverer of artemisinin. The malaria community should join those who have long used ivermectin MDA in an integrated battle to break transmission of three vector-borne parasitic diseases.
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title Upon entering an age of global ivermectin-based integrated mass drug administration for neglected tropical diseases and malaria
title_short Upon entering an age of global ivermectin-based integrated mass drug administration for neglected tropical diseases and malaria
title_full Upon entering an age of global ivermectin-based integrated mass drug administration for neglected tropical diseases and malaria
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title_full_unstemmed Upon entering an age of global ivermectin-based integrated mass drug administration for neglected tropical diseases and malaria
title_sort upon entering an age of global ivermectin-based integrated mass drug administration for neglected tropical diseases and malaria
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