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Assessment of microfilarial loads in the skin of onchocerciasis patients after treatment with different regimens of doxycycline plus ivermectin.

Debrah AY, Mand S, Marfo-Debrekyei Y, Larbi J, Adjei O, Hoerauf A.

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Doxycycline in the treatment of human onchocerciasis: Kinetics of Wolbachia endobacteria reduction and of inhibition of embryogenesis in female Onchocerca worms.

Hoerauf A, Mand S, Volkmann L, Büttner M, Marfo-Debrekyei Y, Taylor M, Adjei O, Büttner DW.

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Efficacy of 2- and 4-week rifampicin treatment on the Wolbachia of Onchocerca volvulus.

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Macrofilaricidal effect of 4 weeks of treatment with doxycycline on Wuchereria bancrofti.

Debrah AY, Mand S, Marfo-Debrekyei Y, Batsa L, Pfarr K, Buttner M, Adjei O, Buttner D, Hoerauf A.

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Chemokines in onchocerciasis patients after a single dose of ivermectin.

Fendt J, Hamm DM, Banla M, Schulz-Key H, Wolf H, Helling-Giese G, Heuschkel C, Soboslay PT.

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Efficacy of 5-week doxycycline treatment on adult Onchocerca volvulus.

Hoerauf A, Specht S, Marfo-Debrekyei Y, Büttner M, Debrah AY, Mand S, Batsa L, Brattig N, Konadu P, Bandi C, Fimmers R, Adjei O, Büttner DW.

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Effects of Ivermectin with and without doxycycline on clinical symptoms of onchocerciasis.

Masud H, Qureshi TQ, Dukley M.

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Awadzi K, Dadzie KY, Kläger S, Gilles HM.

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Prevalence and intensity of Onchocerca volvulus infection and efficacy of ivermectin in endemic communities in Ghana: a two-phase epidemiological study.

Osei-Atweneboana MY, Eng JK, Boakye DA, Gyapong JO, Prichard RK.

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Doxycycline as a novel strategy against bancroftian filariasis-depletion of Wolbachia endosymbionts from Wuchereria bancrofti and stop of microfilaria production.

Hoerauf A, Mand S, Fischer K, Kruppa T, Marfo-Debrekyei Y, Debrah AY, Pfarr KM, Adjei O, Büttner DW.

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Newly acquired Onchocerca volvulus filariae after doxycycline treatment.

Specht S, Hoerauf A, Adjei O, Debrah A, Büttner DW.

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A randomized, double-blind clinical trial of a 3-week course of doxycycline plus albendazole and ivermectin for the treatment of Wuchereria bancrofti infection.

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Renz A, Trees AJ, Achu-Kwi D, Edwards G, Wahl G.

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Doxycycline reduces plasma VEGF-C/sVEGFR-3 and improves pathology in lymphatic filariasis.

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Filariasis: new drugs and new opportunities for lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis.

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Effects of 6-week azithromycin treatment on the Wolbachia endobacteria of Onchocerca volvulus.

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Alley ES, Plaisier AP, Boatin BA, Dadzie KY, Remme J, Zerbo G, Samba EM.

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Efficacy of ivermectin in the treatment of concomitant Mansonella perstans infections in onchocerciasis patients.

Schulz-Key H, Albrecht W, Heuschkel C, Soboslay PT, Banla M, Görgen H.

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