02/18/2021
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Drugs that target early stages of Onchocerca volvulus: A revisited means to facilitate the elimination goals for onchocerciasis
Shabnam Jawahar and colleagues posit that the addition of “prophylactic” drugs to the toolbox of present microfilaricidal drugs and future macrofilaricidal treatment regimens will not only improve the chances of meeting the elimination goals, but may hasten the time to elimination and also will support achieving a sustained elimination of onchocerciasis. Read the Viewpoint.
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