Comparison of Doxycycline, Minocycline, Doxycycline plus Albendazole and Albendazole Alone in Their Efficacy against Onchocerciasis in a Randomized, Open-Label, Pilot Trial

• Ute Klarmann-Schulz ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ute Klarmann-Schulz, Sabine Specht, Alexander Yaw Debrah

  Affiliations Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Institute for Medical Biometry, Informatics and Epidemiology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner-site Bonn-Cologne, Bonn, Germany

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• Sabine Specht ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ute Klarmann-Schulz, Sabine Specht, Alexander Yaw Debrah

  * E-mail: sabine.specht@uzh.ch

  Affiliations Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Institute of Laboratory Animal Science, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Alexander Yaw Debrah ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ute Klarmann-Schulz, Sabine Specht, Alexander Yaw Debrah

  Affiliations Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR), Kumasi, Ghana

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• Linda Batsa,

  Affiliation Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Nana Kwame Ayisi-Boateng,

  Affiliation University Hospital, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Jubin Osei-Mensah,

  Affiliation Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Yusif Mubarik,

  Affiliation Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Peter Konadu,

  Affiliation School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Arcangelo Ricchiuto,

  Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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• Rolf Fimmers,

  Affiliation Institute for Medical Biometry, Informatics and Epidemiology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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• Sandra Arriens,

  Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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• Bettina Dubben,

  Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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• Louise Ford,

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Mark Taylor,

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Achim Hoerauf

  Affiliations Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner-site Bonn-Cologne, Bonn, Germany

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