Ivermectin treatment of Loa loa hyper-microfilaraemic baboons (Papio anubis): Assessment of microfilarial load reduction, haematological and biochemical parameters and histopathological changes following treatment

• Samuel Wanji ,

  * E-mail: swanji@yahoo.fr

  Affiliations Parasites and Vectors Research Unit, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, South West Region, Cameroon, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, South West Region, Cameroon

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• Ebanga-Echi J. Eyong,

  Affiliations Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, South West Region, Cameroon, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Bamenda, Bambili, North West Region, Cameroon, Department of Zoology and Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, South West Region, Cameroon

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• Nicholas Tendongfor,

  Affiliation Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, South West Region, Cameroon

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• Che J. Ngwa,

  Affiliation Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, South West Region, Cameroon

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• Elive N. Esuka,

  Affiliation Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, South West Region, Cameroon

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• Arnaud J. Kengne-Ouafo,

  Affiliations Parasites and Vectors Research Unit, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, South West Region, Cameroon, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, South West Region, Cameroon

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• Fabrice R. Datchoua-Poutcheu,

  Affiliations Parasites and Vectors Research Unit, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, South West Region, Cameroon, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, South West Region, Cameroon

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• Peter Enyong,

  Affiliations Parasites and Vectors Research Unit, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, South West Region, Cameroon, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, South West Region, Cameroon

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• Dalen Agnew,

  Affiliation Department of Pathobiology & Diagnostic Investigation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States of America

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• Rob R. Eversole,

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States of America

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• Adrian Hopkins,

  Affiliation Mectizan Donation Programme, 325 Swanton Way, Decatur, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Charles D. Mackenzie

  Affiliation Filarial Programmes Support Unit, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4939-6996

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