Mass Administration of Ivermectin in Areas Where Loa loa Is Endemic

The 2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine was shared in part by the discoverers of ivermectin. Donated tablets of ivermectin have been distributed in Africa since 1988 through mass drug administration programs for onchocerciasis, or river blindness (caused by Onchocerca volvulus), and since 2000 for…

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