1. Oral, Slow-Release Ivermectin: Biting Back at Malaria Vectors.
- Author
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Chaccour CJ and Rabinovich NR
- Subjects
- Administration, Oral, Animals, Delayed-Action Preparations administration & dosage, Delayed-Action Preparations pharmacokinetics, Delayed-Action Preparations pharmacology, Humans, Insect Vectors drug effects, Insecticides administration & dosage, Insecticides pharmacokinetics, Insecticides pharmacology, Ivermectin pharmacokinetics, Ivermectin pharmacology, Malaria drug therapy, Ivermectin administration & dosage, Malaria prevention & control, Mosquito Control methods
- Abstract
Bellinger and colleagues offer an elegant twist for a promising new tool against malaria. This formulation is designed to release ivermectin, a mosquito-killing drug for 10 days after a single oral dose. This could reduce the vector population and serve as a complementary tool for malaria elimination., (Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2017
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