Pharmacokinetics of oral moxidectin in individuals with Onchocerca volvulus infection.

• Main Authors: Beesan Tan (Author), Nicholas Opoku (Author), Simon K Attah (Author), Kwablah Awadzi (Author), Annette C Kuesel (Author), Janis Lazdins-Helds (Author), Craig Rayner (Author), Victoria Ryg-Cornejo (Author), Mark Sullivan (Author), Lawrence Fleckenstein (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Onchocerciasis ("river blindness"), is a neglected tropical disease caused by the filarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus and transmitted to humans through repeated bites by infective blackflies of the genus Simulium. Moxidectin was approved by the United State...