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Table 2 Parasitological results and statistical differences between groups four years after doxycycline MDA implementation

From: Long term impact of large scale community-directed delivery of doxycycline for the treatment of onchocerciasis

 

Treatment group

 
 

Doxycycline + ivermectin

Ivermectin only

p-value

Mf prevalence (%)

(95% CI)

17%

(13%-21%)

27%

(19%-35%)

0.014

Mf/mg skin

Median (75-95 percentile)

0 (0-3.5)

0 (0.37-5.37)

0.012

Nodule prevalence (%)

(95% CI)

19%

(15%-23%)

20%

(13%-27%)

0.776

Nodules/person

Median (75-95 percentile)

0 (0-2)

0 (0-2)

0.720

Mf prevalence in nodule + subjects (%)

(95% CI)

34%

(23%-46%)

54%

(33%-74%)

0.091

Mf/mg skin in nodule + subjects

Median (75-95 percentile)

0 (0.71-11.33)

0 (4.00-64.53)

0.032