a drug that kills parasitic nematode worms, mites, and insects. It is used to treat a variety of parasitic infections in domestic animals and onchocerciasis in humans
Examples of 'ivermectin' in a sentence
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The patient was treated with ivermectin and improved.
Rishi Muhammad, Chaudhry Saleha 2011, 'Pulmonary strongyloidiasis associated CD3+ large granular lymphocytosis', Annals of Thoracic Medicinehttp://www.thoracicmedicine.org/article.asp?issn=1817-1737;year=2011;volume=6;issue=2;spage=96;epage=98;aulast=Rishi. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Inexistence of ivermectin was verified in meat from organic and conventional production models.
Nivea Maria Brancacci Lopes Zeola, Américo Garcia da Silva Sobrinho, Gabriela MilaniManzi 2011, 'Parâmetros qualitativos da carne de cordeiros submetidos aos modelos de produção orgânicoe convencional', Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Sciencehttp://www.revistas.usp.br/bjvras/article/view/34361. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Ivermectin and moxidectin had the lowest in between-test variation.
Marcelo Beltrão Molento, Ricardo José Canever 2017, 'In vitro evaluation of ivermectin, moxidectin, albendazole and pyrantel against cyathostominsof horses', Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterináriahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-29612018000100091&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The second treatment was applied with injectable ivermectin on both farms.
Tomas Kupcinskas, Inga Stadaliene, Algimantas Paulauskas, Pavelas Trusevicius, SauliusPetkevicius, Johan Höglund, Mindaugas Sarkunas 2017, 'A comparison of two different anthelmintic treatment regimens against natural gastrointestinalnematode infections on two Lithuanian sheep farms', Acta Veterinaria Scandinavicahttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13028-017-0336-6. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Ivermectin 200mcg/kg/day treatment was initiated and oxacillin associated.
Vitor Valente Lopes, Luis Arthur Brasil Gadelha Farias, Nina Brunet Saraiva Rodrigues,Andréa Pinheiro de Moraes, Robério Dias Leite, Gláucia Maria Lima Ferreira 2018, 'Disseminated cutaneous larva migrans in a 7-year-old patient', Journal of Health & Biological Scienceshttp://periodicos.unichristus.edu.br/index.php/jhbs/article/view/2175. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We found no evidence that ivermectin residues had a lethal effect on adult beetles.
Paul Manning, Sarah A. Beynon, Owen T. Lewis 2017, 'Quantifying immediate and delayed effects of anthelmintic exposure on ecosystem functioningsupported by a common dung beetle species', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0182730. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, ivermectin has never been shown to be effective against bacterial pathogens.
Matthew A. Pettengill, Verissa W. Lam, Ikechukwu Ollawa, Camila Marques-da-Silva,David M. Ojcius 2012, 'Ivermectin Inhibits Growth of Chlamydia trachomatis in Epithelial Cells', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0048456. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Three treatment groups were assessed on each farm: control, albendazole, and ivermectin.
R. Maroto, A. E. Jiménez, J. J. Romero, V. Alvarez, J. B. De Oliveira, J. Hernández 2011, 'First Report of Anthelmintic Resistance in Gastrointestinal Nematodes of Sheep fromCosta Rica', Veterinary Medicine Internationalhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/145312. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In addition, ivermectin distribution, coverage and impact on disease transmission need to be continually assessed.
Mohammed A K Mahdy, Rashad Abdul-Ghani, Thaker A A Abdulrahman, Samira M A Al-Eryani,Abdulsalam M Al-Mekhlafi, Sami A A Alhaidari, Ahmed A Azazy 2018, 'Onchocerca volvulus infection in Tihama region - west of Yemen: Continuing transmissionin ivermectin-targeted endemic foci and unveiled endemicity in districts with previouslyunknown status.', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseaseshttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5854432?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)