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. 2012 Mar 20;5:53. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-53

Table 2.

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

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