Avermectin derivatives, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic and toxic dosages, mechanism of action, and their biological effects

G El-Saber Batiha, A Alqahtani, OB Ilesanmi, AA Saati… - Pharmaceuticals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Avermectins are a group of drugs that occurs naturally as a product of fermenting
Streptomyces avermitilis, an actinomycetes, isolated from the soil. Eight different structures …

A systematic review and an individual patient data meta-analysis of ivermectin use in children weighing less than fifteen kilograms: Is it time to reconsider the current …

P Jittamala, W Monteiro, MR Smit… - PLoS neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Oral ivermectin is a safe broad spectrum anthelminthic used for treating several
neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Currently, ivermectin use is contraindicated in children …

Mass drug administration of ivermectin and dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine against malaria in settings with high coverage of standard control interventions: a cluster …

ED Dabira, HM Soumare, B Conteh… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Although the malaria burden has substantially decreased in sub-Saharan
Africa, progress has stalled. We assessed whether mass administration of ivermectin (a …

Pharmacometrics of high dose ivermectin in early COVID-19: an open label, randomized, controlled adaptive platform trial (PLATCOV)

WHK Schilling, P Jittamala, JA Watson… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Background: There is no generally accepted methodology for in vivo assessment of antiviral
activity in SARS-CoV-2 infections. Ivermectin has been recommended widely as a treatment …

Structure-switching aptamer sensors for the specific detection of piperaquine and mefloquine

ES Coonahan, KA Yang, S Pecic, M De Vos… - Science Translational …, 2021 - science.org
Tracking antimalarial drug use and efficacy is essential for monitoring the current spread of
antimalarial drug resistance. However, available methods for determining tablet quality and …

Ivermectin as a novel complementary malaria control tool to reduce incidence and prevalence: a modelling study

HC Slater, BD Foy, K Kobylinski… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Ivermectin is a potential new vector control tool to reduce malaria transmission.
Mosquitoes feeding on a bloodmeal containing ivermectin have a reduced lifespan …

Applying the COM-B behaviour change model to a pilot study delivering volatile pyrethroid spatial repellents and insecticide-treated clothing to forest-exposed …

I Chen, D Doum, K Mannion, J Hustedt, S Sovannaroth… - Malaria Journal, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Southeast Asia is making tremendous progress towards their 2030
malaria elimination goal but needs new interventions to stop forest malaria. This study trials …

Pharmacokinetics of ivermectin metabolites and their activity against Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes

C Kern, P Müller, C Chaccour, ME Liechti, F Hammann… - Malaria journal, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Ivermectin (22, 23-dihydroavermectin B1a: H2B1a) is an endectocide
used to treat worm infections and ectoparasites including lice and scabies mites …

Adjunctive ivermectin mass drug administration for malaria control on the Bijagos Archipelago of Guinea-Bissau (MATAMAL): a quadruple-blinded, cluster …

H Hutchins, E Pretorius, J Bradley… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Arthropod vectors feeding on the blood of individuals treated with ivermectin
have substantially increased mortality. Whether this effect will translate into a useful tool for …

Ivermectin: a promising therapeutic for fighting malaria. Current status and perspective

L Singh, K Singh - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
Finding new chemotherapeutic interventions to treat malaria through repurposing of time-
tested drugs and rigorous design of new drugs using tools of rational drug design remains …