Efficacy and Safety of High-Dose Ivermectin for Reducing Malaria Transmission (IVERMAL): Protocol for a Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Dose-Finding Trial in Western Kenya
Efficacy and Safety of High-Dose Ivermectin for Reducing Malaria Transmission (IVERMAL): Protocol for a Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Dose-Finding Trial in Western Kenya
Menno R Smit
1
, MD, MPH ;
Eric Ochomo
2
, PhD ;
Ghaith Aljayyoussi
1
, PhD ;
Titus Kwambai
2, 3
, MSc, MD ;
Bernard Abong'o
2
, MSc ;
Nabie Bayoh
4
, PhD ;
John Gimnig
4
, PhD ;
Aaron Samuels
4
, MHS, MD ;
Meghna Desai
4
, MPH, PhD ;
Penelope A Phillips-Howard
1
, PhD ;
Simon Kariuki
2
, PhD ;
Duolao Wang
1
, PhD ;
Steve Ward
1
, PhD ;
Feiko O ter Kuile
1
, MD, PhD
1
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), Liverpool, United Kingdom
2
Centre for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kisumu, Kenya
3
Kisumu County, Kenya Ministry of Health (MoH), Kisumu, Kenya
4
Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA, United States
Corresponding Author:
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Menno R Smit, MD, MPH
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM)
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Pembroke Place
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Liverpool, L3 5QA
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United Kingdom
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Phone:
254 703991513
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Fax: 44 1517053329
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Email: menno.smit@lstmed.ac.uk