Evidence before this study
malaria, plasmodium
MALARIA, ONCHOCERCIASIS, LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS
A search in PubMed on February 1, 2019, using the keywords “malaria”, “plasmodium”, “ivermectin”, “elimination”, “control”, “transmission”, and “safety” was performed that included English, French and German publications that were indexed in the online database with no limit on publication dates. Ivermectin is an established control tool against onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis. There is evidence for its mosquitocidal effect in malaria patients’ blood. Furthermore, 