Recent Strategies for Control and Containing the Spread of River

question 49

Multiple Choice

Recent strategies for control and containing the spread of river blindness include

• A)antibiotics to inhibit bacterial endosymbionts within Onchocerca volvulus.
• B)antihelmintic drugs such as ivermectin to destroy the larval worms.
• C)antiprotozoan drugs such as metronidazole.
• D)insecticides to decrease the blackfly population.
• E)filtering water through nylon sieves to remove Cyclops.

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