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LoveOneAnother's avatar

I'm doubtful that one dose a month would accomplish much protection because the half life of IVM is 18 hours.

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TRM's avatar

That is true. In the health care workers prophylactic studies in India where they gave dose 1 then 72 hours later gave dose 2 they noticed that if people forgot their second dose they had no benefit.

Surprisingly even at just 2 doses for a whole month there was a 70% positive outcome.

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Zade's avatar

As a prophylactic it seems to benefit Africans and Indians.

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