Assessment of microfilarial loads in the skin of onchocerciasis patients after treatment with different regimens of doxycycline plus ivermectin

Table 3 Comparison of significant differences* of skin GM mf of the various treatment regimens 18 months after therapy.

Treatment regimen	P-value before treatment	P-value 18 months after treatment
Controls vs. 2 weeks	0.1865	0.2262
Controls vs. 4 weeks	0.4146	0.0042
Controls vs. 6 weeks	0.6286	0.0138
2 weeks vs. 4 weeks	0.0577	0.0012
2 weeks vs. 6 weeks	0.1419	0.0028
4 weeks vs. 6 weeks	0.8933	0.5628