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

Table 6 Comparison of significant differences between the treatment regimens 12 months post ivermectin (20 months after doxycycline) treatment.

Treatment regimen	Geometric mean*		Mf positive/persons examined^‡
	P value before treatment	P value after treatment	P value before treatment	P value after treatment
Controls vs. 4 weeks	0.8265	0.0056	>0.9999	0.0498
Controls vs. 6 weeks	0.6138	0.0095	>0.9999	0.0256
4 weeks vs. 6 weeks	0.7623	0.2337	>0.9999	>0.9999