Role of ivermectin in the prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection among healthcare workers in India: A matched case-control study.
Priyamadhaba BeheraBinod Kumar PatroArvind Kumar SinghPradnya Dilip ChandanshiveRavikumar S RSomen Kumar PradhanSiva Santosh Kumar PentapatiGitanjali BatmanabanePrasanta Raghab MohapatraBiswa Mohan PadhyShakti Kumar BalSudipta Ranjan SinghRashmi Ranjan MohantyPublished in: PloS one (2021)
Two-dose ivermectin prophylaxis at a dose of 300 μg/kg with a gap of 72 hours was associated with a 73% reduction of SARS-CoV-2 infection among healthcare workers for the following month. Chemoprophylaxis has relevance in the containment of pandemic.