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Update on the current status of onchocerciasis in Cote d’Ivoire following 40 years of intervention: Progress and challenges [PDF]

, 2018
Background Onchocerciasis control in Côte d’Ivoire started with aerial insecticide spraying in 1974 and continued with community directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTi) from 1992 to the present.
Aba, Elvis, Brika, Pierre, Fischer, Peter U, King, Christopher L, Kouakou, Marie-Madeleine, Kouakou, Roger, Koudou, Benjamin G, Meite, Aboulaye, Ouattara, Allassane F, Weil, Gary J, Yeo, Souleymane   +10 more
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Harnessing Advanced Molecular and Digital Tools for Early Detection of Vector‐Borne Pathogens in Mosquitoes to Control the Emergence and Resurgence of Infectious Diseases

Journal of Parasitology Research, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Vector‐borne diseases (VBDs) transmitted by mosquitoes and other arthropods remain a major global health concern, responsible for millions of infections and deaths annually. These include malaria (Plasmodium spp.), dengue, Zika, chikungunya, West Nile fever, filariasis (Wuchereria bancrofti), leishmaniasis (Leishmania spp.), and Lyme disease (Borrelia ...
Alisha Sinha, Aditi Pal, Ambika Sahoo, Banamber Sahoo, Mahesh Chandra Sahu, Satabdi Datta Choudhury   +5 more
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The therapeutic efficacy and macrofilaricidal activity of doxycycline for the treatment of river blindness [PDF]

, 2014
Background. Onchocerca volvulus and lymphatic filariae, causing river blindness and elephantiasis, depend on endosymbiotic Wolbachia bacteria for growth, development, fertility, and survival.
Achim Hoerauf, Agwuh, Basáñez, Basáñez, Bosshardt, Cattamanchi, Chib, Churcher, de Andrade, Debrah, Duke, Duke, Gardon, Gelman, Hoerauf, Hoerauf, Hoerauf, Hoerauf, Hoerauf, Hoerauf, Hoerauf, Mand, Mark J. Taylor, Martin Walker, María-Gloria Basáñez, Norton, Osei-Atweneboana, Plaisier, Plaisier, Roberts, Sabine Specht, Specht, Tamarozzi, Taylor, Taylor, Taylor, Taylor, Taylor, Thomas S. Churcher, van Rie, Wanji, Wearing, World Health Organization, Xia   +43 more
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Magnitude and Associated Factors of Podoconiosis and its Comorbidity With Tungiasis Among Residents in Southwest Ethiopia: A Community‐Based Cross‐Sectional Study

Journal of Tropical Medicine, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Background Nonfilarial elephantiasis, also known as podoconiosis, is a completely preventable, neglected tropical disease characterized by prominent swelling of the lower extremities. The disease is common in sub‐Saharan Africa. However, its epidemiology varies from region to region.
Yared Nigusu, Sisay Teferi, Eshetu Chilo, Teshome Bekana, Kassahun Demelash Alemu, Samuel Ejeta Chibsa, Geleta Nenko Dube, Dereje Oljira Donacho, Qin-Xiu Zhang   +8 more
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Exploring the dynamics of lymphatic filariasis through a mathematical model and analysis with Holling type II treatment functions [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Numerical Analysis and Optimization
This paper presents a robust deterministic mathematical model incorporat-ing Holling type II treatment functions to comprehensively investigate the dynamics of Lymphatic filariasis.
F.A. Oguntolu, O.J. Peter, B.I. Omede, T.A. Ayoola, G.B. Balogun   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mapping the Insecticide Resistance Landscape of Malaria Vectors in Odisha, India (1993–2024): A Scoping Review

Journal of Tropical Medicine, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Background Vector‐borne​ diseases (VBDs) are a serious threat to public health, globally. Different genera of mosquitoes, acting as disease vectors, transmit diseases such as malaria, filariasis, dengue, chikungunya, Zika fever, and others. Malaria in humans is caused by Plasmodium species transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes.
Tapan Kumar Barik, Poonam Sharma Velamuri, Kiran Bala Bhuyan, Sadai Sabar, Pruthiraj Mohapatra, Bijayalaxmi Sahu, Manoj Kumar Das, Sanghamitra Pati, Aditya Prasad Dash, Kamaraju Raghavendra, Priya Gusain   +10 more
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Exploring barriers to accessing treatment for Lymphatic Filariasis through a socio-ecological lens in Buvuma and Napak districts, Uganda.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BackgroundThe World Health Organization launched the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis in 2000, which aimed at eradicating the disease by 2030. This goal depends on community mass drug administration and essential care.
Arthur Bagonza, Linda Gibson, Lydia Kabiri, Chris Bezalel, Saravu Rama Bhat Narahari, Peter J Franks, David Musoke, Christine Moffatt   +7 more
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Environment Biological and Health Care Efforts Influenced of Lymfatic Filariasis Incidence, Sarmi Distric

Jurnal Berkala Epidemiologi, 2014
District Sarmi is the most endemic area of filariasis in Papua which has rate of microfilaria (mf) (47.06%) up to the year 2012. In the Province Papua filarial worm is Wuchereria bancrofti and is transmitted through the bite of a mosquito vectors ...
Mina Sipayung, Chatarina Umbul Wahjuni, Shrimarti Devy   +2 more
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Studi Bioekologi Nyamuk Mansonia Spp Vektor Filariasis di Kabupaten Tanjung Jabung Timur, Provinsi Jambi [PDF]

, 2016
Lymphatic filariasis is still public health problem in Tanjung Jabung district, Jambi Province. Mass drug administration has been done to prevent of lymphatic filariasis transmission in this area, however new cases are still found.
Pahlepi, R. I. (R), Rahayu, K. S. (Katarina), Santoso, S. (Santoso), Suryaningtyas, N. H. (Nungki), Yahya, Y. (Yahya)   +4 more
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The neglected majority: Inverse relationship between prevalence and global research activity of 15 dermatological diseases

JDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, Volume 24, Issue 4, Page 538-540, April 2026.
Oliver Brandt, Erere Otrofanowei, Ncoza Dlova, Simon M. Mueller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source