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Some vector borne parasites in Swedish reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus L).

Rangifer, 1990
A review presented at the Fifth European Regional Meeting of the Society for Vector Ecology, September 2.-6. 1990, Uppsala, Sweden. The clinical and pathological manifestations as well as some meat hygienic aspects of Megatrypanum trypanosomes, Babesia ...
Claes Rehbinder
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Galectins from Onchocerca ochengi and O. volvulus and their immune recognition by Wistar rats, Gudali zebu cattle and human hosts

BMC Microbiology, 2021
Background During the last two decades research on animal filarial parasites, especially Onchocerca ochengi, infecting cattle in savanna areas of Africa revealed that O.
Ngwafu Nancy Ngwasiri, Norbert W. Brattig, Dieudonné Ndjonka, Eva Liebau, Archile Paguem, Dustin Leusder, Manchang Tanyi Kingsley, Albert Eisenbarth, Alfons Renz, Achukwi Mbunkah Daniel   +9 more
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Density dependence and the control of helminth parasites.

, 2006
1. The transient dynamics and stability of a population are determined by the interplay between species density, its spatial distribution and the positive and negative density-dependent processes regulating population growth. 2.
Basáñez, María-Gloria, Churcher, Thomas S, Filipe, João AN   +2 more
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Modelling the elimination of river blindness using long-term epidemiological and programmatic data from Mali and Senegal [PDF]

, 2017
The onchocerciasis transmission models EPIONCHO and ONCHOSIM have been independently developed and used to explore the feasibility of eliminating onchocerciasis from Africa with mass (annual or biannual) distribution of ivermectin within the timeframes ...
Basáñez, M-G, Bottomley, C, De Vlas, S J, Diawara, L, Dixon, M A, Stolk, W A, Traoré, M O, Walker, M   +7 more
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The Emergence of Zoonotic Onchocerca lupi Infection in the United States--A Case-Series.

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2016
This case-series describes the 6 human infections with Onchocerca lupi, a parasite known to infect cats and dogs, that have been identified in the United States since 2013.
P. Cantey, Jessica M Weeks, M. Edwards, Suchitra Rao, G. Ostovar, W. Dehority, M. Alzona, Sara Swoboda, B. Christiaens, W. Ballan, J. Hartley, Andrew Terranella, J. Weatherhead, James J. Dunn, Douglas P. Marx, M. J. Hicks, Ronald A. Rauch, Christiana Smith, M. Dishop, Michael H. Handler, Roy W. R. Dudley, K. Chundu, Daniel Hobohm, I. Feiz‐Erfan, Joseph Hakes, Ryan S. Berry, Shelly Stepensaski, B. Greenfield, Laura Shroeder, H. Bishop, Marcos de Almeida, B. Mathison, M. Eberhard   +32 more
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Exploring Glaucoma: From Pathogenesis to Emerging Diagnostic and Management Strategies

Journal of Ophthalmology, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible blindness globally, affecting millions of individuals. It encompasses a group of progressive optic neuropathies characterized by retinal ganglion cell loss and visual field deterioration, often associated with elevated intraocular pressure.
Rajesh Kumar Goit, Nilufer Yesilirmak
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Atividades preliminares do programa de controle e tratamento da oncocercose no território Yanomâmi, Roraima, Brasil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 1997
Após caracterização clínico-epidemiológica da oncocercose na região Yanomâmi, RR, Brasil, iniciada em 1993, a Fundação Nacional de Saúde (FNS) implementou um projeto piloto de controle e tratamento nos pólos de base de Tootobi e Balawaú.
Giovanini E. Coelho, João B.F. Vieira, Cláudio E. Oliveira, Deise A. Francisco, Luís R. Pinheiro   +4 more
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Animals and Fungi are Each Other's Closest Relatives: Congruent Evidence from Multiple Proteins [PDF]

, 1993
Phylogenetic relationships among plants, animals, and fungi were examined by using sequences from 25 proteins. Four insertions/deletions were found that are shared by two of the three taxonomic groups in question, and all four are uniquely shared by ...
Baldauf, S.L., Palmer, J.D.
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Ongoing Transmission of Onchocerca volvulus after 25 Years of Annual Ivermectin Mass Treatments in the Vina du Nord River Valley, in North Cameroon

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016
Background Recent reports of transmission interruption of Onchocerca volvulus, the causing agent of river blindness, in former endemic foci in the Americas, and more recently in West and East Africa, raise the question whether elimination of this ...
A. Eisenbarth, M. Achukwi, A. Renz
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Neglected Tropical Diseases and Female Infertility: Possible Pathophysiological Mechanisms

Journal of Tropical Medicine, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Battling female infertility has posed a global challenge, where neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are nonetheless a notable contributing factor. NTDs affect a variety of diseases, often of a chronic nature, which are often cited as some of the most lethal diseases operating against the most economically disadvantaged populations across the globe.
Moses Agbomhere Hamed, Olabanji Ahmed Surakat, Victor Olukayode Ekundina, Kabirat Bolajoko Jimoh, Adetomiwa Ezekiel Adeogun, Nafisat Omolola Akanji, Oluwafemi Joshua Babalola, Patrick Chukwunonso Eya, Rajib Chowdhury   +8 more
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