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Factors affecting onchocerciasis transmission: Lessons for infection control [PDF]
, 2017 Introduction: Onchocerca volvulus infects in excess of 15 million people. The vectors are Simulium blackflies, varieties of which differ in their ecologies, behaviour and vectorial abilities.
Cheke, Robert A.
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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 +8 more
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Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.In mammals, detection of Wolbachia bacteria can be used to diagnose filarial infection, while antibiotic treatment to eliminate Wolbachia can assist in eliminating filarial infections. Because Wolbachia are necessary for survival of several filarioids and closely related to Anaplasma and Ehrlichia, we analyzed Wolbachia DNA amplification by Anaplasma ...
Charlotte O. Moore +4 more
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Patent infections with soil-transmitted helminths and Schistosoma mansoni are not associated with increased prevalence of antibodies to the Onchocerca volvulus peptide epitopes OvMP-1 and OvMP-23 [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Ov16 serology is considered a reference method for Onchocerca volvulus epidemiological mapping. Given the suboptimal sensitivity of this test and the fact that seroconversion takes more than a year after infection, additional serological ...
Dana, Daniel +7 more
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, 2004 The ability of some soils to suppress soil-borne diseases has been long recognised, but the underlying epidemiological mechanisms by which this occurs are largely unknown.• Using damping-off disease caused by Rhizoctonia solani, spreading through ...
Alabouvette C +19 more
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Unique juxtaposition of onchocerca nodule and tumoural calcinosis: A case report
International Journal of Medicine and Health Development, 2008 A 45-year-old Igbo man presented with a subcutaneous nodule in the lateral aspect of his left thigh. Following its excision, the lesion turned out on microscopy to be due to the unique juxtaposition of onchocerca nodule and tumoural calcinosis.
Wilson I B. Onuigbo, Callistus C Ogbu
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Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2014 A patologia descritiva das lesões em animais domésticos de açougue permite enriquecer a literatura médica veterinária especializada em inspeção sanitária de carnes, assim como subsidiar tecnicamente os profissionais inspetores.
A.S.O. Santos +4 more
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Elimination of onchocerciasis in Ecuador: findings of post-treatment surveillance. [PDF]
, 2018 BACKGROUND: The Esmeraldas focus of onchocerciasis in Ecuador expanded geographically during the 1980s and was associated with severe ocular and skin disease.
AG Guevara +38 more
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The mitogenome of Onchocerca volvulus from the Brazilian Amazonia focus [PDF]
, 2016 James Lee Crainey +5 more
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Toward 959 nematode genomes [PDF]
, 2012 The sequencing of the complete genome of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans was a landmark achievement and ushered in a new era of whole-organism, systems analyses of the biology of this powerful model organism. The success of the C.
Blaxter, M +3 more
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