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Onchocerciasis transmission in Ghana: persistence under different control strategies and the role of the simuliid vectors. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015
BACKGROUND:The World Health Organization (WHO) aims at eliminating onchocerciasis by 2020 in selected African countries. Current control focuses on community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI).
Poppy H L Lamberton, Robert A Cheke, Peter Winskill, Iñaki Tirados, Martin Walker, Mike Y Osei-Atweneboana, Nana-Kwadwo Biritwum, Anthony Tetteh-Kumah, Daniel A Boakye, Michael D Wilson, Rory J Post, María-Gloria Basañez   +11 more
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Stage-Specific Transcriptome and Proteome Analyses of the Filarial Parasite Onchocerca volvulus and Its Wolbachia Endosymbiont

mBio, 2016
Onchocerciasis (river blindness) is a neglected tropical disease that has been successfully targeted by mass drug treatment programs in the Americas and small parts of Africa.
S. Bennuru, J. Cotton, J. Ribeiro, A. Grote, Bhavana Harsha, N. Holroyd, A. Mhashilkar, D. Molina, Arlo Z. Randall, Adam D. Shandling, T. Unnasch, E. Ghedin, M. Berriman, S. Lustigman, T. Nutman   +14 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Plasma-derived parasitic microRNAs have insufficient concentrations to be used as diagnostic biomarker for detection of Onchocerca volvulus infection or treatment monitoring using LNA-based RT-qPCR

Parasitology Research, 2017
River blindness, caused by infection with the filarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus, is a neglected tropical disease affecting millions of people. There is a clear need for diagnostic tools capable of identifying infected patients, but that can also be ...
Ole Lagatie, Linda Batsa Debrah, A. Debrah, L. Stuyver   +3 more
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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.
core   +1 more source

Structures of Trichomonas vaginalis macrophage migratory inhibitory factor

Acta Crystallographica Section F, Volume 80, Issue 12, Page 341-347, December 2024.
The production, crystallization and three crystal structures of macrophage migratory inhibitory factor from T. vaginalis are reported.The unicellular parasitic protozoan Trichomonas vaginalis causes trichomoniasis, the most prevalent nonviral sexually transmitted disease globally. T.
Aruesha Srivastava, Aryana Nair, Omolara C. O. Dawson, Raymond Gao, Lijun Liu, Justin K. Craig, Kevin P. Battaile, Elizabeth K. Harmon, Lynn K. Barrett, Wesley C. Van Voorhis, Sandhya Subramanian, Peter J. Myler, Scott Lovell, Oluwatoyin A. Asojo, Rabih Darwiche   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

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, Lagatie, Ole, Levecke, Bruno, Mekonnen Kurmane, Zeleke, Stuyver, Lieven J, Van Dorst, Bieke, Verheyen, Ann, Vlaminck, Johnny   +7 more
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Model-Based Geostatistical Mapping of the Prevalence of Onchocerca volvulus in West Africa

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016
Background The initial endemicity (pre-control prevalence) of onchocerciasis has been shown to be an important determinant of the feasibility of elimination by mass ivermectin distribution.
S. O'Hanlon, Hannah C. Slater, R. Cheke, B. Boatin, L. Coffeng, S. Pion, M. Boussinesq, Honorat G M Zoure, W. Stolk, M. Basáñez   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Onchocerca lupiNematode in Cat, Portugal

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015
To the Editor: Onchocerca lupi (Spirurida, Onchocercidae) is a nematode that infects the ocular tissues of dogs and humans. This filarioid remained almost unknown until recently, when it was reported in dogs from Europe and North America (1–3). O. lupi was also detected in 2 cats from the United States (4), which suggests that not only canids but also ...
Maia, Carla, ANNOSCIA, GIADA, LATROFA, MARIA STEFANIA, Pereira, André, GIANNELLI, ALESSIO, Pedroso, Laurentina, OTRANTO, Domenico   +6 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Another tool in the toolbox: Aphid‐specific Wolbachia protect against fungal pathogens

Environmental Microbiology, Volume 26, Issue 11, November 2024.
Wolbachia infected more than 80% of Pentalonia aphids sampled across the Hawaiian Islands and other locations. The aphid‐specific M‐supergroup strains of this symbiont protected against a specialist fungal pathogen, Pandora, but not the generalist pathogen Beauveria or the parasitoid Aphidius colemanii.
Clesson H. V. Higashi, Vilas Patel, Bryan Kamalaker, Rahul Inaganti, Alberto Bressan, Jacob A. Russell, Kerry M. Oliver   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Anti-Onchocerca and Anti-Caenorhabditis Activity of a Hydro-Alcoholic Extract from the Fruits of Acacia nilotica and Some Proanthocyanidin Derivatives

Molecules, 2017
Acacia nilotica fruits with high tannin content are used in the northern parts of Cameroon as anti-filarial remedies by traditional healers. In this study, the hydro-alcoholic fruit extract (crude extract (CE)) and, one of the main constituents in its ...
Jacqueline Dikti Vildina, Justin Kalmobe, B. Djafsia, T. Schmidt, E. Liebau, D. Ndjonka   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source