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Onchocerca volvulus causing abscesses.

The Journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 1972
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Nodding syndrome is unlikely to be an autoimmune reaction to leiomodin-1 after infection by Onchocerca volvulus [PDF]

Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, 2023
Nodding syndrome is a neurological disease of children in northern Uganda. Infection with the nematode parasite Onchocerca volvulus has been epidemiologically implicated as the cause of the disease.
Kenneth G. Kodja, Sylvester Onzivua, David L. Kitara, Amanda Fong, Patrick Kim, Michael S. Pollanen   +5 more
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A Four-Antigen Mixture for Rapid Assessment of Onchocerca volvulus Infection [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2009
Onchocerciasis, an infection caused by the filarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus, is a major public health concern. Given the debilitating symptoms associated with onchocerciasis and concerns about recrudescence in areas of previous onchocerciasis ...
Peter D Burbelo, Michael J Iadarola, Thomas B Nutman   +2 more
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Adjuvanted Fusion Protein Vaccine Induces Durable Immunity to Onchocerca volvulus in Mice and Non-Human Primates [PDF]

Vaccines, 2023
Onchocerciasis remains a debilitating neglected tropical disease. Due to the many challenges of current control methods, an effective vaccine against the causative agent Onchocerca volvulus is urgently needed.
Nathan M. Ryan, Jessica A. Hess, Erica J. Robertson, Nancy Tricoche, Cheri Turner, Jenn Davis, Nikolai Petrovsky, Melissa Ferguson, William J. Rinaldi, Valerie M. Wong, Ayako Shimada, Bin Zhan, Maria Elena Bottazzi, Benjamin L. Makepeace, Sean A. Gray, Darrick Carter, Sara Lustigman, David Abraham   +17 more
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Pregnant Women, a Potential Reservoir for Onchocerca volvulus? A Cross Sectional Study in Maridi County, South Sudan [PDF]

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
Background Onchocerciasis, a neglected tropical disease (NTD) caused by Onchocerca volvulus, is hyperendemic in many parts of Africa, including South Sudan.
Chiara Trevisan, Amber Hadermann, Stephen Raimon Jada, Raphael A. Abong, Yak Yak Bol, Joseph N. Siewe Fodjo, Katja Polman, Robert Colebunders   +7 more
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Virtual screening, MMGBSA, and molecular dynamics approaches for identification of natural products from South African biodiversity as potential Onchocerca volvulus pi-class glutathione S-transferase inhibitors [PDF]

Heliyon
We investigated 1012 molecules from natural products previously isolated from the South African biodiversity (SANCDB, https://sancdb.rubi.ru.ac.za/), for putative inhibition of Onchocerca volvulus pi-class glutathione S-transferase (Ov-GST2) by virtual ...
Mbah Bake Maraf, Bel Youssouf G. Mountessou, Tsahnang Fofack Hans Merlin, Pouyewo Ariane, Joëlle Nadia Nouping Fekoua, Takoua Bella Jean Yves, Tchuifon Tchuifon Donald Raoul, Auguste Abouem A Zintchem, Gouet Bebga, Ndassa Ibrahim Mbouombouo, Ponnadurai Ramasami   +10 more
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The onchocerciasis hypothesis of nodding syndrome.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023
Nodding syndrome (NS) is a phenotypic presentation of onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy (OAE). OAE is an important public health problem in areas with high ongoing Onchocerca volvulus transmission.
Robert Colebunders, Amber Hadermann, Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo   +2 more
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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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Onchocerca volvulus-specific antibody and cellular responses in onchocerciasis patients treated annually with ivermectin for 30 years and exposed to parasite transmission in central Togo

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022
Background Annual mass drug administrations (MDA) of ivermectin will strongly reduce Onchocerca volvulus microfilariae (mf) in the skin and in the onchocerciasis patients’ eyes. Ivermectin treatment will also affect the expression of immunity in patients,
Saskia I. Johanns, Richard G. Gantin, Bawoubadi Wangala, Kossi Komlan, Wemboo A. Halatoko, Meba Banla, Potchoziou Karabou, Adrian JF Luty, Hartwig Schulz-Key, Carsten Köhler, Peter T. Soboslay   +10 more
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A rare case of cutaneous onchocerciasis in North-East India, review of literature

Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2020
Onchocerca volvulus is a spirurid nematode that mainly affects the rural poor of Sub-Saharan Africa, Yemen, and parts of Central and South America. River blindness caused by Onchocerca volvulus is considered to be the second most common infectious cause ...
M M Pasha, Chetan C Patil, M Tanuja, Debdeep Mitra   +3 more
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