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MRI Findings in People with Epilepsy and Nodding Syndrome in an Area Endemic for Onchocerciasis: An Observational Study. [PDF]

, 2013
Onchocerciasis has been implicated in the pathogenesis of epilepsy. The debate on a potential causal relationship between Onchocerca volvulus and epilepsy has taken a new direction in the light of the most recent epidemic of nodding syndrome. To document
Dharsee, J, Friedrich, K, Gotwald, T, Jilek-Aall, L, Kidunda, A, König, R, Matuja, W, Meindl, M, Müller, T H, Nassri, A, Schmutzhard, E, Velicheti, S, Winkler, A S   +12 more
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An empirical method to estimate the effect of soil on the rate for transmission of damping‐off disease

, 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, Bailey DJ, C. A. Gilligan, Cook RJ, Dwyer G, Garrett KA, Gilligan CA, Gilligan CA, Gilligan CA, Hoper H, J. A. N. Filipe, Jeger MJ, Kleczkowski A, Nisbet RM, Otten W, Pielaat A, van den Bosch F, Van der Plank JE, W. Otten, Whipps JM   +19 more
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Modelling the impact of ivermectin on River Blindness and its burden of morbidity and mortality in African Savannah: EpiOncho projections [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: The African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) has refocused its goals on the elimination of infection where possible, seemingly achievable by 15–17 years of annual mass distribution of ivermectin in some African foci.
Basanez, M-G, Churcher, TS, Turner, HC, Walker, M   +3 more
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Elimination of Onchocerca volvulus Transmission in the Huehuetenango Focus of Guatemala

Journal of Parasitology Research, 2012
In Latin America, onchocerciasis is targeted for elimination by 2012 through twice-yearly mass treatment of the eligible population with ivermectin.
Nancy Cruz-Ortiz, Rodrigo J. Gonzalez, Kim A. Lindblade, Frank O. Richards, Mauricio Sauerbrey, Guillermo Zea-Flores, Alfredo Dominguez, Orlando Oliva, Eduardo Catú, Nidia Rizzo   +9 more
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Use of theLitomosoides sigmodontis- Mouse model in development of anOnchocercavaccine. I - molecular ofO. volvulusantigens [PDF]

, 1994
David W. Taylor, Gabriele Braun, Fred Engelbrecht, Graciela Salinas, Katharine A. Sinha   +4 more
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Beyond Tradition: Exploring Cutting-Edge Approaches for Accurate Diagnosis of Human Filariasis

Pathogens
Filariasis is recognised as a global public health threat, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions. It is caused by infection with a nematode parasite of the superfamily Filarioidea, including Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, Onchocerca ...
Damian Pietrzak, Julia Weronika Łuczak, Marcin Wiśniewski   +2 more
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Drugs that target early stages of Onchocerca volvulus: A revisited means to facilitate the elimination goals for onchocerciasis

, 2021
S Jawahar, Nancy Tricoche, Christina A. Bulman, Judy A. Sakanari, Sara Lustigman   +4 more
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Human immune responses to infective stage larval-specific chitinase of filarial parasite, Onchocerca volvulus, Ov-CHI-1. [PDF]

, 2003
Yang Wu, Gillian Egerton, James McCarthy, Thomas B. Nutman, A. E. Bianco   +4 more
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An 18S ribosomal DNA barcode for the study of Isomermis lairdi, a parasite of the blackfly Simulium damnosum s.l.

, 2009
The mermithid parasite, Isomermis lairdi Mondet, Poinar & Bernadou (Nematoda: Mermithidae), is known to have a major impact on populations of Simulium damnosum s.l. Theobald (Diptera: Simuliidae) and on their efficiency as vectors of Onchocerca volvulus (
Blaxter, Borsboom, Colbo, Crosskey, Crosskey, Davies, Finney, Floyd, Foottit, Holterman, Kaiser, Molloy, Molloy, Mondet, Mondet, Mondet, Osei-Atweneboana, Platzer, Poinar, Poinar, Post, Rubstov, St-Onge, Van Emden, Vandergast, Walsh, Wilson   +26 more
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Retinol, onchocerciasis and Onchocerca volvulus [PDF]

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1981
Stürchler, D., Wyss, Franziska, Hanck, A.   +2 more
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