Prevalence and risk factors for Active Convulsive Epilepsy in Kintampo, Ghana [PDF]
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2015 INTRODUCTION: epilepsy is common in sub-Saharan Africa, but there is little data in West Africa, to develop public health measures for epilepsy in this region.
Kenneth Ayuurebobi Ae-Ngibise +9 more
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Phylogenetic relationships of the Wolbachia of nematodes and arthropods. [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2006 Wolbachia are well known as bacterial symbionts of arthropods, where they are reproductive parasites, but have also been described from nematode hosts, where the symbiotic interaction has features of mutualism.
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Development of Onchocerca volvulus in humanized NSG mice and detection of parasite biomarkers in urine and serum. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018 BackgroundThe study of Onchocerca volvulus has been limited by its host range, with only humans and non-human primates shown to be susceptible to the full life cycle infection.
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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]
Parasites & Vectors, 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 tests
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Histopathological evaluation of Onchocerca volvulus nodules by microscopy and by digital image analysis for the study of macrofilaricidal drug efficacy. [PDF]
Front Med (Lausanne), 2023 Fischer K +9 more
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A Novel Biplex <i>Onchocerca volvulus</i> Rapid Diagnostic Test Evaluated Among 3- to 9-Year-Old Children in Maridi, South Sudan. [PDF]
Diagnostics (Basel)Hadermann A +8 more
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A preliminary analysis of the population genetics and molecular phylogenetics of Onchocerca volvulus (Nematoda: Filarioidea) using nuclear ribosomal second internal transcribed spacer sequences [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2007 Nuclear internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) rDNA sequences were used for a molecular phylogenetics analysis of five Onchocerca species. The sister species of the human parasite O. volvulus was found to be the cattle parasite O.
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Optimized strategy for real-time qPCR detection of Onchocerca volvulus DNA in pooled Simulium sp. blackfly vectors. [PDF]
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2023 Doherty M +16 more
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Assessing <i>Onchocerca volvulus</i> Intensity of Infection and Genetic Diversity Using Mitochondrial Genome Sequencing of Single Microfilariae Obtained before and after Ivermectin Treatment. [PDF]
Pathogens, 2023 Hedtke SM +15 more
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Crystal structure of N-terminally hexahistidine-tagged Onchocerca volvulus macrophage migration inhibitory factor-1. [PDF]
Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol CommunN‐terminally hexahistidine‐tagged O. volvulus macrophage migration inhibitory factor‐1 has a unique jellyfish‐like structure with the prototypical macrophage migration inhibitory factor trimer as the `head' and a C‐terminal extension as the `tail'.Onchocerca volvulus causes blindness, onchocerciasis, skin infections and devastating neurological ...
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