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Onchocerca volvulus and epilepsy: A comprehensive review using the Bradford Hill criteria for causation [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
Robert Colebunders, Alfred K Njamnshi, An Hotterbeekx   +2 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
doaj   +1 more source

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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Living microfilariae of Onchocerca volvulus in the cornea [PDF]

British Journal of Ophthalmology, 1973
John Anderson, H. Fuglsang
openalex   +4 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source

Emodepside targets SLO-1 channels of Onchocerca ochengi and induces broad anthelmintic effects in a bovine model of onchocerciasis.

PLoS Pathogens, 2021
Onchocerciasis (river blindness), caused by the filarial worm Onchocerca volvulus, is a neglected tropical disease mostly affecting sub-Saharan Africa and is responsible for >1.3 million years lived with disability. Current control relies almost entirely
Germanus S Bah, Sebastian Schneckener, Steffen R Hahnel, Nicolas H Bayang, Helena Fieseler, Gabriele M Schmuck, Ralph Krebber, Anouk Sarr, Carsten Terjung, Henrietta F Ngangyung, David D Ekale, Youssouf M Mfopit, Lucien Rufener, John Graham-Brown, Vincent N Tanya, Martin Glenschek-Sieberth, Daniel Kulke, Benjamin L Makepeace   +17 more
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Onchocerca volvulus microfilariae in the anterior chambers of the eye and ocular adverse events after a single dose of 8 mg moxidectin or 150 µg/kg ivermectin: results of a randomized double-blind Phase 3 trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana and Liberia. [PDF]

Parasit Vectors
Kanza EM, Nyathirombo A, Larbelee JP, Opoku NO, Bakajika DK, Howard HM, Mambandu GL, Nigo MM, Wonyarossi DU, Ngave F, Kennedy KK, Kataliko K, Bolay KM, Attah SK, Olipoh G, Asare S, Mumbere M, Vaillant M, Halleux CM, Kuesel AC.   +19 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Ivermectin inhibits growth of Chlamydia trachomatis in epithelial cells. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Ivermectin is currently approved for treatment of both clinical and veterinary infections by nematodes, including Onchocerca cervicalis in horses and Onchocerca volvulus in humans.
Matthew A Pettengill, Verissa W Lam, Ikechukwu Ollawa, Camila Marques-da-Silva, David M Ojcius   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Serotonin Levels in the Serum of Persons with Onchocerciasis-Associated Epilepsy: A Case-Control Study

Pathogens, 2021
Onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy (OAE) is a devastating childhood disorder occurring in areas with high Onchocerca volvulus transmission. Despite epidemiological evidence showing the association between O.
Melissa Krizia Vieri, An Hotterbeekx, Michel Mandro, Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Alfred Dusabimana, Francoise Nyisi, Deby Mukendi, Joe Gwatsvaira, Samir Kumar-Singh, Robert Colebunders   +9 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, Hannah P Leahy, Michael J Iadarola, Thomas B Nutman   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source