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Surveillance for Onchocerciasis-Associated Epilepsy and OV16 IgG4 Testing of Children 6–10 Years Old Should Be Used to Identify Areas Where Onchocerciasis Elimination Programs Need Strengthening

Pathogens, 2022
To eliminate onchocerciasis-associated morbidity, it is important to identify areas where there is still high ongoing Onchocerca volvulus transmission.
Alfred Dusabimana, Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Michel Mandro Ndahura, Bruno P. Mmbando, Stephen Raimon Jada, Annelies Boven, Eric De Smet, Tony Ukety, Alfred K. Njamnshi, Anne Laudisoit, Steven Abrams, Robert Colebunders   +11 more
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Co-infection with Onchocerca volvulus and Loa loa microfilariae in central Cameroon: are these two species interacting? [PDF]

, 2006
Ivermectin treatment may induce severe adverse reactions in some individuals heavily infected with Loa loa. This hampers the implementation of mass ivermectin treatment against onchocerciasis in areas where Onchocerca volvulus and L.
Basáñez, M-G, Boussinesq, M, Clarke, P, Filipe, JAN, Gardon, J, Kamgno, J, Pion, SDS   +6 more
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The therapeutic efficacy and macrofilaricidal activity of doxycycline for the treatment of river blindness [PDF]

, 2014
Background. Onchocerca volvulus and lymphatic filariae, causing river blindness and elephantiasis, depend on endosymbiotic Wolbachia bacteria for growth, development, fertility, and survival.
Achim Hoerauf, Agwuh, Basáñez, Basáñez, Bosshardt, Cattamanchi, Chib, Churcher, de Andrade, Debrah, Duke, Duke, Gardon, Gelman, Hoerauf, Hoerauf, Hoerauf, Hoerauf, Hoerauf, Hoerauf, Hoerauf, Mand, Mark J. Taylor, Martin Walker, María-Gloria Basáñez, Norton, Osei-Atweneboana, Plaisier, Plaisier, Roberts, Sabine Specht, Specht, Tamarozzi, Taylor, Taylor, Taylor, Taylor, Taylor, Thomas S. Churcher, van Rie, Wanji, Wearing, World Health Organization, Xia   +43 more
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Small RNAs and extracellular vesicles in filarial nematodes: from nematode development to diagnostics [PDF]

, 2016
Parasitic nematodes have evolved sophisticated mechanisms to communicate with their hosts in order to survive and successfully establish an infection. The transfer of RNA within extracellular vesicles (EVs) has recently been described as a mechanism that
Babayan, S.A., Buck, A.H., Quintana, J.F.   +2 more
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Stage-specific proteomes from onchocerca ochengi, sister species of the human river blindness parasite, uncover adaptations to a nodular lifestyle [PDF]

, 2016
Despite 40 years of control efforts, onchocerciasis (river blindness) remains one of the most important neglected tropical diseases, with 17 million people affected.
Adam, Altschul, Altschul, Anon, Argueta, Armstrong, Armstrong, Arumugam, Babayan, Bazzocchi, Bendtsen, Benjamini, Bennuru, Bennuru, Berry, Berry, Board, Boatin, Brattig, Brattig, Brophy, Bulman, Burbelo, Burchard, Burket, Butler, Chandrashekar, Chawade, Chhabra, Choi, Claros, Constam, Cooray, Crump, Darby, Darby, Desjardins, Duckert, Edgar, Edwards, Erttmann, Finn, Franceschini, Frank, Gallin, Gardon, GBD 2013 Mortality and Causes of Death Collaborators, Geary, Ghali, Ghedin, Ghosh, Gilbert, Globisch, Godel, Gomez-Escobar, Gopal, Gotenstein, Gottsch, Grainger, Gretes, Guan, Guiliano, Hansen, Henrichfreise, Hewitson, Hewitson, Hewitson, Hotez, Hunter, Ichishita, Joseph, Joza, Kanazawa, Klion, Ko, Koonin, Korten, Krogh, Larkin, Li, Li, Liebau, Liebau, Liebau, Liebau, Littler, Liu, Longo, Lu, Lundquist, Lustigman, Lustigman, Mackenzie, Makepeace, Marti, McGarry, McSorley, Melnikow, Meyer, Michalski, Morales-Hojas, Moreno, Moreno, Morris, Mossmann, Nana-Djeunga, Nfon, Nicholson, Nomura, Ohtsuki, Ohtsuki, Osei-Atweneboana, Page, Pant, Parra, Petersen, Plaisier, Quintana, Ranjan, Rew, Rogalski, Roth, Saitou, Schulz-Key, Schulz-Key, Scocchi, Sheehan, Silva, Sommer, Srivastava, Tamarozzi, Tanikawa, Taylor, Tchakouté, Ternent, Tew, Thompson, Tiwari, Trees, Vogel, Wahl, Waterhouse, Westermann, Wildenburg, Willenbucher, Wilson, Wisniewski, Wu, Wu, Xie, Xie, Yamaguchi, Yang, Yasuda, Zanetti, Zipfel   +155 more
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Nodding syndrome (NS) and Onchocerca Volvulus (OV) in Northern Uganda

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2017
Nodding Syndrome (NS) is a childhood neurological disorder characterized by atonic seizures, cognitive decline, school dropout, muscle weakness, thermal dysfunction, wasting and stunted growth.
David Kitara Lagoro, Denis Anywar Arony
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Evidence against Wolbachia symbiosis in Loa loa [PDF]

, 2003
BACKGROUND: The majority of filarial nematode species are host to Wolbachia bacterial endosymbionts, although a few including Acanthocheilonema viteae, Onchocerca flexuosa and Setaria equina have been shown to be free of infection. Comparisons of species
Akue, Jean-Paul, Beeching, Nick J, Bianco, Albert E, Egerton, Gill, Enyong, Peter, Hoerauf, Achim, Kläger, Sabine L, McGarry, Helen F, Pfarr, Ken, Taylor, Mark J, Wanji, Samuel   +10 more
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Atividades preliminares do programa de controle e tratamento da oncocercose no território Yanomâmi, Roraima, Brasil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 1997
Após caracterização clínico-epidemiológica da oncocercose na região Yanomâmi, RR, Brasil, iniciada em 1993, a Fundação Nacional de Saúde (FNS) implementou um projeto piloto de controle e tratamento nos pólos de base de Tootobi e Balawaú.
Giovanini E. Coelho, João B.F. Vieira, Cláudio E. Oliveira, Deise A. Francisco, Luís R. Pinheiro   +4 more
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Observações preliminares sobre a transmissão de oncocercose no rio Toototobi, Amazonas, Brasil [PDF]

Acta Amazonica, 1976
Resumo Em dezembro de 1975 os autores estudaram vários fatores que influenciam a transmissão de Onchocerca volvulus ao norte do Amazonas, no rio Toototobi. Observaram que a densidade de microfilarias de O.
A. J. Shelley, J. A. S. Nunes de Mello, R. G. O. Rees   +2 more
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The macrofilaricidal efficacy of repeated doses of ivermectin for the treatment of river blindness [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Mass drug administration (MDA) with ivermectin is the cornerstone of efforts to eliminate human onchocerciasis by 2020 or 2025. The feasibility of elimination crucially depends on the effects of multiple ivermectin doses on Onchocerca ...
Basáñez, Maria-Gloria, Boussinesq, Michel, Chesnais, Cédric, Chippaux, Jean-Philippe, Ernould, Jean-Christophe, Fang, Hanwei, Garcia, André, Gardon, J., Kamgno, Joseph, Pion, Sébastien, Ranque, Stephane, Tchatchueng-Mbougua, Jules Brice, Walker, Martin   +12 more
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