The therapeutic efficacy and macrofilaricidal activity of doxycycline for the treatment of river blindness [PDF]
Background. Onchocerca volvulus and lymphatic filariae, causing river blindness and elephantiasis, depend on endosymbiotic Wolbachia bacteria for growth, development, fertility, and survival.
Achim Hoerauf +43 more
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Onchocerciasis also known as river blindness is a neglected tropical disease and the world's second-leading infectious cause of blindness in humans; it is caused by Onchocerca volvulus.
Christoph Malkmus +4 more
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Co-infection with Onchocerca volvulus and Loa loa microfilariae in central Cameroon: are these two species interacting? [PDF]
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 +6 more
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Small RNAs and extracellular vesicles in filarial nematodes: from nematode development to diagnostics [PDF]
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. +2 more
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What's in your next-generation sequence data? An exploration of unmapped DNA and RNA sequence reads from the bovine reference individual. [PDF]
BackgroundNext-generation sequencing projects commonly commence by aligning reads to a reference genome assembly. While improvements in alignment algorithms and computational hardware have greatly enhanced the efficiency and accuracy of alignments, a ...
Alexander, Leeson J +9 more
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This datasheet on Onchocerca volvulus covers Identity, Distribution, Hosts/Species Affected, Vectors & Intermediate Hosts.
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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]
Despite 40 years of control efforts, onchocerciasis (river blindness) remains one of the most important neglected tropical diseases, with 17 million people affected.
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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 +4 more
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Observações preliminares sobre a transmissão de oncocercose no rio Toototobi, Amazonas, Brasil [PDF]
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 +2 more
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The macrofilaricidal efficacy of repeated doses of ivermectin for the treatment of river blindness [PDF]
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 +12 more
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