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Epidemiology and Risks Survey of Onchocerca volvulus Infection in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area, Enugu State, Nigeria [PDF]

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Background: An epidemiological survey of Onchocerca volvulus infection and onchocerciasis in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area, Enugu State, Nigeria, was undertaken to assess its distribution and risks among individuals in the area.
Ifeoma Esther Aniaku, Grace Chinenye Onyishi, Chigozie Godwin Nwosu, Godwin Ikechukwu Ngwu, Chioma Janefrances Okeke, Uche Boniface Oraneli, Chidiebere Agha Otuu, Nicholas Arome Akobe, Augustine Uchechukwu Nnama, Kyrian Ikenna Onah   +9 more
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Onchocerciasis and non-communicable diseases in the Bafut Health District, Cameroon: Knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards community-directed treatment with ivermectin. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BackgroundOnchocerciasis remains a public health problem in Cameroon despite years of community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI). Its persistence increasingly overlaps with the rising burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
Irene U Ajonina-Ekoti, Promise A Aghaeze, Joan Ebanga, Theophilus A Ekoti, Tiburce Gangue, Beri A Gariba, Moses A Mbanwi, Adolph A Fozao, Carine K Nfor, Mbunkah D Achukwi, Marcelus U Ajonina   +10 more
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Repurposing of Anti-Infectives for the Management of Onchocerciasis Using Machine Learning and Protein Docking Studies [PDF]

Bioinformatics and Biology Insights
There is a need to improve the discovery of new drugs for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), as the lack of financial incentives has slowed their development. Currently, ivermectin and moxidectin are used in the management of onchocerciasis.
Cyril Tetteh, Andy Andoh Mensah, Bernice Ampomah, Mahmood B Oppong, Michael Lartey, Paul Owusu Donkor, Kwabena FM Opuni, Lawrence A Adutwum   +7 more
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Recognising the neurological burden of onchocerciasis: the need to include onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy in onchocerciasis global health metrics [PDF]

Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Background Historically, onchocerciasis has been recognised for its dermatological and ophthalmological manifestations, such as blindness. However, growing epidemiological evidence indicates that onchocerciasis is also associated with neurological ...
Luís-Jorge Amaral, Robert Colebunders
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Epidemiological assessment of onchocerciasis in previously unmapped villages for ivermectin distribution in Fer-Fer District, Somali Regional State, Eastern Ethiopia [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Onchocerciasis is endemic to parts of Ethiopia; however, epidemiological data are lacking in some regions. This study aimed to assess the prevalence, intensity, and risk factors of onchocerciasis in previously unmapped villages in the Fer-Fer ...
Dek Kahin Yosef, Barwaqo Saleban Awil, Ahmed Saeed Ismail, Mohamed Ahmed Hassan   +3 more
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Health-related quality of life and associated factors among Onchocerciasis patients in southeast Nigeria: A cross-sectional comparative study

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022
Introduction Onchocerciasis, a neglected tropical disease of public health importance, causes chronic morbidity and severe disability that may impact on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of the infected people.
Adah E. Otache, Ifeyinwa L. Ezenwosu, Edmund N. Ossai, Elias C. Aniwada, Emmanuel A. Nwobi, Benjamin SC. Uzochukwu   +5 more
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A community-based vector control intervention "Slash and Clear" implemented in two onchocerciasis-endemic foci in South Sudan. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Lakwo TL, Siewe Fodjo J, Jada SR, Alinda P, Tionga M, Marcello CDR, War DGD, Saleeb M, Colebunders R.   +8 more
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A cross-sectional study of Simulium damnosum sensu lato breeding sites and species distribution in Sudan savanna, mixed savanna–forest and rainforest regions in Cameroon

Parasites & Vectors, 2022
Background The presence of breeding sites and distribution of species of Simulium damnosum sensu lato are critical in understanding the epidemiology of onchocerciasis and evaluating the impact of elimination interventions.
Franklin Ayisi, Naniogué Sedou, Stephanie Kouahou Dieunang, Florent Yaya, Edmond François Tchago, Cosmas Ejong Ndellejong, Benjamin Biholong, Daniel Adjei Boakye   +7 more
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HISTONCHO: A database of intervention histories for onchocerciasis control & elimination in sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]

Dixon MA, Walker M, Ramani A, Coalson JE, Griswold E, Noland GS, Tate A, Makata E, Ali AMA, Cano J, Bessell P, Fronterrè C, Browning R, Stolk WA, Basáñez M.   +14 more
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Management of onchocerciasis among adolescents in nkwanta north district of Ghana: Qualitative study of adolescents' perception, community and health system support.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023
BackgroundOnchocerciasis affects the quality of life to a greater extent among affected individuals. The World Health Organization (WHO)'s Onchocerciasis Control Program (OCP) has effectively reduced the prevalence of onchocerciasis by interrupting the ...
Sitsofe Gbogbo, Hubert Amu, Robert Kokou Dowou, Martin Amogre Ayanore   +3 more
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