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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

Parasites & Vectors
Background After ivermectin became available, diethylcarbamazine (DEC) use was discontinued because of severe adverse reactions, including ocular reactions, in individuals with high Onchocerca volvulus microfilaridermia (microfilariae/mg skin, SmfD ...
Eric M. Kanza, Amos Nyathirombo, Jemmah P. Larbelee, Nicholas O. Opoku, Didier K. Bakajika, Hayford M. Howard, Germain L. Mambandu, Maurice M. Nigo, Deogratias Ucima Wonyarossi, Françoise Ngave, Kambale Kasonia Kennedy, Kambale Kataliko, Kpehe M. Bolay, Simon K. Attah, George Olipoh, Sampson Asare, Mupenzi Mumbere, Michel Vaillant, Christine M. Halleux, Annette C. Kuesel   +19 more
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Corneal blindness: a global perspective

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2001
Diseases affecting the cornea are a major cause of blindness worldwide, second only to cataract in overall importance. The epidemiology of corneal blindness is complicated and encompasses a wide variety of infectious and inflammatory eye diseases that ...
Whitcher John P., Srinivasan M., Upadhyay Madan P.   +2 more
doaj  

Ocular Onchocerciasis [PDF]

, 2020
openaire   +1 more source

OCULAR LESIONS OF ONCHOCERCIASIS [PDF]

British Journal of Ophthalmology, 1962
openaire   +2 more sources

Recognising ‘high-risk’ eyes before cataract surgery

Community Eye Health Journal, 2008
Certain eyes are at a higher risk of complication during cataract surgery. Operations on such ‘high-risk’ eyes are also more likely to yield a poor visual outcome (defined as best corrected vision less than 6/60 after surgery).1Learning to recognise when
Parikshit Gogate, Mark Wood
doaj  

Ocular Syndrome in Onchocerciasis [PDF]

BMJ, 1944
openaire   +2 more sources

Zoonotic filariasis and its public health significance: a comprehensive literature review. [PDF]

Front Microbiol
M R, Rahi M, Saini P.
europepmc   +1 more source

Onchocerciasis and non-communicable diseases in the Bafut Health District, Cameroon: Knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards community-directed treatment with ivermectin. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Ajonina-Ekoti IU, Aghaeze PA, Ebanga J, Ekoti TA, Gangue T, Gariba BA, Mbanwi MA, Fozao AA, Nfor CK, Achukwi MD, Ajonina MU.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Death to Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis (DOLF) project: Accomplishments and ongoing research. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Fischer PU, King CL, Budge PJ, Weil GJ, DOLF Consortium.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Modelling the effects of immigration on the re-introduction of onchocerciasis. [PDF]

Parasit Vectors
Stapley JN, Basáñez MG, Ramani A, Walker M, Hamley JID.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources