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Onchocerca jakutensis ocular infection in Poland: a new vector-borne human health risk?

Parasites & Vectors, 2020
Background Zoonotic onchocerciasis is a vector-borne disease, which involves many animal species, including large ungulates, boars, dogs, and sporadically, humans. So far, 39 cases of zoonotic onchocerciasis have been reported worldwide, 30 of which have
Maria Wesołowska, Hanna Zając-Pytrus, Aleksander Masny, Wiktoria Pytrus, Brygida Knysz, Elzbieta Golab, Rusłan Sałamatin   +6 more
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Evidence of suppression of onchocerciasis transmission in the Venezuelan Amazonian focus. [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) has set goals for onchocerciasis elimination in Latin America by 2015. Most of the six previously endemic countries are attaining this goal by implementing twice a year (and in some foci, quarterly) mass ...
Basanez, MG, Borges, D, Botto, C, Camacho, O, Coronel, P, Cortez, J, Escalona, M, Flores, J, Frontado, H, Graterol, B, Grillet, ME, Guerra, F, Margeli, H, Morales, AL, Noya-Alarcón, O, Rodriguez, MA, Ríos, D, Tovar, Y, Unnasch, TR, Villamizar, NJ, Vivas-Martínez, S   +20 more
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Successful interruption of transmission of Onchocerca volvulus in the Escuintla-Guatemala focus, Guatemala. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2009
BACKGROUND: Elimination of onchocerciasis (river blindness) through mass administration of ivermectin in the six countries in Latin America where it is endemic is considered feasible due to the relatively small size and geographic isolation of endemic ...
Rodrigo J Gonzalez, Nancy Cruz-Ortiz, Nidia Rizzo, Jane Richards, Guillermo Zea-Flores, Alfredo Domínguez, Mauricio Sauerbrey, Eduardo Catú, Orlando Oliva, Frank O Richards, Kim A Lindblade   +10 more
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River blindness: An old disease on the brink of elimination and control

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 2011
For decades, onchocerciasis (or river blindness) was one of the most common infectious causes of blindness in the world. Primarily an infection of Africa, with limited distribution in the new world, disease due to the nematode Onchocerca volvulus is ...
Kevin L Winthrop, Joao M Furtado, Juan C Silva, Serge Resnikoff, Van C Lansingh   +4 more
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Verme subconjuntival da espécie Loa loa: primeiro caso no Brasil [PDF]

, 2012
We report the first case of ocular infestation by Loa loa in Brazil. Loiasis is caused by infestation with Loa loa, a filarial parasite originally found in the rainforests of western and central Africa.
Almeida, Juliana de Souza, Barbosa, Carolina Pelegrini, Camargo, Luis Marcelo Aranha, Ogawa, Guilherme Maerschner, Passos, Renato Magalhães   +4 more
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An Eye on Travel: An Overview of Travel-Related Ocular Complications [PDF]

International Journal of Travel Medicine and Global Health, 2017
Travellers are at risk of a diverse range of environmental and infectious conditions, some of which may affect the eyes and lead to blindness in severe cases. Travel-related ocular infections include onchocerciasis, leishmaniasis, cysticercosis, trachoma,
John Zhi Ming Tang, Gerard Flaherty
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Immunoselective progression of a multi-epitope-based subunit vaccine candidate to convey protection against the parasite Onchocerca lupi

Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, 2023
Globalization has resulted in an increasing worldwide movement of humans and animals as well as changes in the external environment, temperature, and social interactions, resulting in the accelerated emergence of new diseases in humans and dogs, such as ...
Mohammad Nahian Rahman, Shakil Ahmed, Mahamudul Hasan, Md. Sabbir Ahmed Shuvo, Md. Anwarul Islam, Rakibul Hasan, Shiplu Roy, Hemayet Hossain, Md. Mukthar Mia   +8 more
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Evidence-based indications for ivermectin in parasitic diseases: An integrated approach to context and challenges in Peru

Parasite Epidemiology and Control, 2023
Ivermectin has emerged as a therapeutic option for various parasitic diseases, including strongyloidiasis, scabies, lice infestations, gnathostomiasis, and myiasis.
Virgilio E. Failoc-Rojas, Heber Silva-Díaz, Jorge L. Maguiña, Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales, Cristian Díaz-Velez, Moises Apolaya-Segura, Mario J. Valladares-Garrido   +6 more
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Onchocerca volvulus infection and serological prevalence, ocular onchocerciasis and parasite transmission in northern and central Togo after decades of Simulium damnosum s.l. vector control and mass drug administration of ivermectin.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018
BackgroundMass drug administration (MDA) of ivermectin has become the main intervention to control onchocerciasis or "river blindness". In Togo, after many years of MDA, Onchocerca volvulus infection has declined dramatically, and elimination appears ...
Kossi Komlan, Patrick S Vossberg, Richard G Gantin, Tchalim Solim, Francois Korbmacher, Méba Banla, Koffi Padjoudoum, Potchoziou Karabou, Carsten Köhler, Peter T Soboslay   +9 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.
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