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How Can Onchocerciasis Elimination in Africa Be Accelerated? Modeling the Impact of Increased Ivermectin Treatment Frequency and Complementary Vector Control

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background Great strides have been made toward onchocerciasis elimination by mass drug administration (MDA) of ivermectin. Focusing on MDA-eligible areas, we investigated where the elimination goal can be achieved by 2025 by continuation of current ...
S. Verver, M. Walker, Young Eun Kim, G. Fobi, A. Tekle, Honorat G M Zoure, S. Wanji, D. Boakye, A. Kuesel, S. D. de Vlas, M. Boussinesq, M. Basáñez, W. Stolk   +12 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Microbes Saving Lives and Reducing Suffering

Microbial Biotechnology, Volume 18, Issue 1, January 2025.
Kenneth Timmis, Zeynep Ceren Karahan, Juan Luis Ramos, Omry Koren, Ana Elena Pérez‐Cobas, Karen Steward, Victor de Lorenzo, Elisabetta Caselli, Margaret Douglas, Clarissa Schwab, Virginia Rivero, Rafael Giraldo, Junkal Garmendia, Raymond J. Turner, Jessamyn Perlmutter, José M. Borrero de Acuña, Pablo Ivan Nikel, Jerome Bonnet, Angela Sessitsch, James K. Timmis, Carla Pruzzo, M. Auxiliadora Prieto, Siavash Isazadeh, Wei E. Huang, Gerard Clarke, Danilo Ercolini, Max Häggblom   +26 more
wiley   +1 more source

Onchocerciasis in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Survey of knowledge, attitude and perception in Bandundu province

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2017
A community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI) for fighting onchocerciasis was started in 2003 in the hyperendemic province of Bandundu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); such initiative was supported by the African Programme for Onchocerciasis ...
Jean-Claude Makenga Bof, Dieudonne Mpunga, Emery N. Soa, Fortunat Ntumba, Didier Bakajika, Michele E. Murdoch, Yves Coppieters   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

“Test and not treat” for onchocerciasis control in a Loa loa endemic area

New England Journal of Medicine, 2017
BACKGROUND Implementation of an ivermectin‐based community treatment strategy for the elimination of onchocerciasis or lymphatic filariasis has been delayed in Central Africa because of the occurrence of serious adverse events, including death, in ...
J. Kamgno, S. Pion, C. Chesnais, M. Bakalar, Michael V. D’Ambrosio, C. Mackenzie, H. Nana-Djeunga, Raceline Gounoue-Kamkumo, G. Njitchouang, P. Nwane, Jules B. Tchatchueng‐Mbouga, S. Wanji, W. Stolk, D. Fletcher, A. Klion, T. Nutman, M. Boussinesq   +16 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prevalence and Sociodemographic Risk Factors of Soil-Transmitted Helminths in Rural Communities Living in Endemic Foci of Onchocerciasis in Southern Gabon

Pathogens
This prospective survey determined the prevalence and intensity of infections due to geohelminths and the associated risk factors in five onchocerciasis-endemic communities in Gabon between January and February 2020.
Reinne Moutongo Mouandza, Jean Romain Mourou Mbina, Bridy Moutombi Ditombi, Joyce Coella Mihindou, Dimitri Ardrin Moussavou Mabicka, Christian Mayandza, Noe Patrick Mbondoukwe, Bedrich Pongui Ngondza, Luccheri Ndong Akomezoghe, Denise Patricia Mawili Mboumba, Marielle Karine Bouyou Akotet   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integration of onchocerciasis morbidity management and disability prevention services in the healthcare system in Tanzania: a call for action and recommendations

Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines
Onchocerciasis is among the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) responsible for dermatological, ophthalmological, and neurological manifestations. With the ongoing burden of onchocerciasis clinical manifestations, morbidity management, and disability ...
Vivian Mushi, Bruno P. Mmbando, Robert Colebunders   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Onchocerciasis [PDF]

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1953
K D, CROW, R H, SEVILLE
openaire   +3 more sources

Projected Number of People With Onchocerciasis–Loiasis Coinfection in Africa, 1995 to 2025

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background Onchocerciasis elimination through mass drug administration (MDA) is hampered by coendemicity of Loa loa, as people with high L. loa microfilariae (mf) density can develop serious adverse events (SAEs) after ivermectin treatment.
Natalie V. S. Vinkeles Melchers, L. Coffeng, M. Boussinesq, Bélen Pedrique, S. Pion, A. Tekle, Honorat G M Zoure, S. Wanji, J. Remmé, W. Stolk   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy an unrecognised important preventable public health problem [PDF]

, 2020
Robert Colebunders, Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Alfred Dusabimana, Michel Mandro, Dan Bhwana, Nolbert Gumisiriza, An Hotterbeekx   +6 more
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Investigation of an onchocerciasis educational intervention for improving knowledge, attitude, and prevention practices among endemic communities in Ghana

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases
BackgroundDespite substantial efforts to eliminate onchocerciasis, the disease remains a significant public health problem in endemic communities in Ghana.
Jamila Taffe, Ekbal Djibril, Sandra Abankwa Kwarteng, Michelle Addae-Kumi, Patrick Obuam, Ernest Ampon, Sarah Franklin, Eric Laarison Bawah, Pauline E Jolly   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source