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Situation analysis of onchocerciasis in Cameroon: a protocol for systematic review of epidemiological studies and impact of disease control interventions

Systematic Reviews, 2020
Background Many control methods have been implemented to tackle onchocerciasis and great successes have been achieved, leading to a paradigm shift from control of morbidity to interruption of transmission and ultimately elimination.
Hugues C. Nana-Djeunga, André Domche, Yannick Niamsi-Emalio, Henri C. Moungui, Martin Walker, Maria-Gloria Basáñez, Joseph Kamgno   +6 more
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Epidemiology of onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy in the Mbam and Sanaga river valleys of Cameroon: impact of more than 13 years of ivermectin

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2018
BackgroundA high epilepsy prevalence has been reported in several onchocerciasis-endemic villages along the Mbam and Sanaga river valleys in Cameroon, including Bilomo and Kelleng.
J. S. Siewe Fodjo, G. Tatah, E. Tabah, L. Ngarka, L. Nfor, S. Chokote, M. Mengnjo, F. Déma, Aurélien Guy Tele Sitouok, G. Nkoro, F. Ntone, A. Bissek, C. Chesnais, M. Boussinesq, R. Colebunders, Alfred K. Njamnshi   +15 more
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The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation's Tropical Disease Research Program: A 25-Year Retrospective Review 1976-1999 [PDF]

, 2000
Documents and details the foundation's commitment to the program from its inception, and provides an analysis of its successes until the completion of the program in ...
Barnett L. Cline, Carolyn Asbury, Victoria M. Gammino   +2 more
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Prevalence of onchocerciasis and associated clinical manifestations in selected hypoendemic communities in Ghana following long-term administration of ivermectin

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
BackgroundOnchocerciasis is a neglected tropical disease which is still of immense major public health concern in several areas of Africa and the Americas. The disease manifests either as ocular or as dermal onchocerciasis with several symptoms including
K. Otabil, S. Gyasi, E. Awuah, D. Obeng-Ofori, Robert Junior Atta-Nyarko, Dominic Andoh, Beatrice Conduah, Lawrence Agbenyikey, P. Aseidu, C. Ankrah, A. Nuhu, H. Schallig   +11 more
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Onchocerciasis [PDF]

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1953
K D, CROW, R H, SEVILLE
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The application of predictive modelling for determining bio-environmental factors affecting the distribution of blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in the Gilgel Gibe watershed in Southwest Ethiopia [PDF]

, 2014
Blackflies are important macroinvertebrate groups from a public health as well as ecological point of view. Determining the biological and environmental factors favouring or inhibiting the existence of blackflies could facilitate biomonitoring of rivers ...
A Ambelu, A Cheaib, A Guisan, A Guisan, A Palialexis, Arash Rashed, Argaw Ambelu, B Planque, E Dakou, EG Gibbins, Gert Everaert, IG Jowett, JL Reid, JR Quinlan, K Lock, M Giannoulaki, M Giannoulaki, MA Hall, Magaly Koch, MJ Taylor, MP Austin, N Kazanci, Peter Goethals, Pieter Boets, PLM Goethals, R Figueiró, R Figueiró, R Sadeghi, R Sadeghi, R Zarkami, R Zarkami, S Barry, S Katsanevakis, Seblework Mekonen, SN Wood, ST Mereta, T D’heygere, T Hastie, Taffere Addis, TH Hoang, W Lechthaler   +40 more
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Barriers to the National Onchocerciasis Control Programme at operational level in Cameroon: a qualitative assessment of stakeholders’ views

Parasites & Vectors, 2019
Background The global burden of onchocerciasis is the heaviest in sub-Saharan Africa. Studies have shown the importance of the role of Community-Directed Distributors (CDDs) and nurses in onchocerciasis control, but little is known about their experience
Fanny Nadia Dissak-Delon, Guy-Roger Kamga, Perrine Claire Humblet, Annie Robert, Jacob Souopgui, Joseph Kamgno, Stephen Mbigha Ghogomu, Isabelle Godin   +7 more
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“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
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On 'Analytical models for the patchy spread of plant disease'.

, 2003
Epidemiologists are interested in using models that incorporate the effects of clustering in the spatial pattern of disease on epidemic dynamics. Bolker (1999, Bull. Math. Biol.
Filipe, JAN, Gilligan, CA, Maule, MM
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Infection with Mansonella perstans Nematodes in Buruli Ulcer Patients, Ghana. [PDF]

, 2014
During August 2010-December 2012, we conducted a study of patients in Ghana who had Buruli ulcer, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, and found that 23% were co-infected with Mansonella perstans nematodes; 13% of controls also had M. perstans infection. M.
Alexander Debrah, Asio, Awadzi, Benbow, Bernhard Fleischer, Birte Kretschmer, Denham, Fred S. Sarfo, Gisela Bretzel, Hoerauf, Johnson, Justice Abotsi, Kabiru M. Abass, Lavender, Mabel Sarpong Duah, Marc Jacobsen, Marcus Beissner, Mark Wansbrough-Jones, Marsollier, Marsollier, Michael Frimpong, Ohene Adjei, Onapa, Richard O. Phillips, Simonsen, Wansbrough-Jones, William Thompson, Williamson, Yaw Ampem-Amoako   +28 more
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