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Integration of population-based surveys for neglected tropical diseases: A scoping review. [PDF]

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Belay A   +6 more
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Modelling approaches for predicting the distribution of skin NTDs: A systematic review. [PDF]

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A Bushara M   +6 more
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Performance of novel onchocerciasis rapid diagnostic tests in a field setting in South Sudan. [PDF]

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Hadermann A   +11 more
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ONCHOCERCIASIS

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 1992
Onchocerciasis is a parasitic disease with blinding consequences infecting approximately 18 million persons worldwide. In hyperendemic areas, nearly half the population are likely to become blind before they die. Blindness reduces the life expectancy of those affected and has an enormous socioeconomic impact on these communities. Ivermectin, given as a
A E, Malatt, H R, Taylor
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Onchocerciasis

International Ophthalmology, 1990
Onchocerciasis is a devastating blinding disease caused by the parasite Onchocerca volvulus that infects about 80 million people, causing blindness and visual impairment in 1-2 million people. In hyperendemic areas, more than half of the population will become blind from onchocerciasis before they die.
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Gynaecomastia in onchocerciasis

The Lancet, 1997
Many clinical manifestations of onchocerciasis have been described, but we have not seen any reports of gynaecomastia. We are involved in a field study looking at the impact of ivermectin on oncho-dermatitis in hyperendemic communities, and found gynaecomastia in 63 of 301 men examined before being given ivermectin (figure).
D O, Okello   +2 more
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Onchocerciasis in Liberia

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1955
Summary and Conclusions 1.  Subcutaneous nodules were palpated on 469 or 19.4 per cent of 2,423 laborers on the Firestone Plantation in Liberia. Approximately 90 per cent of these nodules were located in the pelvic region. 2.  Microfilariae were demonstrated in 278 or 39.9 per cent of 696 Africans examined by both skin biopsy and scarification smears ...
T A, BURCH, D M, QUALLS, H J, GREENVILLE
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Control of Onchocerciasis

2006
Onchocerciasis is a filarial infection which causes blindness and debilitating skin lesions. The disease occurs in 37 countries, of which 30 are found in Africa (the most affected in terms of the distribution and the severity of the clinical manifestations of the disease), six in the Americas and one in the Arabian Peninsula.
Boakye A, Boatin, Frank O, Richards
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Onchocerciasis and Dracunculosis

Dermatologic Clinics, 1989
Onchocerciasis is a disease of Africa and Central and South America. It produces severe skin disease and is a leading cause of blindness worldwide. Dracunculosis infection, caused by the guinea worm Dracunculosis medinensis, occurs in tropical Africa.
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Onchocerciasis in Israel

Archives of Dermatology, 1984
A 15-year-old boy with onchocerciasis had severe generalized pruritus of five months' duration. He had been born and raised in Ethiopia and had emigrated to Israel one year earlier. A biopsy specimen of an area of depigmentation on the right thigh disclosed microfilaria of Onchocerca volvulus in the dermis.
D, Rozenman, M, Kremer, F, Zuckerman
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