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Human infection with Gongylonema pulchrum [PDF]

, 1994
A 43 year old woman developed a painful tumor at the left buccal mucosa. Following local anti-inflammatory treatment a 35 mm long, living female adult worm of Gongylonema pulchrum was extracted from the affected side.
Jelinek, Thomas, Löscher, Thomas
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An empirical method to estimate the effect of soil on the rate for transmission of damping‐off disease

, 2004
The ability of some soils to suppress soil-borne diseases has been long recognised, but the underlying epidemiological mechanisms by which this occurs are largely unknown.• Using damping-off disease caused by Rhizoctonia solani, spreading through ...
Alabouvette C, Bailey DJ, C. A. Gilligan, Cook RJ, Dwyer G, Garrett KA, Gilligan CA, Gilligan CA, Gilligan CA, Hoper H, J. A. N. Filipe, Jeger MJ, Kleczkowski A, Nisbet RM, Otten W, Pielaat A, van den Bosch F, Van der Plank JE, W. Otten, Whipps JM   +19 more
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Evidence against Wolbachia symbiosis in Loa loa [PDF]

, 2003
BACKGROUND: The majority of filarial nematode species are host to Wolbachia bacterial endosymbionts, although a few including Acanthocheilonema viteae, Onchocerca flexuosa and Setaria equina have been shown to be free of infection. Comparisons of species
Akue, Jean-Paul, Beeching, Nick J, Bianco, Albert E, Egerton, Gill, Enyong, Peter, Hoerauf, Achim, Kläger, Sabine L, McGarry, Helen F, Pfarr, Ken, Taylor, Mark J, Wanji, Samuel   +10 more
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Adherence to ivermectin is more associated with perceptions of community directed treatment with ivermectin organization than with onchocerciasis beliefs.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017
BackgroundThe fight against onchocerciasis in Africa has boomed thanks to the Community Directed Treatment with Ivermectin (CDTI) program. However, in Cameroon, after more than 15 years of mass treatment, onchocerciasis prevalence is still above the non ...
Fanny Nadia Dissak-Delon, Guy-Roger Kamga, Perrine Claire Humblet, Annie Robert, Jacob Souopgui, Joseph Kamgno, Marie José Essi, Stephen Mbigha Ghogomu, Isabelle Godin   +8 more
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POSTERIOR DEGENERATIVE LESION OF ONCHOCERCIASIS [PDF]

, 1958
F. C. Rodger
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Progress towards onchocerciasis elimination in the participating countries of the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control: epidemiological evaluation results

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2016
BackgroundThe African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) was created in 1995 to establish community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTi) in order to control onchocerciasis as a public health problem in 20 African countries that had 80 % of ...
A. Tekle, Honorat G. M. Zouré, M. Noma, M. Boussinesq, L. Coffeng, W. Stolk, J. Remmé   +6 more
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Praziquantel in clonorchiasis and opisthorchiasis [PDF]

, 1981
A single stool examination revealed pathogenic intestinal parasites in 462 (58%) of 796 vietnamese and cambodian refugees. 56 (7.0%) were infected with Clonorchis sinensis and/or Opisthorchis viverrini. These patients received Praziquantel in a dosage of
Lang, W., Löscher, Thomas, Nothdurft, H. D., Prüfer, L., Sonnenburg, F. von   +4 more
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Density dependence and the control of helminth parasites.

, 2006
1. The transient dynamics and stability of a population are determined by the interplay between species density, its spatial distribution and the positive and negative density-dependent processes regulating population growth. 2.
Basáñez, María-Gloria, Churcher, Thomas S, Filipe, João AN   +2 more
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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
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A mixed methods approach to evaluating community drug distributor performance in the control of neglected tropical diseases [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Trusted literate, or semi-literate, community drug distributors (CDDs) are the primary implementers in integrated preventive chemotherapy (IPC) programmes for Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) control.
A Wallace, AW Solomon, C Hanson, D Evans, EC Emukah, Fiona M. Fleming, FM Fleming, Fred Matovu, J Green, J Leslie, JA Wright, JC Okeibunor, JC Okeibunor, JH Kolaczinski, JH Kolaczinski, Joanne P. Webster, JS Dill, K Banek, KA Grepin, KL Leonard, Kristian S. Hansen, L Nkonki, M Callaghan, MA Bruijnzeels, MC Baker, MF Drummond, Ministry of Health, MN Katabarwa, MO Omedo, N Najnin, P Agyei-Baffour, P Akweongo, P Basinga, SC Francis, TK Ryman, UV Amazigo, V Wiseman, World Health Organisation, World Health Organisation, World Health Organization   +39 more
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