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Burden of onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy: first estimates and research priorities

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2018
Background Since the 1990s, evidence has accumulated of an increased prevalence of epilepsy in onchocerciasis-endemic areas in Africa as compared to onchocerciasis-free areas.
Natalie V. S. Vinkeles Melchers, Sarah Mollenkopf, Robert Colebunders, Michael Edlinger, Luc E. Coffeng, Julia Irani, Trésor Zola, Joseph N. Siewe, Sake J. de Vlas, Andrea S. Winkler, Wilma A. Stolk   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Current perspective of new anti-Wolbachial and direct-acting macrofilaricidal drugs as treatment strategies for human filariasis

GMS Infectious Diseases, 2022
Filarial diseases like lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis belong to the Neglected Tropical Diseases and remain a public health problem in endemic countries.
Ehrens, Alexandra, Hoerauf, Achim, Hübner, Marc P.   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Onchocerciasis control in Ghana (1974–2016)

Parasites & Vectors, 2021
Background The control of onchocerciasis in Ghana started in 1974 under the auspices of the Onchocerciasis Control Programme (OCP). Between 1974 and 2002, a combination of approaches including vector control, mobile community ivermectin treatment, and ...
Nana-Kwadwo Biritwum, Dziedzom K. de Souza, Odame Asiedu, Benjamin Marfo, Uche Veronica Amazigo, John Owusu Gyapong   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Repurposing antimicrobial agents for neuroprotection: Mechanisms, clinical potential, and challenges

Neuroprotection, EarlyView.
Antimicrobial agents exert neuroprotective effects through modulation of interconnected pathways. Tetracyclines, macrolides, antimalarial agents, sulfones, and antiparasitic agents suppress neuroinflammation, oxidative stress, and apoptosis while preserving mitochondrial function and neurotransmission.
Mohammad Amin Manavi, Mohammadreza Salehi, Razieh Mohammad Jafari, Ramin Goudarzi, Saman Khosravi, Ahmad Reza Dehpour   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stigma and epilepsy in onchocerciasis-endemic regions in Africa: a review and recommendations from the onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy working group

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2019
Background In onchocerciasis-endemic areas, particularly in those with a sub-optimal onchocerciasis control programme, a high prevalence of epilepsy is observed. Both onchocerciasis and epilepsy are stigmatizing conditions.
Sarah O’Neill, Julia Irani, Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Denis Nono, Catherine Abbo, Yasuaki Sato, Augustine Mugarura, Housseini Dolo, Maya Ronse, Alfred K. Njamnshi, Robert Colebunders   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Advancing a Human Onchocerciasis Vaccine From Antigen Discovery to Efficacy Studies Against Natural Infection of Cattle With Onchocerca ochengi

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022
Human onchocerciasis is a devastating neglected tropical disease caused by infection of the filarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus. The infection can cause irreversible visual impairment or blindness and stigmatizing dermatitis.
Bin Zhan, Maria Elena Bottazzi, Peter J. Hotez, Sara Lustigman   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Between Dispossession and Inclusion: Land Injustice and Project‐Based Citizenship in the Bagré Irrigation Scheme (Burkina Faso)

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Large‐scale irrigation schemes are central to agrarian transformation in sub‐Saharan Africa, yet their political implications are often reduced to questions of land redistribution or agrarian differentiation. Although existing scholarship has documented how irrigation restructures agrarian relations and generates dispossession, less attention ...
William's Daré
wiley   +1 more source

Community Health Workers' Multiple Understandings of Schistosomiasis Transmission Pathways: Exploring Contextual Factors in Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya and Uganda

Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Schistosomiasis remains a public health concern in sub‐Saharan Africa, affecting over 250 million people. In endemic settings, schistosomiasis transmission is not always understood exclusively in biomedical terms. Community health workers (CHWs) contribute to schistosomiasis control through mass drug administration and health ...
Dianne Verhoeven, Lisa Sophie Reigl, Alice Sereti Sinkeet, Mary Maghanga, Alexise Djouquou Gnahore, Bi Tra Jamal Sehi, Suzanne Lobohon Lavry, Andrea Buhl, Marie Frese, Jennifer Burrill, Eveline Hürlimann, Peter Steinmann, Nora Monnier, Ashley Preston, Janet Masaku, Matthias Richter, Mary Amuyunzu Nyamongo, Alain Toh, Stella Neema, Isabelle L. Lange, Andrea S. Winkler, on behalf of the Pediatric Praziquantel Consortium   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dipteran succession on decomposing domestic pig carcasses in a rural area of southeastern Brazil

Scientific Reports
Diptera plays a pivotal role in forensic investigations, particularly in estimating the post-mortem interval. This can be achieved by analyzing the succession patterns of species on decomposing bodies, which requires detailed knowledge of the local fauna.
Carlos Henrique Garção-Neto, Lucas Barbosa Cortinhas, Paloma Martins Mendonça, Marina Lopes Duarte, Renato Tavares Martins, Margareth Maria de Carvalho Queiroz   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Review of the National Program for Onchocerciasis Control in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2019
Here, we review all data available at the Ministry of Public Health in order to describe the history of the National Program for Onchocerciasis Control (NPOC) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Jean-Claude Makenga Bof, Fortunat Ntumba Tshitoka, Daniel Muteba, Paul Mansiangi, Yves Coppieters   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source