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Prevalence and incidence of nodding syndrome and other forms of epilepsy in onchocerciasis-endemic areas in northern Uganda after the implementation of onchocerciasis control measures

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2020
Background Around 2007, a nodding syndrome (NS) epidemic appeared in onchocerciasis-endemic districts of northern Uganda, where ivermectin mass distribution had never been implemented.
Nolbert Gumisiriza, F. Mubiru, J. S. Siewe Fodjo, Martin Mbonye Kayitale, A. Hotterbeekx, R. Idro, Issa Makumbi, T. Lakwo, B. Opar, J. Kaducu, J. Wamala, R. Colebunders   +11 more
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‘Slash and clear’ vector control for onchocerciasis elimination and epilepsy prevention: a protocol of a cluster randomised trial in Cameroonian villages

BMJ Open, 2021
Introduction Onchocerciasis, caused by the filarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus, remains endemic in Cameroon despite decades of community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI).
J. S. Siewe Fodjo, M. Vieri, L. Ngarka, W. Njamnshi, L. Nfor, M. Mengnjo, A. Hendy, P. Enyong, Dennis Palmer, M. Basáñez, R. Colebunders, Alfred K. Njamnshi   +11 more
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Co-infection with Onchocerca volvulus and Loa loa microfilariae in central Cameroon: are these two species interacting? [PDF]

, 2006
Ivermectin treatment may induce severe adverse reactions in some individuals heavily infected with Loa loa. This hampers the implementation of mass ivermectin treatment against onchocerciasis in areas where Onchocerca volvulus and L.
Basáñez, M-G, Boussinesq, M, Clarke, P, Filipe, JAN, Gardon, J, Kamgno, J, Pion, SDS   +6 more
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Human Onchocerciasis: Modelling the Potential Long-term Consequences of a Vaccination Programme. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015
BACKGROUND:Currently, the predominant onchocerciasis control strategy in Africa is annual mass drug administration (MDA) with ivermectin. However, there is a consensus among the global health community, supported by mathematical modelling, that ...
Hugo C Turner, Martin Walker, Sara Lustigman, David W Taylor, María-Gloria Basáñez   +4 more
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Progress towards onchocerciasis elimination in Côte d’Ivoire: A geospatial modelling study

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
Background Côte d’Ivoire has had 45 years of intervention for onchocerciasis by vector control (from 1975 to 1991), ivermectin mass drug administration (MDA) (from 1992 to 1994) and community directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTi) from 1995 to the ...
Obiora A. Eneanya, B. Koudou, Méité Aboulaye, A. Elvis, Yeo Souleymane, Marie-Madeleine Kouakou, G. Weil, Peter U. Fischer   +7 more
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The Population Biology and Transmission Dynamics of Loa loa [PDF]

, 2017
Endemic to Central Africa, loiasis – or African eye worm (caused by the filarial nematode Loa loa) – affects more than 10 million people. Despite causing ocular and systemic symptoms, it has typically been considered a benign condition, only of public ...
Basáñez, M-G, Boussinesq, M, Chesnais, C B, Pion, S D S, Walker, M, Whittaker, C   +5 more
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The geographic distribution of onchocerciasis in the 20 participating countries of the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control: (2) pre-control endemicity levels and estimated number infected

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background The original aim of the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) was to control onchocerciasis as a public health problem in 20 African countries.
Honorat GM Zouré, Mounkaila Noma, Afework H Tekle, Uche V Amazigo, Peter J Diggle, Emanuele Giorgi, Jan HF Remme   +6 more
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Nodding syndrome research, lessons learned from the NSETHIO project

Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 2019
Background.Until recently, nodding syndrome (NS) was considered as a mysterious disease of unknown etiology. A link between onchocerciasis and epilepsy was suspected for a long time.
D. Geelhand de Merxem, J. N. Siewe Fodjo, S. Menon, A. Hotterbeekx, R. Colebunders   +4 more
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The geographic distribution of onchocerciasis in the 20 participating countries of the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control: (1) priority areas for ivermectin treatment

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background The African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) was created to control onchocerciasis as a public health problem in 20 African countries. Its main strategy is community directed treatment with ivermectin.
Mounkaila Noma, Honorat GM Zouré, Afework H Tekle, Peter AI Enyong, Bertram EB Nwoke, Jan HF Remme   +5 more
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The World Health Organization 2030 goals for onchocerciasis: Insights and perspectives from mathematical modelling [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

Gates Open Research, 2019
The World Health Organization (WHO) has embarked on a consultation process to refine the 2030 goals for priority neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), onchocerciasis among them.
NTD Modelling Consortium Onchocerciasis Group
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