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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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Knowledge, attitude and perception of people infected with human onchocerciasis in endemic areas of Delta State, Nigeria

, 2022
J. O. Onojafe, Andy Ogochukwu Egwunyenga, S. S. Eke   +2 more
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Treatment and prevention of epilepsy in onchocerciasis-endemic areas is urgently needed

Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Background There is increasing epidemiological evidence supporting the association between onchocerciasis and seizures, reinforcing the concept of onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy (OAE).
Robert Colebunders, Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Olivia Kamoen, Luís-Jorge Amaral, Amber Hadermann, Chiara Trevisan, Mark J. Taylor, Julia Gauglitz, Achim Hoerauf, Yasuaki Sato, Katja Polman, María-Gloria Basáñez, Dan Bhwana, Thomson Lakwo, Gasim Abd-Elfarag, Sébastien D. Pion   +15 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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Onchocerciasis is not a major cause of blindness in two endemic villages in Sierra Leone

BMC Research Notes
Objective Sierra Leone, a country where onchocerciasis is endemic in 14 of the 16 districts, was the focus of our investigation. Despite 17 rounds of annual ivermectin treatment since 2005, a report circulated by a local politician indicated an increase ...
Ibrahim Kargbo-Labour, Victoria Redwood-Sawyerr, Abdulai Conteh, Doris Harding, Mohamed S. Bah, Patricia Houck, Sugandh Juneja, Achille Kabore, Darin Evans, Angela M. Weaver, Yaobi Zhang   +10 more
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Would ivermectin for malaria control be beneficial in onchocerciasis-endemic regions?

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2019
Background There is accumulating evidence supporting the use of ivermectin as a malaria control tool. Recent findings from the repeat ivermectin mass drug administrations for control of malaria trial demonstrated a reduced incidence of malaria in ...
Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Marina Kugler, An Hotterbeekx, Adam Hendy, Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden, Robert Colebunders   +5 more
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Developing Strategies for Onchocerciasis Elimination Mapping and Surveillance Through The Diagnostic Network Optimization Approach

, 2021
Heidi Albert, Benn Sartorius, Paul R. Bessell, Dziedzom K. de Souza, Sidharth Rupani, Karla González, Simon Kayembe, Joseph Mathu Ndung’u, Rachel L. Pullan, Don Paul Makana, Maria Cecilia César de Almeida, Naomi Uvon   +11 more
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Prevalence and Sociodemographic Risk Factors of Soil-Transmitted Helminths in Rural Communities Living in Endemic Foci of Onchocerciasis in Southern Gabon

Pathogens
This prospective survey determined the prevalence and intensity of infections due to geohelminths and the associated risk factors in five onchocerciasis-endemic communities in Gabon between January and February 2020.
Reinne Moutongo Mouandza, Jean Romain Mourou Mbina, Bridy Moutombi Ditombi, Joyce Coella Mihindou, Dimitri Ardrin Moussavou Mabicka, Christian Mayandza, Noe Patrick Mbondoukwe, Bedrich Pongui Ngondza, Luccheri Ndong Akomezoghe, Denise Patricia Mawili Mboumba, Marielle Karine Bouyou Akotet   +10 more
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Onchocerciasis in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Survey of knowledge, attitude and perception in Bandundu province

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2017
A community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI) for fighting onchocerciasis was started in 2003 in the hyperendemic province of Bandundu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); such initiative was supported by the African Programme for Onchocerciasis ...
Jean-Claude Makenga Bof, Dieudonne Mpunga, Emery N. Soa, Fortunat Ntumba, Didier Bakajika, Michele E. Murdoch, Yves Coppieters   +6 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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