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High prevalence of epilepsy in two rural onchocerciasis endemic villages in the Mahenge area, Tanzania, after 20 years of community directed treatment with ivermectin

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2018
Background Epilepsy is a neurological disorder with a multitude of underlying causes, which may include infection with Onchocerca volvulus, the parasitic worm that causes human onchocerciasis.
Bruno P. Mmbando, Patrick Suykerbuyk, Mohamed Mnacho, Advocatus Kakorozya, William Matuja, Adam Hendy, Helena Greter, Williams H. Makunde, Robert Colebunders   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Onchocerciasis [PDF]

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1953
K D, CROW, R H, SEVILLE
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Synthesising environmental, epidemiological, and genetic data to assist decision making for onchocerciasis elimination [PDF]

, 2023
Himal Shrestha, Karen McCulloch, Rebecca H. Chisholm, Samuel Armoo, Francis Vierigh, Neha Sirwani, Katie E Crawford, Mike Y. Osei‐Atweneboana, Warwick N. Grant, Shannon M. Hedtke   +9 more
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Investigation of an onchocerciasis educational intervention for improving knowledge, attitude, and prevention practices among endemic communities in Ghana

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases
BackgroundDespite substantial efforts to eliminate onchocerciasis, the disease remains a significant public health problem in endemic communities in Ghana.
Jamila Taffe, Ekbal Djibril, Sandra Abankwa Kwarteng, Michelle Addae-Kumi, Patrick Obuam, Ernest Ampon, Sarah Franklin, Eric Laarison Bawah, Pauline E Jolly   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors associated with Onchocerca volvulus transmission after 20 years of community treatment with ivermectin in savanah and forest areas in Central African Republic: A Cross Sectional Study.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
The Central African Republic has endemic onchocerciasis in 20 health districts in savannah and forest areas. The country organised a mass distribution campaign of invermectin in 2023 through the National Onchocerciasis Control Programme.
Sylvain Honoré Woromogo, Stéphanie Inesse Garoua-Adjou, Ange Donatien Ngouyombo, Rodrigue Herman Doyama-Woza, Henri Saint Calvaire Diemer, Jean de Dieu Longo   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Onchocerciasis. [PDF]

BMJ, 1968
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ONCHOCERCIASIS: KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE TO DISEASE INTERVENTION AMONG RESIDENTS IN AN ENDEMIC VILLAGE IN ONDO STATE, SOUTHWEST NIGERIA

, 2022
O. J. AFOLABI, C. E. OKAKA, I. A. SIMON-OKE, M. O. ONIYA   +3 more
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Molecular cloning and differential IgG responses to a histidine-rich antigen (OvL3.C1) of Onchocerca volvulus by selected residents of onchocerciasis endemic regions in Cameroon and Ecuador [PDF]

, 2006
Alfred Amambua‐Ngwa, Alain N. S. Newo, Clotilde S. Sirri, Raymond K. Yengo, Vincent P. K. Titanji   +4 more
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Liver and Kidney Function Trends in a Population Under Mass Treatment with Ivermectin in The North West Region of Cameroon (Onchocerciasis Endemic Region) [PDF]

, 2021
Jules Clément Nguedia Assob
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Issue Information

Epilepsia Open, Volume 10, Issue 1, Page 1-9, February 2025.
wiley   +1 more source