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Biting rates and relative abundance of Simulium flies under different climatic conditions in an onchocerciasis endemic community in Ghana [PDF]
, 2020 Kenneth Bentum Otabil +6 more
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Frontiers in Tropical DiseasesBackgroundDespite substantial efforts to eliminate onchocerciasis, the disease remains a significant public health problem in endemic communities in Ghana.
Jamila Taffe +8 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical DiseasesThe 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 +5 more
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Evidence for Suppression of Onchocerciasis Transmission in Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016 Onchocerciasis or "river blindness" is a chronic parasitic neglected tropical disease which is endemic both in mainland and insular Equatorial Guinea. We aim to estimate the current epidemiological situation of onchocerciasis in Bioko Island after vector
Laura Moya +13 more
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Onchocerciasis elimination challenges and co-endemic diseases
Frontiers in Tropical DiseasesOnchocerciasis is one of the neglected tropical diseases targeted by the World Health Organization (WHO) for elimination through preventative chemotherapy, population surveillance, and post-elimination vector surveillance strategies.
Kirsten M. Yeomans +4 more
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BMC Infectious DiseasesBackground Onchocerciasis is endemic to parts of Ethiopia; however, epidemiological data are lacking in some regions. This study aimed to assess the prevalence, intensity, and risk factors of onchocerciasis in previously unmapped villages in the Fer-Fer ...
Dek Kahin Yosef +3 more
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