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From river blindness control to elimination: bridge over troubled water. [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND: An estimated 25 million people are currently infected with onchocerciasis (a parasitic infection caused by the filarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus and transmitted by Simulium vectors), and 99% of these are in sub-Saharan Africa. The African
Basáñez, Maria-Gloria, Colebunders, Robert, Hopkins, Adrian, Mmbando, Bruno, Post, Rory J, Rotsaert, Anke, Siling, Katja, Suykerbuyk, Patrick   +7 more
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Recognising the neurological burden of onchocerciasis: the need to include onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy in onchocerciasis global health metrics

Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Background Historically, onchocerciasis has been recognised for its dermatological and ophthalmological manifestations, such as blindness. However, growing epidemiological evidence indicates that onchocerciasis is also associated with neurological ...
Luís-Jorge Amaral, Robert Colebunders
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The Burden of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Rwanda: A Scoping Review

Health Science Reports, Volume 8, Issue 8, August 2025.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Rwanda is among the African countries affected by neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). This scoping review aims to synthesize available information to understand the prevalence, incidence, distribution, morbidity, mortality, and risk factors of NTDs in Rwanda.
Masceline Jenipher Mutsaka‐Makuvaza, Michael Olubusayo Binuyo, Callixte Cyuzuzo, Acsa Igizeneza, Jean Paul Sinumvayo, Oluwaremilekun Grace Ajakaye, Egie Elisha Enabulele, Zororo Chinwadzimba, Ezera Agwu, Nicholas Midzi   +9 more
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The macrofilaricidal efficacy of repeated doses of ivermectin for the treatment of river blindness [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Mass drug administration (MDA) with ivermectin is the cornerstone of efforts to eliminate human onchocerciasis by 2020 or 2025. The feasibility of elimination crucially depends on the effects of multiple ivermectin doses on Onchocerca ...
Basáñez, Maria-Gloria, Boussinesq, Michel, Chesnais, Cédric, Chippaux, Jean-Philippe, Ernould, Jean-Christophe, Fang, Hanwei, Garcia, André, Gardon, J., Kamgno, Joseph, Pion, Sébastien, Ranque, Stephane, Tchatchueng-Mbougua, Jules Brice, Walker, Martin   +12 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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Evidence of suppression of onchocerciasis transmission in the Venezuelan Amazonian focus. [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) has set goals for onchocerciasis elimination in Latin America by 2015. Most of the six previously endemic countries are attaining this goal by implementing twice a year (and in some foci, quarterly) mass ...
Basanez, MG, Borges, D, Botto, C, Camacho, O, Coronel, P, Cortez, J, Escalona, M, Flores, J, Frontado, H, Graterol, B, Grillet, ME, Guerra, F, Margeli, H, Morales, AL, Noya-Alarcón, O, Rodriguez, MA, Ríos, D, Tovar, Y, Unnasch, TR, Villamizar, NJ, Vivas-Martínez, S   +20 more
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Barriers to the National Onchocerciasis Control Programme at operational level in Cameroon: a qualitative assessment of stakeholders’ views

Parasites & Vectors, 2019
Background The global burden of onchocerciasis is the heaviest in sub-Saharan Africa. Studies have shown the importance of the role of Community-Directed Distributors (CDDs) and nurses in onchocerciasis control, but little is known about their experience
Fanny Nadia Dissak-Delon, Guy-Roger Kamga, Perrine Claire Humblet, Annie Robert, Jacob Souopgui, Joseph Kamgno, Stephen Mbigha Ghogomu, Isabelle Godin   +7 more
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Health and labor productivity : the economic impact of onchocercal skin disease [PDF]

Teams from two institutions studied the economic impact of health status on productivity and income. They studied whether onchocercal skin disease caused economic damage to the labor force at a coffee plantation in southwest Ethiopia, and how much.
Aehyung Kim, Hailu, Asrat, Tandon, Ajay
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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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Model-Based Geostatistics for Prevalence Mapping in Low-Resource Settings [PDF]

, 2015
In low-resource settings, prevalence mapping relies on empirical prevalence data from a finite, often spatially sparse, set of surveys of communities within the region of interest, possibly supplemented by remotely sensed images that can act as proxies ...
Diggle, Peter J., Giorgi, Emanuele
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