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1. Dark forest, black fly
by Strieker, Gary and Farrow, Mia, 1945
2013, Global Health Frontiers
In poor, remote communities across Africa, parasitic worms transmitted by small black flies infect millions. The resulting river blindness torments sufferers... 
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2. Full Text The history of the description of retinopathy in onchocerciasis
by Kestelyn, P
Acta Ophthalmologica, ISSN 1755-375X, 10/2015, Volume 93, Issue S255, p. n/a
Up until 1930 the scientific community considered African onchocerciasis to be a pure skin disease and not the blinding disease encountered in America. Jean... 
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3. Full Text Lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis
by Taylor, Mark J, Prof and Hoerauf, Achim, Prof and Bockarie, Moses, Prof
Lancet, The, ISSN 0140-6736, 2010, Volume 376, Issue 9747, pp. 1175 - 1185
Summary Lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis are parasitic helminth diseases that constitute a serious public health issue in tropical regions. The filarial... 
Internal Medicine | GLOBAL PROGRAM | DOXYCYCLINE TREATMENT | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | ENDOSYMBIOTIC WOLBACHIA-BACTERIA | BANCROFTIAN FILARIASIS | CLINICAL-TRIAL | WUCHERERIA-BANCROFTI | GROWTH FACTOR-A | MACROFILARICIDAL ACTIVITY | ENDEMIC FOCI | BRUGIA-MALAYI | Onchocerciasis - complications | Prevalence | Age Factors | Elephantiasis, Filarial - transmission | Humans | Elephantiasis, Filarial - epidemiology | Dermatologic Agents - therapeutic use | Onchocerciasis - transmission | Onchocerciasis - epidemiology | Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use | Filaricides - therapeutic use | Blindness - parasitology | Elephantiasis, Filarial - physiopathology | Onchocerciasis - diagnosis | Diethylcarbamazine - therapeutic use | Drug Therapy, Combination | Elephantiasis, Filarial - complications | Dermatitis - parasitology | Symbiosis | Albendazole - therapeutic use | Elephantiasis, Filarial - diagnosis | Ivermectin - therapeutic use | Doxycycline - therapeutic use | Lymphangitis - parasitology | Wolbachia - drug effects | Africa South of the Sahara | Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - complications | Lymphadenitis - parasitology | India | Onchocerciasis - physiopathology | Animals | Culicidae | Onchocerciasis - drug therapy | Antinematodal Agents - therapeutic use | Granuloma - parasitology | Macrolides - therapeutic use | Elephantiasis, Filarial - drug therapy | Lymphedema - parasitology | Control | Filariasis | Anti-infective agents | Dosage and administration | Research | Drug therapy | Onchocerciasis | Risk factors | Lymphatic system | Disease | Nematodes | Skin diseases | Parasites | Vascular endothelial growth factor | Tropical diseases | Worms | Community | Chronic illnesses
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4. WHO Expert Committee on Onchocerciasis: third report
World Health Organization . Expert Committee on Onchocerciasis
1987, ISBN 9789241207522, Volume 752., 167
Onchocerciasis -- Africa, West | Vector control | Onchocerciasis | Onchocerciasis -- Chemotherapy | Onchocerciasis -- Africa -- Prevention | Onchocerciasis -- Africa
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5. Onchocerciasis and its control
: report of a WHO Expert Committee on Onchocerciasis Control
World Health Organization . Expert Committee on Onchocerciasis
1995, ISBN 924120852X, Volume 852., 103
Onchocerciasis -- Epidemiology | Onchocerciasis -- Prevention | Onchocerciasis -- Diagnosis | Onchocerciasis -- Treatment
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6. Onchocerciasis
: with special reference to the Central American form of the disease
Harvard University. Harvard Institute for Tropical Biology and Medicine
1934, Contributions from the Dept. of Tropical Medicine and the Institute for Tropical Biology and Medicine, Volume no. 6., xiv, 234
Onchocercose | Onchocerciasis
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7. Cost-benefit analysis of the Onchocerciasis Control Program (OCP)
by Kim, Aehyung, 1957 and Benton, Bruce, 1942 and World Bank
1995, World Bank technical paper, ISBN 082133235X, Volume no. 282., x, 18
Onchocerciasis Control Programme for West Africa Cost effectiveness | Onchocerciasis
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8. Full Text Seventeen years of annual distribution of ivermectin has not interrupted onchocerciasis transmission in North Region, Cameroon
by Katabarwa, Moses N and Eyamba, Albert and Nwane, Philippe and Enyong, Peter and Yaya, Souleymanou and Baldiagaï, Jean and Madi, Théodore Kambaba and Yougouda, Abdoulaye and Andze, Gervais Ondobo and Richards, Frank O
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, ISSN 0002-9637, 12/2011, Volume 85, Issue 6, pp. 1041 - 1049
We studied onchocerciasis transmission and impact on ocular morbidity in three health districts in North Region, Cameroon, where annual mass ivermectin... 
AFRICA | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | VOLVULUS TRANSMISSION | PROGRAMS | GUATEMALA | ELIMINATION | PREVALENCE | SAVANNA VILLAGES | AREAS | LESIONS | TROPICAL MEDICINE | UGANDA | Onchocerciasis, Ocular - prevention & control | Simuliidae - parasitology | Prevalence | Eye - parasitology | Ivermectin - therapeutic use | Humans | Child, Preschool | Skin - parasitology | Onchocerciasis - transmission | Onchocerciasis - epidemiology | Filaricides - therapeutic use | Animals | Cameroon - epidemiology | Onchocerciasis, Ocular - drug therapy | Onchocerciasis - drug therapy | Adult | Female | Onchocerciasis, Ocular - epidemiology | Onchocerciasis - prevention & control | Onchocerca volvulus - drug effects | Child | Health Care Surveys | Onchocerciasis, Ocular - transmission
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9. Full Text Onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy – Authors' reply
by Chesnais, Cédric B and Boussinesq, Michel
The Lancet Infectious Diseases, ISSN 1473-3099, 01/2019, Volume 19, Issue 1, pp. 22 - 22
Onchocerciasis | Epilepsy
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10. Epidemiology of onchocerciasis
: report of a WHO expert committee
World Health Organization . Expert Committee on Epidemiology of Onchocerciasis
1976, ISBN 9789241205979, Volume 597., 94
Onchocerciasis -- Epidemiology
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11. Full Text Evaluation of onchocerciasis seroprevalence in Bioko Island (Equatorial Guinea) after years of disease control programmes
by Hernández-González, Ana and Moya, Laura and Perteguer, María J and Herrador, Zaida and Nguema, Rufino and Nguema, Justino and Aparicio, Pilar and Benito, Agustín and Gárate, Teresa
Parasites and Vectors, ISSN 1756-3305, 09/2016, Volume 9, Issue 1, p. 509
Background: Onchocerciasis or "river blindness" is a chronic parasitic disease caused by the filarial worm Onchocerca volvulus, transmitted through infected... 
Onchocerca volvulus | Equatorial Guinea | Onchocerciasis | Bioko Island | Ov-16/IgG4 ELISA | Seroprevalence | DIAGNOSIS | GEOGRAPHICAL-DISTRIBUTION | FOCUS | ELIMINATION | VECTOR | DISAPPEARANCE | MANSONELLA-PERSTANS | VOLVULUS TRANSMISSION | GUATEMALA | INFECTION | PARASITOLOGY | Prevalence | Immunoglobulin G - blood | Humans | Middle Aged | Child, Preschool | Male | Onchocerciasis - immunology | Seroepidemiologic Studies | Onchocerciasis - epidemiology | Onchocerciasis, Ocular - immunology | Onchocerca volvulus - immunology | Young Adult | Onchocerciasis, Ocular - drug therapy | Adult | Female | Child | Onchocerciasis, Ocular - parasitology | Equatorial Guinea - epidemiology | Simuliidae - parasitology | Antibodies, Helminth - blood | Cross-Sectional Studies | Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay | Ivermectin - therapeutic use | Onchocerca volvulus - isolation & purification | Antigens, Helminth - immunology | Family Characteristics | Animals | Insect Vectors - parasitology | Adolescent | Onchocerciasis - drug therapy | Onchocerciasis, Ocular - epidemiology | Evaluation | Immunoglobulins | Health promotion | Distribution | Identification and classification | Methods | Infection control
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12. Full Text Ivermectin: 25 years and still going strong
by Õmura, S
International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, ISSN 0924-8579, 2007, Volume 31, Issue 2, pp. 91 - 98
Abstract Ivermectin is a drug that many people will never have heard of. Yet thousands of villagers of all ages in communities scattered throughout the... 
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13. 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
by Amambua, Alfred N and Newo, Alain N.S and Sirri, Clotilde S and Yengo, Raymond K and Titanji, Vincent P.K
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, 12/2006
In order to further investigate host-parasite interactions in onchocerciasis, a major Onchocerca volvulus   histidine rich antigen termed OvL3.C1 was isolated... 
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14. Onchocerciasis in Ecuador: Prevalence of Infection on the Ecuador-Colombia Border in the Province of Esmeraldas
by Guderian, Joy R and Anselmi, Mariela and Espinel, Mauricio and Sandoval, Carlos and Cooper, Philip J and Rivadeneira, Gonzalo and Guderian, Ronald H
Onchocerciasis in Ecuador: Prevalence of Infection on the Ecuador-Colombia Border in the Province of Esmeraldas, 12/1997
The prevalence of onchocerciasis infection was determined in communities on 7 rivers located in the northern area of the canton San Lorenzo, province of... 
onchocerciasis - prevalence - Ecuador - Colombia - migration
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15. Full Text Paramyosin of canine Onchocerca lupi: Usefulness for the diagnosis of a neglected zoonotic disease
by Campbell, Bronwyn and Cortes, Helder and Annoscia, Giada and Giannelli, Alessio and Parisi, Antonio and Latrofa, Maria Stefania and Dantas-Torres, Filipe and Cardoso, Luís and Otranto, Domenico
Parasites and Vectors, ISSN 1756-3305, 09/2016, Volume 9, Issue 1, p. 493
Background: Of increasing importance to the medical and veterinary communities is the zoonotic filarioid nematode Onchocerca lupi. Onchocercosis, thus far... 
Vaccine | Zoonotic | Paramyosin | Onchocerca lupi | Bioinformatics | Diagnostic tests | UNITED-STATES | TAENIA-SOLIUM PARAMYOSIN | T-CELL EPITOPES | OCULAR ONCHOCERCOSIS | BRUGIA-MALAYI PARAMYOSIN | PROTECTIVE IMMUNITY | CHINESE SCHISTOSOMA-JAPONICUM | RECOMBINANT PARAMYOSIN | OF-THE-LITERATURE | CIRCULATING ANTIGEN | PARASITOLOGY | Microfilariae - genetics | Tropomyosin - genetics | Humans | Male | Onchocerciasis - immunology | Phylogeny | Onchocerciasis, Ocular - diagnosis | Onchocerciasis, Ocular - immunology | Epitopes - immunology | Onchocerca - chemistry | Polymerase Chain Reaction | Onchocerciasis - diagnosis | Adult | Onchocerca - isolation & purification | Dog Diseases - diagnosis | Onchocerciasis, Ocular - parasitology | Dog Diseases - parasitology | Microfilariae - isolation & purification | Serologic Tests | Tropomyosin - blood | Cats | Tropomyosin - immunology | Computational Biology | Onchocerciasis, Ocular - blood | Onchocerciasis - parasitology | Zoonoses | Onchocerca - immunology | Tropomyosin - isolation & purification | Onchocerciasis - blood | Animals | Neglected Diseases - diagnosis | Dogs | Neglected Diseases - parasitology | Properties | Biological assay | Myosin | Molecular diagnostic techniques | Innovations
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16. Full Text Nodding Syndrome in Onchocerciasis Endemic Areas
by Colebunders, R and Hendy, A and van Oijen, M
Trends in Parasitology, ISSN 1471-4922, 2016, Volume 32, Issue 8, pp. 581 - 583
High prevalence of nodding syndrome (NS) and other types of epileptic seizures have been reported in many onchocerciasis endemic regions in Africa for decades.... 
Infectious Disease | Gastroenterology and Hepatology | PARASITOLOGY | EPILEPSY | UGANDA | Africa - epidemiology | Nodding Syndrome - pathology | Onchocerciasis - complications | Onchocerciasis - therapy | Nodding Syndrome - epidemiology | Humans | Nodding Syndrome - complications | Nodding Syndrome - prevention & control | Onchocerciasis - prevention & control | Onchocerciasis - epidemiology | Onchocerciasis
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17. Onchocerciasis in Zaire
: a new approach to the problem of river blindness
by Rodger, Frederick Carson
1977, 1st ed. --, ISBN 9780080206196, xiii, 195 p., [9] leaves of plates
Host-parasite relationships | Onchocerca volvulus | Epidemiology | Onchocerciasis | Transmission
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18. Full Text Doxycycline plus ivermectin versus ivermectin alone for treatment of patients with onchocerciasis
by Abegunde, Ayokunle T and Abegunde, Ayokunle T and Ahuja, Richard M and Ahuja, Richard M and Okafor, Nkem J and Okafor, Nkem J
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, ISSN 1469-493X, 2016, Volume 2016, Issue 1, p. CD011146
Background Onchocerciasis, also known as "river blindness," is a parasitic disease that is caused by infection fromthe filarial nematode (roundworm),... 
PATHOGENESIS | DESIGN PRINCIPLES | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | ENDOSYMBIONTS | COMMUNITY | DISEASE | MACROFILARICIDAL ACTIVITY | ELIMINATION | VOLVULUS | BLINDNESS | CO-ENDEMICITY | Doxycycline - adverse effects | Onchocerciasis, Ocular - prevention & control | Ivermectin - therapeutic use | Doxycycline - therapeutic use | Humans | Filaricides - adverse effects | Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic | Filaricides - therapeutic use | Onchocerciasis, Ocular - drug therapy | Vision Disorders - prevention & control | Onchocerciasis - drug therapy | Ivermectin - adverse effects | Onchocerciasis - prevention & control | Drug Therapy, Combination
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19. Full Text Control, Elimination, and Eradication of River Blindness: Scenarios, Timelines, and Ivermectin Treatment Needs in Africa
by Kim, Young Eun and Remme, Jan and Steinmann, Peter and Stolk, Wilma and Roungou, Jean-Baptiste and Tediosi, Fabrizio
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, ISSN 1935-2727, 04/2015, Volume 9, Issue 4, p. e0003664
textabstractRiver blindness (onchocerciasis) causes severe itching, skin lesions, and vision impairment including blindness. More than 99% of all current cases... 
MALI | ONCHOCERCIASIS ELIMINATION | SENEGAL | ENDEMIC FOCI | PROGRAM | PARASITOLOGY | TROPICAL MEDICINE | LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS | Senegal - epidemiology | Antiparasitic Agents - therapeutic use | Onchocerciasis, Ocular - prevention & control | Ivermectin - therapeutic use | Onchocerciasis, Ocular - drug therapy | Humans | Blindness | Onchocerciasis, Ocular - epidemiology | Mali - epidemiology | Care and treatment | Medical case management | Patient outcomes | Development and progression | Forecasts and trends | Onchocerciasis | Ivermectin | Studies | Surveillance | Disease | Visual impairment | Public health | Tropical diseases | Morbidity
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20. Full Text Modelling the impact of ivermectin on River Blindness and its burden of morbidity and mortality in African Savannah: EpiOncho projections
by Turner, Hugo C and Walker, Martin and Churcher, Thomas S and Basáñez, María-Gloria
Parasites and Vectors, ISSN 1756-3305, 05/2014, Volume 7, Issue 1, pp. 241 - 241
Background: The African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) has refocused its goals on the elimination of infection where possible, seemingly... 
Neglected tropical diseases | River blindness | DALY | Control programmes | Mortality | Africa | Mathematical modelling | Disease burden | Epidemiology | Onchocerciasis | Morbidity | Ivermectin | MICROFILARIAL LOAD | ONCHOCERCIASIS-CONTROL-PROGRAM | SKIN-DISEASE | OCULAR ONCHOCERCIASIS | WESTERN UGANDA | TROPICAL MEDICINE | EXCESS MORTALITY | WOLBACHIA ENDOBACTERIA | MACROFILARICIDAL ACTIVITY | VECTOR CONTROL | PARASITOLOGY | SUDAN-SAVANNA | Africa - epidemiology | Ivermectin - therapeutic use | Onchocerciasis, Ocular - drug therapy | Onchocerciasis, Ocular - mortality | Time Factors | Models, Biological | Blindness - parasitology | Humans | Onchocerciasis, Ocular - epidemiology | Blindness - epidemiology | Anthelmintics - therapeutic use | Blindness - prevention & control | Skin diseases | Patient outcomes | Analysis
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