[HTML][HTML] Onchocerciasis: Current knowledge and future goals

L Frallonardo, F Di Gennaro, GG Panico… - Frontiers in Tropical …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Human Onchocerciasis, caused by infection by the filarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus, is
a neglected public health disease that affects millions of people in the endemic regions of …

[PDF][PDF] Progress towards eliminating onchocerciasis in the WHO Region of the Americas in 2011: interruption of transmission in Guatemala and Mexico

World Health Organization - Weekly Epidemiological Record …, 2012 - apps.who.int
Onchocerciasis (river blindness) is caused by Onchocerca volvulus, a parasitic worm which
is transmitted by certain Simulium species (black flies) that breed in fast-flowing rivers and …

Onchocerciasis (river blindness)–more than a century of research and control

NW Brattig, RA Cheke, R Garms - Acta Tropica, 2021 - Elsevier
This review summarises more than a century of research on onchocerciasis, also known as
river blindness, and its control. River blindness is an infection caused by the tissue filaria …

Onchocerciasis: the beginning of the end

J Lawrence, YK Sodahlon - International health, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Thirty years ago, the concept that onchocerciasis could be eliminated worldwide was
unthinkable. Today, we're on the road to seeing the end of this debilitating disease. Thanks …

Assessment and monitoring of onchocerciasis in Latin America

MA Rodriguez-Perez, TR Unnasch… - Advances in …, 2011 - Elsevier
Onchocerciasis has historically been one of the leading causes of infectious blindness
worldwide. It is endemic to tropical regions both in Africa and Latin America and in the …

[HTML][HTML] Elimination of onchocerciasis from Colombia: first proof of concept of river blindness elimination in the world

RS Nicholls, S Duque, LA Olaya, MC López… - Parasites & vectors, 2018 - Springer
Background Onchocerciasis is a chronic parasitic infection originally endemic in 13 discrete
regional foci distributed among six countries of Latin America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador …

[HTML][HTML] Onchocerciasis in the Americas: from arrival to (near) elimination

K Gustavsen, A Hopkins, M Sauerbrey - Parasites & Vectors, 2011 - Springer
Onchocerciasis (river blindness) is a blinding parasitic disease that threatens the health of
approximately 120 million people worldwide. While 99% of the population at-risk for …

Onchocerciasis elimination: progress and challenges

T Lakwo, D Oguttu, T Ukety, R Post… - Research and Reports …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Onchocerciasis is a parasitic infection caused by the filarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus
and transmitted through the bites of black flies of the genus Similium that breed in rivers and …

[PDF][PDF] Elimination of onchocerciasis in the WHO Region of the Americas: Ecuador's progress towards verification of elimination

World Health Organization - Weekly Epidemiological Record …, 2014 - apps.who.int
Onchocerciasis (river blindness) is caused by the parasitic worm Onchocerca volvulus,
which is transmitted by Simulium species (black flies) that breed in fast-flowing rivers and …

Onchocerciasis

TB Nutman - Hunter's Tropical Medicine and Emerging Infectious …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Onchocerciasis (or “river blindness”) is a vector-borne disease caused by the filarial
nematode Onchocerca volvulus. Transmitted by Simulium black flies, infection with O …