Individual longitudinal compliance to neglected tropical disease mass drug administration programmes, a systematic review

R Maddren, A Phillips, S Rayment Gomez… - PLOS Neglected …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Repeated distribution of preventative chemotherapy (PC) by mass drug administration forms
the mainstay of transmission control for five of the 20 recognised neglected tropical diseases …

Mvolo County, an Onchocerciasis Endemic Area in Western Equatoria State, South Sudan: An Entomological Study to Prepare for a “Slash and Clear” Community …

TL Lakwo, P Alinda, SR Jada, M Tionga… - … and Reports in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Background Mvolo in Western Equatoria of South Sudan has been a hotspot for Onchocerca
volvulus transmission since the 1940s. In Mvolo onchocerciasis is a disease of public health …

Possible recrudescence of onchocerciasis within Kaduna metropolis: microfilariae load and transmission potential posed by blackfly

DD Gaiya, B Jonathan, SK Udu, H Gimba - Dysona-Life Science, 2021 - life.dysona.org
Onchocerciasis, also called River blindness, is a parasitic disease that affects humans,
caused by a nematode parasite, Onchocerca volvulus. A preliminary study was carried out to …

Serological and parasitological assessment of onchocerciasis transmission and associated factors at Abeshige district, Guragae zone, Southwest Ethiopia: Cross …

SD Arega, SM Feleke, TK Zeleke, WT Mekonnin - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Background: One of the crippling neglected tropical diseases, onchocerciasis (river
blindness), is caused on by the skin-dwelling filarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus, an …