Background Onchocerciasis is a chronic parasitic infection originally endemic in 13 discrete
regional foci distributed among six countries of Latin America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador …

Human onchocerciasis (river blindness) occurs in 13 foci distributed among six countries in
Latin America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico and Venezuela), where about …

Abstract Background The World Health Organization (WHO) has set goals for
onchocerciasis elimination in Latin America by 2015. Most of the six previously endemic …

Les lignes directrices de l'OMS relatives à la certification de l'élimination de l'onchocercose
ont été publiées en 2001. Elles recommandent que, dans les zones où la transmission a été …

Introduction: A clinically significant endemic focus of onchocerciasis existing in Esmeraldas
Province, coastal Ecuador has been under an ivermectin mass drug administration program …

Background Elimination of onchocerciasis (river blindness) through mass administration of
ivermectin in the six countries in Latin America where it is endemic is considered feasible …

The decision in 1987 by the pharmaceutical firm Merck & Co. to provide
Mectizan®(ivermectin) free of charge to river blindness control programs has challenged the …

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 …

This paper reports on the highlights of the 18th annual InterAmerican Conference on
Onchocerciasis (IACO 2008) held in Oaxaca, Mexico, on 12-14 November 2008. The total …

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 …