River Blindness (Onchocerciasis)
Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Residents of Achiagu, Adani and Aguobuowa Communities in Nigeria Regarding River Blindness
... with river blindness (Onchocerciasis) in Achiagu, Adani and Aguobuowa communities of Enugu State, south-eastern Nigeria were obtained in 2013 using a structured questionnaire, key format interviews ...
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Modelling the impact of ivermectin on River Blindness and its burden of morbidity and mortality in African Savannah: EpiOncho projections
... Human onchocerciasis is also known as ‘river blindness’ because the simuliid vectors that transmit the infection breed in fast flowing rivers, and because the embryonic stages or microfilariae (mf ) ...
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Modelling the elimination of river blindness using long-term epidemiological and programmatic data from Mali and Senegal
... Human onchocerciasis or river blindness is caused by the filarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus and is earmarked for elim- ination by the World Health Organization (WHO) as articulated by the 2012 ...
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Of Mice, Cattle, and Humans: The Immunology and Treatment of River Blindness
... and blindness (river ...of onchocerciasis is primarily associated with death of microfilariae larvae in the skin and eyes (Figures 1 and ...of onchocerciasis relied on treatment of water ...
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The macrofilaricidal efficacy of repeated doses of ivermectin for the treatment of river blindness
... The specific structure of the model used here is based on the treatment submodel embedded within EPIONCHO [22, 23], a transmission model that is used to explore the effectiveness of current and alternative intervention ...
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The therapeutic efficacy and macrofilaricidal activity of doxycycline for the treatment of river blindness
... Doxycycline is currently the best option for treatment of on- chocerciasis or lymphatic fi lariasis in patients attending clinical settings [6]. Doxycycline is the only available safe and effective curative therapy for ...
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From river blindness control to elimination: bridge over troubled water
... for onchocerciasis control in 1987, and is being donated by Merck Sharp & Dohme, MSD (known as Merck & ...control onchocerciasis in 20 endemic countries outside the OCP [2, ...with ...
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Characterisation of a novel glycosylated glutathione transferase of Onchocerca ochengi, closest relative of the human river blindness parasite
... human onchocerciasis, the causative agent of which is ...2016). Onchocerciasis is a devastating, vector borne, neglected tropical disease, affecting over 15 million people, 99% of whom live in ...of ...
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Elimination of onchocerciasis from Colombia: first proof of concept of river blindness elimination in the world
... Micay River and its ...Mataje River which forms the border between Colombia and Ecuador ...that onchocerciasis in Colombia was con- fined to the single focus of Lopez de Micay, specifically to the ...
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Does increasing treatment frequency address sub-optimal responses to ivermectin for the control and elimination of river blindness
... of onchocerciasis in Ghana, the Neglected Tropical Diseases Programme (NTDP) of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) adopted a biannual treat- ment strategy in 44 of 77 endemic communities ...
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Characterisation of a novel glycosylated glutathione transferase of Onchocerca ochengi, closest relative of the human river blindness parasite
... S0031182019000763jra 1 12 Parasitology cambridge org/par Research Article Cite this article Rose C et al (2019) Characterization of a novel glycosylated glutathione transferase of Onchocerca ochengi,[.] ...
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Cross-border collaboration for neglected tropical disease efforts—Lessons learned from onchocerciasis control and elimination in the Mano River Union (West Africa)
... against river blindness in the border areas of the MRU’s member states—in particular between Liberia and Sierra Leone following the post–conflict environ- ment of both countries as expressed in 2006 in a ...
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ONCHOCERCIASIS: AN OVERVIEW
... as river blindness and Robles' Disease, is a parasitic disease caused by infection by Onchocerca volvulus, a ...nematode. Onchocerciasis is the world's second-leading infectious cause of ...
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Prevalence of visual impairment in relation to the number of ophthalmologists in a given area: a nationwide approach
... The survey documented blindness and low vision as declared by subjects, with no medical input. Three formal questions specific to vision were asked during the inter- view: (1) "Do you have trouble reading ...
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The Sri Lanka National Blindness, Visual Impairment and Disability Survey: rationale, objectives and detailed methodology
... Inter-observer agreements on measurement of visual acuity and ascertaining cause of blindness/ visual impairment were undertaken for the ophthalmologists and the optometrists. This was repeated twice. Wherever ...
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Rajput
... blindness is estimated to be 1.1%. Main causes of blindness are as follows: cataract (62.6%), refractive error (19.70%), corneal blindness (0.90%), glaucoma (5.80%), surgical complication (1.20%), ...
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Update on the current status of onchocerciasis in Côte d’Ivoire following 40 years of intervention: Progress and challenges
... National Onchocerciasis Control Programme, ivermectin mass drug admin- istration (MDA) started in Co ˆte d’Ivoire in 1992 in basins of rivers listed above (Sassandra, N’zi-Bandama, Comoe´, Marahoue´ and Black ...
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Rehabilitation and Paid Employment for Blind People in a Low Income Country
... and the importance of rehabilitating blind children, but few on paid employment for these students after leaving school [18]. Also in low income countries rehabilitation services may not be available, it may not be ...
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Leakage-Resilient Lattice-Based Partially Blind Signatures
... partial blindness and its unforgeability is based on the computational hardness of worst-case ideal lattice problems for approximation factors in O(n ˜ 4 ) in dimension ...failure blindness, are also ...
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Health literacy of common ocular diseases in Nepal
... night blindness, trachoma and diabetic retinopathy in 1741 respondents over a three month period (March through May in ...Night blindness and trachoma were of the lowest awareness and knowledge thus the ...
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