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Mass treatment with IVM is an integral component of the onchocerciasis control programmes.
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Bovine nodular onchocercomata represent an interesting model for human onchocerciasis.
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As response to an endemic disease, programs have focused on the control of onchocerciasis transmission.
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First, mild-to-moderate chronic inflammatory cellular infiltration was present in the conjunctiva of the onchocerciasis patients.
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River blindness or onchocerciasis is an eye and skin disease caused by the filaria worm.
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Nodding syndrome (NS) is an epileptic disorder occurring in children in African onchocerciasis endemic regions.
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The vaccines developed in this study have the potential of reducing the morbidity associated with onchocerciasis in humans.
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This paper reviews the contributions that such concentrated efforts to control and eliminate onchocerciasis make to achieving select MDGs.
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Lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis are diseases of severe morbidity that affect the poorest of the poor in the world.
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Historically, onchocerciasis control targeted vector breeding sites, but the current strategy relies on mass administration of a single drug, ivermectin.
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Here, we argue that prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines would accelerate elimination efforts and safeguard the enormous strides made in onchocerciasis control.
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This immunomic approach not only demonstrates the power of this postgenomic discovery platform but also provides additional tools for onchocerciasis control programs.
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The results support the validity of the assumption that a unique status of immunity develops in certain individuals living in areas where onchocerciasis is endemic.
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That altruism has hugely helped to combat onchocerciasis -aka river blindness -lymphatic filariasis and other parasitic diseases in Africa, Latin America and Yemen.
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Accurate detection of filarial parasites in humans is essential for the implementation and evaluation of mass drug administration programs to control onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis.
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Antibodies to the OV9M protein are present in 40-60% of both patently infected and non-patent individuals residing in onchocerciasis endemic areas.