- of
onchocerciasis are due to
localized host
inflammatory responses to dead or
dying microfilariae (larvae). The
signs and
symptoms of
onchocerciasis are...
-
Filaria that are
spread by mosquitoes.
Other types of
filariasis are
onchocerciasis also
known as
river blindness caused by
onchocerca volvulus; Loa loa...
- in 1997, the
African Programme for
Onchocerciasis Control reports a
reduction in the
prevalence of
onchocerciasis in the
countries under its
mandate from...
- to
treat infestations including head lice, scabies,
river blindness (
onchocerciasis), strongyloidiasis, trichuriasis,
ascariasis and
lymphatic filariasis...
-
volvulus is a
filarial (arthropod-borne)
nematode (roundworm) that
causes onchocerciasis (river blindness), and is the second-leading
cause of
blindness due...
- the
Control of
Onchocerciasis (APOC) and
Oncho Elimination Programme for the
Americas to
greatly diminish the
effect of
onchocerciasis by
donating ivermectin...
-
Retrieved 2025-03-24. "
Onchocerciasis". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster.
Retrieved 2016-01-21. "
Onchocerciasis".
Lexico UK
English Dictionary...
- of
onchocerciasis while having no
effect on the
microfilariae of L. loa. In a
study done at five
different co-endemic
regions for
onchocerciasis and...
- PMID 18927419. CDC
Advisory Archived 2007-05-31 at the
Wayback Machine "What is
onchocerciasis?". CDC.
Retrieved 2010-06-28.
transmission is most
intense in remote...
-
spearheading the
campaign to
eradicate dracunculiasis, as well as
treating onchocerciasis, trachoma,
lymphatic filariasis, and malaria. In 2002,
Jimmy Carter...
