PubMed

Final report of the Conference on the eradicability of Onchocerciasis.

Dadzie Y, Neira M, Hopkins D.

Filaria J. 2003 Feb 7;2(1):2.PMID: 12605722 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articlesFree article

The Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas (OEPA).

Sauerbrey M.

Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2008 Sep;102 Suppl 1:25-9.PMID: 18718151 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The Mectizan Donation Program (MDP).

Thylefors B.

Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2008 Sep;102 Suppl 1:39-44.PMID: 18718154 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Onchocerciasis and other eye problems in developing countries: a challenge for optometrists.

Berger IB, Nnadozie J.

J Am Optom Assoc. 1993 Oct;64(10):699-702. Review.PMID: 8245390 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Towards the elimination of onchocerciasis.

Thylefors B, Alleman M.

Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2006 Dec;100(8):733-46. Review.PMID: 17227651 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Impact of ivermectin on onchocerciasis transmission: assessing the empirical evidence that repeated ivermectin mass treatments may lead to elimination/eradication in West-Africa.

Borsboom GJ, Boatin BA, Nagelkerke NJ, Agoua H, Akpoboua KL, Alley EW, Bissan Y, Renz A, Yameogo L, Remme JH, Habbema JD.

Filaria J. 2003 Mar 24;2(1):8.PMID: 12769825 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articlesFree article

Feasibility of onchocerciasis elimination with ivermectin treatment in endemic foci in Africa: first evidence from studies in Mali and Senegal.

Diawara L, Traoré MO, Badji A, Bissan Y, Doumbia K, Goita SF, Konaté L, Mounkoro K, Sarr MD, Seck AF, Toé L, Tourée S, Remme JH.

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2009 Jul 21;3(7):e497.PMID: 19621091 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

[Control of onchocerciasis vectors in West Africa: description of the logistics adapted for a large-scale public health program]

Hougard JM, Poudiougo P, Zerbo G, Meyer R, Guillet P, Agoua H, Seketeli A, Akpoboua A, Sowah S, Samba EM, et al.

Sante. 1994 Nov-Dec;4(6):389-98. French. PMID: 7850190 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Onchocerciasis control: the APOC strategy.

Dadzie KY.

Afr Health. 1997 Mar;19(3):13-5.PMID: 12292398 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Impact of combined large-scale ivermectin distribution and vector control on transmission of Onchocerca volvulus in the Niger basin, Guinea.

Guillet P, Sékétéli A, Alley ES, Agoua H, Boatin BA, Bissan Y, Akpoboua LK, Quillévéré D, Samba EM.

Bull World Health Organ. 1995;73(2):199-205.PMID: 7743591 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Control of onchocerciasis.

Boatin BA, Richards FO Jr.

Adv Parasitol. 2006;61:349-94. Review.PMID: 16735169 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Progress towards the elimination of onchocerciasis as a public-health problem in Uganda: opportunities, challenges and the way forward.

Ndyomugyenyi R, Lakwo T, Habomugisha P, Male B.

Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2007 Jun;101(4):323-33.PMID: 17524247 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Onchocerciasis in West Africa after 2002: a challenge to take up.

Hougard JM, Yameogo L, Philippon B.

Parasite. 2002 Jun;9(2):105-11. Review.PMID: 12116855 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas: a history of partnership.

Blanks J, Richards F, Beltrán F, Collins R, Alvarez E, Zea Flores G, Bauler B, Cedillos R, Heisler M, Brandling-Bennett D, Baldwin W, Bayona M, Klein R, Jacox M.

Rev Panam Salud Publica. 1998 Jun;3(6):367-74.PMID: 9734217 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Programmatic goals and approaches to onchocerciasis.

Richards F, Hopkins D, Cupp E.

Lancet. 2000 May 13;355(9216):1663-4.PMID: 10905239 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

[The campaign against onchocerciasis in Africa: update]

Boussinesq M, Hougard JM.

Med Trop (Mars). 1998;58(3):285-96. Review. French. PMID: 10088109 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Onchocerciasis: the clinical and epidemiological burden of skin disease in Africa.

Murdoch ME, Asuzu MC, Hagan M, Makunde WH, Ngoumou P, Ogbuagu KF, Okello D, Ozoh G, Remme J.

Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2002 Apr;96(3):283-96.PMID: 12061975 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Four TDR diseases can be "eliminated". 4. African onchocerciasis control: patients to take over by 2008.

[No authors listed]

TDR News. 1996 Mar;(49):4-5.PMID: 12294420 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Successful interruption of transmission of Onchocerca volvulus in the Escuintla-Guatemala focus, Guatemala.

Gonzalez RJ, Cruz-Ortiz N, Rizzo N, Richards J, Zea-Flores G, Domínguez A, Sauerbrey M, Catú E, Oliva O, Richards FO, Lindblade KA.

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2009;3(3):e404. Epub 2009 Mar 31.PMID: 19333366 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Impact of long-term treatment of onchocerciasis with ivermectin in Ecuador: potential for elimination of infection.

Vieira JC, Cooper PJ, Lovato R, Mancero T, Rivera J, Proaño R, López AA, Guderian RH, Guzmán JR.

BMC Med. 2007 May 23;5:9.PMID: 17521449 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article