Onchocerciasis
Onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, is a disease caused by infection with the parasitic worm Onchocerca volvulus. Symptoms include severe itching, bumps under the skin, and blindness. It is the second-most common cause of blindness due to infection, after trachoma.The parasite worm is spread by the bites of a black fly of the Simulium type. Usually, many bites are required before infection occurs. These flies live near rivers, hence the common name of the disease. Once inside a person, the worms create larvae that make their way out to the skin, where they can infect the next black fly …
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WHO: World Health Organization · 12 April 2024
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tropicales négligées Onchocerciasis https://www.who.int/health-topics/onchocerciasis#tab=tab_1 Onchocercose …
WHO: World Health Organization · 29 March 2024 English
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tropicales négligées Onchocerciasis https://www.who.int/health-topics/onchocerciasis#tab=tab_1 Onchocercose …
WHO: World Health Organization · 22 March 2024 French
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tropicales négligées Onchocerciasis https://www.who.int/health-topics/onchocerciasis#tab=tab_1 Onchocercose …
WHO: World Health Organization · 8 March 2024 French
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tropicales négligées Onchocerciasis https://www.who.int/health-topics/onchocerciasis#tab=tab_1 Onchocercose …
USAID: United States Agency for International Development · 4 March 2024 English
The Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) are advancing the President’s vision of a more free, open, secure, and prosperous world that delivers for the American …
prevalent NTDs – lymphatic filariasis, trachoma, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, and three soil-transmitted …
WHO: World Health Organization · 1 March 2024 French
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tropicales négligées Onchocerciasis https://www.who.int/health-topics/onchocerciasis#tab=tab_1 Onchocercose …
WHO: World Health Organization · 1 March 2024 English
diseases such as lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis. The technique detects the presence of patho- … xenomonitoring for lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis. Trends Parasitol. 2017 Oct;33(10):788–98 … for characterising the community burden of Onchocerciasis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 Oct 12;15(10):e0009812 …
WHO: World Health Organization · 16 February 2024
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on river blindness and lymphatic filariasis Onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness, and lymphatic … mosquitoes, respectively. The human risks of both onchocerciasis and LF have decreased worldwide during the … sites is critical in determining the risk for onchocerciasis; if usually permanent rivers no longer contain … search terms for climate change and LF and onchocerciasis outcomes. Only 81 results were obtained, and … scientific literature. The results will help onchocerciasis and LF programmes to anticipate shifting endemicity …
WHO: World Health Organization · 16 February 2024
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on river blindness and lymphatic filariasis Onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness, and lymphatic … mosquitoes, respectively. The human risks of both onchocerciasis and LF have decreased worldwide during the … sites is critical in determining the risk for onchocerciasis; if usually permanent rivers no longer contain … search terms for climate change and LF and onchocerciasis outcomes. Only 81 results were obtained, and … scientific literature. The results will help onchocerciasis and LF programmes to anticipate shifting endemicity …
IADB: Inter-American Development Bank · 31 January 2024 English
We examine the efficiency gains in health systems generated after the national roll out of basic healthcare in El Salvador between 2010 and 2013. Using data from over 120 million …
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