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BMC Res Notes
January 2025
Helen Keller International, New York, USA.
Objective: Sierra Leone, a country where onchocerciasis is endemic in 14 of the 16 districts, was the focus of our investigation. Despite 17 rounds of annual ivermectin treatment since 2005, a report circulated by a local politician indicated an increase in cases of suspected onchocerciasis-related vision impairment in two villages (Mangobo and Petifu) in Tonkolili district. In response, the National Neglected Tropical Disease Program conducted a comprehensive investigation.
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July 2024
Instituto Leônidas e Maria Deane, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Adrianópolis, Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil.
Cornea
December 2024
Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island, Rockville Centre, NY.
Purpose: To report the association of Pseudofilariasis as a presenting sign of Alkaptonuria.
Method: Case Report.
Results: A 49-year-old Indian man was referred because of wormlike objects in his left conjunctiva.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
June 2024
Center of Excellence in Vector Biology and Vector-Borne Disease, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Extralymphatic filariasis caused by filaria of zoonotic origins has been frequently reported in Thailand over recent years. Here, we report the first case of ocular filariasis in a 7.5-year-old Thai boy who initially presented with progressive conjunctival redness and blurred vision in his right eye.
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July 2021
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Background: Onchocerciasis ("river blindness") can cause severe morbidity, including vision loss and various skin manifestations, and is targeted for elimination using ivermectin mass drug administration (MDA). We calculated the number of people with Onchocerca volvulus infection and onchocercal skin and eye disease as well as disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) lost from 1990 through to 2030 in areas formerly covered by the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control.
Methods: Per MDA implementation unit, we collated data on the pre-control distribution of microfilariae (mf) prevalence and the history of control.
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