Amongst the aquarelles there is one picture of a typical chorioretinitis of the African ocular onchocerciasis, which creates blotchy scars ( Hissette 1937, Hissette 1938 ).
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They have not gone point-of-care yet, but show promise for highlighting high-risk areas and individuals with co-endemic loiasis and onchocerciasis.
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There is much overlap between the endemicity of the two distinct filariases, which complicates mass treatment programs for onchocerciasis and necessitates the development of greater diagnostics for loiasis.
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In July 1934, as an advisor and guide, he attends the Harvard African Expedition under R . P . Strong to research the onchocerciasis along the Sankuru.
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In 1942, as a major in the Royal Army Medical Corps stationed in Ghana, he discovered onchocerciasis ( river blindness ) and published a paper on the subject.
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According to a 2002 WHO report, onchocerciasis has not caused a single death, but its global burden is 987, 000 disability adjusted life years ( DALYs ).
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The same year, pharmaceutical company Merck released Mectizan? trade name for Ivermectin, a drug which killed the blindness-causing stage of the worms that cause onchocerciasis.
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A single oral dose of ivermectin, taken annually for the 1015-year lifespan of the adult worms, is all that is needed to protect the individual from onchocerciasis.
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For instance, time-series data for " Onchocerciasis " infection demonstrates that 10 years of vector control lead to reduced parasite burden with a more overdispersed distribution.
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At times, they can be observed during a laparotomy . " M . perstans " often occurs with other filarial infections, such as onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis.
