Section outline

  • Lecture: Onchocerciasis and Article(s) review and discussion

    Faculty:  Jeremy Keenan

    Location:  Mission Hall 1109

    • Session Slides:

    • Required Reading:

      Hoeuraf AM. Onchocerciasis. In: Tropical Infectious Diseases: Principles, Pathogens, and Practice (Third edition) 2011; pp741-749.


    • Optional Reading:

    • Unnasch TR, Golden A, Cama V, Cantey PT. Diagnostics for onchocerciasis in the era of elimination. Int Health. 2018;10(suppl_1):i20-i26. File
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    • Kamgno J et al. A Test-and-Not-Treat Strategy for Onchocerciasis in Loa loa-Endemic Areas. N Engl J Med. 2017;377(21):2044-2052. File
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    • Articles for student seminar:

    • Lont YL, et al. Modelling Anti-Ov16 IgG4 Antibody Prevalence as an Indicator for Evaluation and Decision Making in Onchocerciasis Elimination Programmes. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017;11(1):e0005314. File
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    • Opoku et al. A. Single dose moxidectin versus ivermectin for Onchocerca volvulus infection in Ghana, Liberia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a randomised, controlled, double-blind phase 3 trial. Lancet. 2018;392(10154):1207-1216. File
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    • Walker M, Stolk WA, Dixon MA, Bottomley C, Diawara L, Traoré MO, de Vlas SJ, Basáñez MG. Modelling the elimination of river blindness using long-term epidemiological and programmatic data from Mali and Senegal. Epidemics. 2017;18:4-15. File
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