Background Onchocerciasis is a disease caused by infection with Onchocerca volvulus,
which is transmitted to humans via the bite of several species of black fly, and is responsible …

Climates and topography effectively restrict vector-borne infections to certain geographical
areas, a clear illustration of how strongly the spatial distributions of these diseases rely on …

Background The original aim of the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC)
was to control onchocerciasis as a public health problem in 20 African countries. In order to …

Onchocerciasis control has been very successful in Africa and research has played a critical
role. An overview of the main epidemiological and implementation research activities …

An attempt was made to assess the true public-health importance of onchocercal skin
disease throughout the African region and hence provide an objective basis for the rational …

Background: High epilepsy prevalence and incidence have been reported in areas with high
onchocerciasis transmission. Recent findings suggest that proper community-directed …

The current strategy for interrupting transmission of lymphatic filariasis (LF) is annual mass
drug administration (MDA), at good coverage, for 6 or more years. We describe our …

Plateau and Nasarawa states in central Nigeria were endemic for onchocerciasis. The rural
populations of these two states received annual ivermectin mass drug administration (MDA) …

This paper describes a pilot initiative to incorporate lymphatic filariasis (LF) elimination and
urinary schistosomiasis (SH) control into a mature onchocerciasis control program based on …

Background Onchocerciasis is endemic in most local government areas (LGAs) in Enugu
and Ogun states. Most meso-and hyper-endemic LGAs have received many rounds of …