Human Onchocerciasis: Modelling the Potential Long-term Consequences of a Vaccination Programme

Extracellular Onchocerca-derived small RNAs in host nodules and blood

(2015) Juan F Quintana et al.   Parasites & Vectors

The potential impact of moxidectin on onchocerciasis elimination in Africa: an economic evaluation based on the Phase II clinical trial data

(2015) Hugo C Turner et al.   Parasites & Vectors

The Onchocerciasis Vaccine for Africa—TOVA—Initiative

(2015) Peter J. Hotez et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Reaching the London Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases Goals for Onchocerciasis: An Economic Evaluation of Increasing the Frequency of Ivermectin Treatment in Africa

(2014) Hugo C. Turner et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Therapeutic Efficacy and Macrofilaricidal Activity of Doxycycline for the Treatment of River Blindness

(2014) Martin Walker et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Vaccination against helminth parasite infections

(2014) James P Hewitson et al.   Expert Review of Vaccines

Vaccines to combat river blindness: expression, selection and formulation of vaccines against infection with Onchocerca volvulus in a mouse model

(2014) Jessica A. Hess et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

Vaccination with a genetically modified Brugia malayi cysteine protease inhibitor-2 reduces adult parasite numbers and affects the fertility of female worms following a subcutaneous challenge of Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) with B. malayi infective larvae

(2014) Sridhar Arumugam et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

Onchocerciasis transmission in Ghana: biting and parous rates of host-seeking sibling species of the Simulium damnosum complex

(2014) Poppy HL Lamberton et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Innovative tools for assessing risks for severe adverse events in areas of overlapping Loa loa and other filarial distributions: the application of micro-stratification mapping

(2014) Louise A Kelly-Hope et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Modelling the impact of ivermectin on River Blindness and its burden of morbidity and mortality in African Savannah: EpiOncho projections

(2014) Hugo C Turner et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Elimination of African Onchocerciasis: Modeling the Impact of Increasing the Frequency of Ivermectin Mass Treatment

(2014) Luc E. Coffeng et al.   PLoS One

Neglected tools for neglected diseases: mathematical models in economic evaluations

(2014) Hugo C. Turner et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Onchocerca volvulus-neurotransmitter tyramine is a biomarker for river blindness

(2013) Daniel Globisch et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Uncertainty Surrounding Projections of the Long-Term Impact of Ivermectin Treatment on Human Onchocerciasis

(2013) Hugo C. Turner et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control 1995–2015: Model-Estimated Health Impact and Cost

(2013) Luc E. Coffeng et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

The Cost of Annual versus Biannual Community-Directed Treatment of Onchocerciasis with Ivermectin: Ghana as a Case Study

(2013) Hugo C. Turner et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Indices of onchocerciasis transmission by different members of the Simulium damnosum complex conflict with the paradigm of forest and savanna parasite strains

(2012) Robert A. Cheke et al.   ACTA TROPICA

Impact of long-term treatment of onchocerciasis with ivermectin in Kaduna State, Nigeria: first evidence of the potential for elimination in the operational area of the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control

(2012) Afework Tekle et al.   Parasites & Vectors

The human parasite Loa loa in cytokine and cytokine receptor gene knock out BALB/c mice: survival, development and localization

(2012) Nicholas Tendongfor et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Deletion of Parasite Immune Modulatory Sequences Combined with Immune Activating Signals Enhances Vaccine Mediated Protection against Filarial Nematodes

(2012) Simon A. Babayan et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

A Research Agenda for Helminth Diseases of Humans: Intervention for Control and Elimination

(2012) Roger K. Prichard et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

A Research Agenda for Helminth Diseases of Humans: Diagnostics for Control and Elimination Programmes

(2012) James S. McCarthy et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Immunization with L. sigmodontis Microfilariae Reduces Peripheral Microfilaraemia after Challenge Infection by Inhibition of Filarial Embryogenesis

(2012) Sebastian Ziewer et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Proof-of-Principle of Onchocerciasis Elimination with Ivermectin Treatment in Endemic Foci in Africa: Final Results of a Study in Mali and Senegal

(2012) Mamadou O. Traore et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Density-Dependent Mortality of the Human Host in Onchocerciasis: Relationships between Microfilarial Load and Excess Mortality

(2012) Martin Walker et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Control of onchocerciasis in Africa: Threshold shifts, breakpoints and rules for elimination

(2011) Hans P. Duerr et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

Future prospects and challenges of vaccines against filariasis

(2011) S. A. BABAYAN et al.   PARASITE IMMUNOLOGY

The Geographic Distribution of Loa loa in Africa: Results of Large-Scale Implementation of the Rapid Assessment Procedure for Loiasis (RAPLOA)

(2011) Honorat Gustave Marie Zouré et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Identifying sub-optimal responses to ivermectin in the treatment of River Blindness

(2009) T. S. Churcher et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Feasibility of Onchocerciasis Elimination with Ivermectin Treatment in Endemic Foci in Africa: First Evidence from Studies in Mali and Senegal

(2009) Lamine Diawara et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

DENSITY DEPENDENCE AND THE SPREAD OF ANTHELMINTIC RESISTANCE

(2008) Thomas S. Churcher et al.   EVOLUTION

Modelling heterogeneity and the impact of chemotherapy and vaccination against human hookworm

(2008) L Sabatelli et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Effect of single-dose ivermectin on Onchocerca volvulus: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2008) María-Gloria Basáñez et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES