[HTML] from plos.orgMY Osei-Atweneboana, K Awadzi… - PLoS neglected tropical …, 2011 - dx.plos.org Onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness, is caused by the filarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus and is transmitted by a blackfly vector. Over 37 million people are thought to be infected, with over 90 million at risk. Infection predominantly occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. ... Related articles - Cached - All 3 versions
F Tamarozzi, A Halliday, K Gentil… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol ... SUMMARY. Summary: The discovery of Wolbachia intracellular bacteria within filarial nematodes, including Onchocercavolvulus, the causative agent of onchocerciasis or "river blindness," has delivered a paradigm shift in our understanding of the parasite's biology, to where ... Related articles - All 2 versions
TB Higazi, I Zarroug, HA Mohamed… - The American Journal of …, 2011 - ASTMH ... Assessment of more than 30,000 black flies for Onchocercavolvulus infectious stage L3 larvae by using an O-150 polymerase chain reaction protocol showed that black fly infectivity rates were 0.84 (95% confidence interval = 0.0497–1.88) per 10,000 flies for Abu Hamed and ... Related articles - All 3 versions
[HTML] from nih.govG Auburger… - Aging (Albany NY), 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ... of dental caries bacteria Streptococcus mutans and their continued maintenance of glycolysis in media with high sugar and acid concentrations [24,25], of Bacillusanthracis, of the fungus Candida albicans and of the worm Onchocercavolvulus under oxidative stress [26-28], of ... Cited by 1 - Related articles - All 3 versions
DL Fink, GA Fahle, S Fischer… - Journal of clinical …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol ... Real-time PCR of skin snip samples was significantly more sensitive than microscopic examination for the detection of Onchocercavolvulus microfiladermia (2 of 218 samples positive by both microscopy and PCR and 12 samples positive by PCR only). ... Cited by 1 - Related articles - All 4 versions