Onchocerciasis - World Health Organization (WHO)
2022年1月11日 · Onchocerciasis – or “river blindness” – is a parasitic disease caused by the filarial worm Onchocerca volvulus transmitted by repeated bites of infected blackflies (Simulium spp.). These blackflies breed along fast-flowing rivers and streams, close to remote villages located near fertile land where people rely on agriculture.
Onchocerciasis (river blindness) - World Health Organization (WHO)
2024年9月4日 · Onchocerciasis – or “river blindness” – is a parasitic disease caused by the filarial worm Onchocerca volvulus transmitted by repeated bites of infected blackflies (Simulium spp.). These blackflies breed along fast-flowing rivers and streams, close to remote villages located near fertile land where people rely on agriculture.
Onchocerciasis (river blindness) - World Health Organization (WHO)
Onchocerciasis is caused by infection with a filarial nematode (Onchocerca volvulus) transmitted by infected blackflies (Simulium spp.) that breed in fast-flowing rivers and streams.
River blindness: shifting from prevention to surveillance and …
2017年12月11日 · One of the main priorities of the global programme to eliminate onchocerciasis (also called river blindness) is to complete a pilot elimination mapping strategy which aims to accurately identify transmission of the disease wherever it occurs. Previous mapping efforts focused on identifying areas with the highest burden of symptomatic disease.
Elimination of human onchocerciasis: progress report, 2020
2021年11月19日 · Onchocerciasis or river blindness is a parasitic disease caused by the filarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus. Onchocerciasis is called river blindness because the blackflies, of the genus Simulium, that transmit the infection, live and breed along rivers and streams in areas where there is fast-moving water and because infection with the parasite can result in …
Elimination of human onchocerciasis: progress report, 2021
2022年11月18日 · Onchocerciasis, or river blindness, is one of the diseases targeted for elimination by WHO in the group of 20 diseases known as neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). The WHO road map on neglected tropical diseases, 2021–2030, developed with extensive global consultation, sets ambitious targets to be attained through 3 strategic shifts. The first is …
Elimination of human onchocerciasis: progress report, 2023–2024
2024年10月11日 · Onchocerciasis, more commonly known as river blindness, is a neglected tropical disease caused by the parasitic worm Onchocerca volvulus. The disease is transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected blackfly (Simulium spp.), which breeds in fast-flowing rivers and streams. The blackfly vector ingests microfilariae (immature worms) when ...
“A network to SEE river blindness GONE” - World Health …
2022年10月20日 · A new WHO network is aiming to ensure that onchocerciasis will soon be gone, in line with the targets set out in the 2030 Road map for neglected tropical diseases.
Elimination of river blindness feasible - World Health Organization …
2010年12月11日 · The first evidence that onchocerciasis elimination is feasible with ivermectin treatment was published today in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. Onchocerciasis is also called river blindness because the blackfly which transmits the disease breeds in rivers; it often blinds people, as well as causing debilitating skin disease. Over 37 …
Progress in eliminating onchocerciasis in the WHO Region of the ...
2024年9月27日 · Human onchocerciasis (river blindness) is caused by the parasitic worm Onchocerca volvulus, transmitted by Simulium black flies that breed in fast-flowing rivers and streams. In the human host, adult male and female O. volvulus worms become encapsulated in subcutaneous fibrous “nodules”, and fertilized females produce embryonic microfilariae that …