Association between microfilarial load and excess mortality in onchocerciasis: an epidemiological study
- 8 May 2004
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in The Lancet
- Vol. 363 (9420), 1514-1521
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(04)16151-5
Abstract
No abstract availableKeywords
This publication has 21 references indexed in Scilit:
- The Role of Endosymbiotic Wolbachia Bacteria in the Pathogenesis of River BlindnessScience, 2002
- Resistance and susceptibility in human onchocerciasis – beyond Th1 vs Th2Trends in Parasitology, 2002
- Models for the population biology and control of human onchocerciasisTrends in Parasitology, 2001
- Eliminating Onchocerciasis after 14 Years of Vector Control: A Proved StrategyThe Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2001
- Antigen-specific cellular hyporesponsiveness in a chronic human helminth infection is mediated by Th3/Tr1-type cytokines IL-10 and transforming growth factor-β but not by a Th1 to Th2 shiftInternational Immunology, 2000
- Onchocerciasis control in West Africa: Current status and future of the onchocerciasis control programmeParasitology Today, 1995
- Immune Responsiveness And The Pathogenesis Of Human OnchocerciasisThe Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1995
- Onchocerciasis and epilepsy in UgandaThe Lancet, 1994
- Onchocerciasis in Malawi. 2. Subjective complaints and decreased weight in persons infected with Onchocerca volvulus in the Thyolo highlandsTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1991
- Relationships between mortality, visual acuity and microfilarial load in the area of the Onchocerciasis Control ProgrammeTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1983