Onchocerciasis is not a major cause of blindness in two endemic villages in Sierra Leone

Onchocerciasis is not a major cause of blindness in two endemic villages in Sierra Leone

Abstract Objective Sierra Leone, a country where onchocerciasis is endemic in 14 of the 16 districts, was the focus of our investigation. Despite 17 rounds of annual ivermectin treatment since 2005, a report circulated by a local politician indicated an increase in cases of suspected onchocerciasis-...

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Main Authors: Ibrahim Kargbo-Labour, Victoria Redwood-Sawyerr, Abdulai Conteh, Doris Harding, Mohamed S. Bah, Patricia Houck, Sugandh Juneja, Achille Kabore, Darin Evans, Angela M. Weaver, Yaobi Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-01-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Subjects:
Onchocerciasis
Vision loss
Ov-16 IgG4 antibodies
Skin snip
Sierra Leone
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-024-07051-9
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