Despite decades of research, scientists have yet to pinpoint the exact cause of nodding syndrome (NS), a disabling disease affecting African children. A new report suggests that blackflies infected ...

Onchocerciasis is a parasitic infection brings about skin lesions and severe eye damage and that can lead to irreversible blindness. Fertility-change associated genetic selection in parasite ...

Onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, is a parasitic disease caused by the filarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus (O. volvulus). River blindness is on the World Health Organization’s list of ...

More than 21 million people in Africa are infected with the nematode Onchocerca volvulus, the cause of river blindness. Around one in ten of those affected goes blind. Parasitologists at the ...

Scientists have sequenced the genome of the parasitic worm responsible for causing onchocerciasis--an eye and skin infection more commonly known as river blindness. Through their work, researchers ...

Moxidectin, a macrocyclic lactone, is an anthelmintic drug that selectively binds to the parasite's glutamate-gated chloride ion channels. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ...

Onchocerciasis, or river blindness, results from infection with Onchocerca volvulus. The parasite is endemic to West Africa, in both rain forest and savanna bioclimes. Several lines of evidence ...

Scientists have for the first time fully sequenced the genome of onchocerca volvulus, the parasitic worm that causes river blindness. This has allowed them to identify a number of proteins that could ...

Microfilariae of Onchocerca volvulus obtained from onchocercomas were inoculated subcutaneously into the inguinal region of mice. Microfilariae disseminated rapidly, invading the tail and lungs within ...

London, United Kingdom, October 2, 2014 – Despite decades of research, scientists have yet to pinpoint the exact cause of nodding syndrome (NS), a disabling disease affecting African children. A new ...