Previous ultrastructural studies on various microfilariae have suggested the presence of a trilaminar membrane at the parasite cuticle. In the present report, the formation of the cuticle of ...

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, also known as "river blindness", is a neglected tropical disease infecting millions of people mainly in Africa and the Middle East but also in South America and Central America.

Recent reports of patients failing to respond to ivermectin, the standard drug for treating river blindness (onchocerciasis), have suggested the emergence of drug-resistant Onchocerca volvulus (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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The debilitating parasitic disease, onchocerciasis, is all but vanquished in one corner of Sudan, thanks to a community-wide health effort. A series of rodent experiments showed that even with ...

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 ...

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 ...