From river blindness to river epilepsy: Implications for onchocerciasis elimination programmes

[...]intervention programmes targeting elimination of onchocerciasis as a public health problem do not take into account OAE. [...]OAE may increase onchocerciasis-related mortality among children and adolescents. [...]NS incidence in Uganda has been brought down to zero [4]. The household clustering...

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Published in:PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2019-07, Vol.13 (7), p.e0007407-e0007407
Main Authors: Colebunders, Robert, Siewe Fodjo, Joseph Nelson, Hopkins, Adrian, Hotterbeekx, An, Lakwo, Thomson L, Kalinga, Akili, Logora, Makoy Yibi, Basáñez, Maria-Gloria
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Antiparasitic Agents - therapeutic use
Aquatic insects
Biology and Life Sciences
Blindness
Blindness - parasitology
Blindness - prevention & control
Care and treatment
Children
Clustering
Communities
Control
Convulsions & seizures
Cost of Illness
Disease Eradication - methods
Disease Eradication - organization & administration
Earth Sciences
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Epidemiology
Epilepsy
Epilepsy - parasitology
Epilepsy - prevention & control
Health policy
Humans
Ivermectin
Ivermectin - therapeutic use
Medical personnel
Medical research
Medicine and Health Sciences
Mortality
Neglected Diseases - parasitology
Neglected Diseases - prevention & control
Onchocerciasis
Onchocerciasis - complications
Onchocerciasis - drug therapy
Onchocerciasis - prevention & control
Onchocerciasis, Ocular - drug therapy
Onchocerciasis, Ocular - prevention & control
Planning
Policy Platform
Programmes
Public health
Risk factors
Rivers
Tropical diseases
Workers
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Summary:[...]intervention programmes targeting elimination of onchocerciasis as a public health problem do not take into account OAE. [...]OAE may increase onchocerciasis-related mortality among children and adolescents. [...]NS incidence in Uganda has been brought down to zero [4]. The household clustering of PWE has led communities and local healthcare workers to wrongly believe that epilepsy is contagious and transmissible by direct contact, hence increasing stigma. [...]educating communities and health professionals about OAE will reduce stigma and motivate people to take ivermectin [23].
ISSN:1935-2735
1935-2727
1935-2735
DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0007407