"Onchocerca volvulus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A species of parasitic nematodes widely distributed throughout central Africa and also found in northern South America, southern Mexico, and Guatemala. Its intermediate host and vector is the blackfly or buffalo gnat.
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D017181
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.500.294.400.937.463.510.850
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| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Onchocerca volvulus" by people in Profiles.
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Onchocerca volvulus Mimicking Metastatic Breast Carcinoma. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 03; 102(3):487-488.
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Antibody responses against the vaccine antigens Ov-103 and Ov-RAL-2 are associated with protective immunity to Onchocerca volvulus infection in both mice and humans. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019 09; 13(9):e0007730.
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Onchocerca volvulus: The Road from Basic Biology to a Vaccine. Trends Parasitol. 2018 01; 34(1):64-79.
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The Immunomodulatory Role of Adjuvants in Vaccines Formulated with the Recombinant Antigens Ov-103 and Ov-RAL-2 against Onchocerca volvulus in Mice. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 07; 10(7):e0004797.
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Vaccines to combat river blindness: expression, selection and formulation of vaccines against infection with Onchocerca volvulus in a mouse model. Int J Parasitol. 2014 Aug; 44(9):637-46.
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Anti-Wolbachia drug discovery and development: safe macrofilaricides for onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis. Parasitology. 2014 Jan; 141(1):119-27.
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Exposure of seasonal migrant workers to Onchocerca volvulus on coffee plantations in Guatemala. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2009 Sep; 81(3):438-42.
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Successful interruption of transmission of Onchocerca volvulus in the Escuintla-Guatemala focus, Guatemala. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2009; 3(3):e404.
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Elimination of Onchocercia volvulus transmission in the Santa Rosa focus of Guatemala. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 Aug; 77(2):334-41.
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Control of onchocerciasis--the next generation. Lancet. 2007 Jun 16; 369(9578):1979-1980.