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Onchocerciasis, Ocular

Known as: River Blindness, Onchocerciasis, Ocular [Disease/Finding], Blindness, River 
Filarial infection of the eyes transmitted from person to person by bites of Onchocerca volvulus-infected black flies. The microfilariae of… 
National Institutes of Health

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OnchocerciasisParasitic Endophthalmitis

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2010
2010
Low levels of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) and reduced suppression of Th2-mediated inflammation in hyperreactive human onchocerciasis
SUMMARY Th2-biased inflammation with eosinophilia and IgE production is a hallmark of helminth infections. It is pronounced in… 
2010
2010
Transforming growth factor-beta expression by host cells is elicited locally by the filarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus in hyporeactive patients independently from Wolbachia.
2000
2000
Humoral responses to a secretory Onchocerca volvulus protein: differences in the pattern of antibody isotypes to recombinant Ov20/OvS1 in generalized and hyperreactive onchocerciasis
The Onchocerca volvulus secretory protein Ov20/OvS1 represents a dominant antigen expressed in the infective larvae… 
1999
1999
Eosinophils, eosinophil cationic protein and eosinophil-derived neurotoxin in serum and urine of patients with onchocerciasis coinfected with intestinal nematodes and in urinary schistosomiasis.
1998
1998
Mast cells in onchocercomas from patients with hyperreactive onchocerciasis (sowda).
Review
1995
Review
1995
Onchocerciasis in Ecuador: ocular findings in Onchocerca volvulus infected individuals.
Little is known of the epidemiology and clinical picture of ocular onchocerciasis in South America. A survey of onchocercal eye… 
1993
1993
Autoimmunity and filariasis. Autoantibodies against cytoplasmic cellular proteins in sera of patients with onchocerciasis.
Onchocerciasis or "river blindness" is a vector-borne tropical disease resulting from infection with the filarial nematode… 
Review
1992
Review
1992
Immunity and the prospects for vaccination against filariasis.
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
cDNA clones of Onchocerca volvulus low molecular weight antigens provide immunologically specific diagnostic probes.
1976
1976
Effects of suramin on ocular onchocerciasis.
39 patients (Group A) with ocular onchocerciasis in the Sudan-savanna of north Cameroon were given 4-6 g of suramin and followed… 
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