"Onchocerca volvulus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 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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Patton JB, Bennuru S, Eberhard ML, Hess JA, Torigian A, Lustigman S, Nutman TB, Abraham D. Development of Onchocerca volvulus in humanized NSG mice and detection of parasite biomarkers in urine and serum. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 12; 12(12):e0006977.
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Kerepesi LA, Leon O, Lustigman S, Abraham D. Protective immunity to the larval stages of onchocerca volvulus is dependent on Toll-like receptor 4. Infect Immun. 2005 Dec; 73(12):8291-7.
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Abraham D, Leon O, Schnyder-Candrian S, Wang CC, Galioto AM, Kerepesi LA, Lee JJ, Lustigman S. Immunoglobulin E and eosinophil-dependent protective immunity to larval Onchocerca volvulus in mice immunized with irradiated larvae. Infect Immun. 2004 Feb; 72(2):810-7.
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Lustigman S, MacDonald AJ, Abraham D. CD4+-dependent immunity to Onchocerca volvulus third-stage larvae in humans and the mouse vaccination model: common ground and distinctions. Int J Parasitol. 2003 Sep 30; 33(11):1161-71.
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Abraham D, Lucius R, Trees AJ. Immunity to Onchocerca spp. in animal hosts. Trends Parasitol. 2002 Apr; 18(4):164-71.
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Lustigman S, James ER, Tawe W, Abraham D. Towards a recombinant antigen vaccine against Onchocerca volvulus. Trends Parasitol. 2002 Mar; 18(3):135-41.
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McCarthy JS, Wieseman M, Tropea J, Kaslow D, Abraham D, Lustigman S, Tuan R, Guderian RH, Nutman TB. Onchocerca volvulus glycolytic enzyme fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase as a target for a protective immune response in humans. Infect Immun. 2002 Feb; 70(2):851-8.