Seroprevalence of onchocerciasis in Ogun State, Nigeria after ten years of mass drug administration with ivermectin

References

• Opoku AA . Some observations on the ecology, biting activity and parasite infectivity of the blackfly (Simuliidae) and onchocerciasis prevalence in the River Birim catchment. Ghana J of Sci. 2000;40: 65–73.
   Google Scholar
• Adeleke MA , Mafiana CF , Sam-Wobo SO , et al . Morphotaxonomic studies on Simulium damnosum Theobald complex (Diptera: Simuliidae) along Osun River Southwest Nigeria. Acta Entomol Sin. 2010;53(11):1319–24.
   Google Scholar
• Hopkins A , Boakye AB . Water and Sanitation Related Diseases and Environment: Challenges, interventions, and Preventive measures. New York City : Wiley-Blackwell. Published by John Wiley and Sons, Inc.; 2011.
   Google Scholar
• Cupp EW , Sauerbrey M , Richards F . Elimination of human onchocerciasis: a history of progress and current feasibility using ivermectin (Mectizan®) monotherapy. Acta Trop. 2010;120(Suppl 1): S100–08.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• WHO . Sustaining the drive to overcome the global impact of neglected tropical diseases. Second WHO report on neglected tropical diseases. WHO/HTM/NTD/2013.1. Geneva: WHO; 2013 [cited 2016 Sep 12]. Available from: http://www.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/77950/1/9789241564540_eng.pdf.
   Google Scholar
• WHO . Neglected tropical diseases, WHO declares Ecuador free of onchocerciasis (riverblindness); 2014 [cited 2015 Jun 12]. Available from: http://www.who.int/neglected_diseases/ecuador_free_from_onchocerciasis/en/.
   Google Scholar
• WHO: Progress toward eliminating onchocerciasis in the WHO Region of the Americas: verification of elimination of transmission in Mexico . Wkly Epidemiol Rec. 2015, 90(43):577–81.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• WHO: Progress towards eliminating onchocerciasis in the WHO Region of the Americas: verification of elimination of transmission in Guatemala . Wkly Epidemiol Rec. 2016, 91(43):501–5.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Mafuyai HB , Post RJ , Molyneux DH , et al . First sibling species identifications of Nigerian onchocerciasis vectors. Trans Royal Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1997;91:90–1.10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90409-0
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Noma M , Nwoke BEB , Nutall I , et al . Rapid epidemiological mapping of onchocerciasis (REMO): its application by the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC). Ann Tropical Med Parasitol 2002;96(sup1):S29–39.10.1179/000349802125000637
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Oyibo WA , Fagbenro-Beyioku AF . Effect of repeated community based ivermectin treatment on the intensity of Onchocerciasis in Nigeria. Rur Rem Health J. 2004;3:211–21.
   Google Scholar
• Opara KN , Usip LP , Akpabio EE . Transmission dynamics of Onchocerciasis in rural communities of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. J Vec Borne Dis. 2008;45:225–30.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Plaisier AP , Alley ES , van Oortmarssen GJ , et al . Required duration of combined annual ivermectin treatment and vector control in the Onchocerciasis Control Programme in west Africa. Bull World Health Org. 1997;75:237–45.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Winnen M , Plaisier AP , Alley ES , et al . Can ivermectin mass treatments eliminate onchocerciasis in Africa? Bull World Health Org. 2002;80: 384–91.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Evans DS , Alphonsus K , Umaru J , et al . Status of onchocerciasis transmission after more than a decade of mass drug administration for onchocerciasis and lymphatic Filariasis elimination in Central Nigeria: challenges in coordinating the stop MDA decision. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2014;8(9):e3113. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003113.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sam-Wobo SO , Adeleke MA , Jaiyeola OA , et al . Epidemiological evaluation of onchocerciasis along Ogun River System, South-west Nigeria. J Vec Borne Dis. 2012;49:101–4.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tekle AH , Elhassan E , Isiyaku S , et al . Impact of long-term treatment of onchocerciasis with ivermectin in Kaduna State, Nigeria: first evidence of the potential for elimination in the operational area of the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control. Parasites Vec. 2012;5:28.10.1186/1756-3305-5-28
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Carter Center River Blindness (Onchocerciasis) Program . [cited 2015 Sep 11]. Available from: http://www.cartercenter.org/health/river_blindness/index.html.
   Google Scholar
• WHO . Accelerating work to overcome the global impact of neglected tropical disease. A Roadmap for implementation. World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia,Geneva,Switzerland.2012. vol. 1211.
   Google Scholar
• Uniting to Combat NTDs . London Declaration on neglected tropical diseases. 2012. [cited 2015 May 24]. Available from: http://unitingtocombatntds.org/sites/default/files/resource_file/londondeclaration.
   Google Scholar
• Golden A , Faulx D , Kalnoky M , et al . Analysis of age-dependent trends in Ov16 IgG4 seroprevalence to onchocerciasis. Parasites Vec. 2016;9:e371–400.10.1186/s13071-016-1623-1
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sam-Wobo SO , Surakat OA , Adeleke MA , et al . Ecological and attachment profile of Simulium damnosum s.l larva in breeding sites along Ogun river, Ogun State, Nigeria. Journal of Entomology and Zoology. Studies 2014;2(4):197–200.
   Google Scholar
• Surakat OA , Sam-Wobo SO , Ademolu KA , et al . Cytospecies composition of simulium damnosum complex (Diptera: Simuliidae) breeding in Oyan River, Southwestern Nigeria. Afr Entomol. 2016;24(1):24–9.10.4001/003.024.0024
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ogun State Ministry of Health . Ivermectin therapeutic treatment coverage records 2014; Unpublished.
   Google Scholar
• Rodriguez-Perez MA , Danis-Lozano R , Rodriguez MH , et al . Comparison of serological and parasitological assessments of Onchocerca volvulus transmission after 7 years of mass ivermectin treatment in Mexico. Trop Med Int Health 1999;4:98–104.10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00363.x
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Evans DS , Alphonsus K , Umaru U , et al . Status of onchocerciasis transmission after more than a decade of mass drug administration for onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis elimination in central Nigeria: Challenges in coordinating the stop of MDA decision. PLOS Negl Trop Dis. 2014; 89:51–7.
   Google Scholar
• Vlaminck J , Fischer PU , Weil GJ . Diagnostic tools for onchocerciasis elimination programs. Trends Parasitol. 2015;31(11):571–82.10.1016/j.pt.2015.06.007
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Higazi TB , Zarroug IM , Mohamed HA , et al . Interruption of Onchocerca volvulus Transmission in the Abu Hamed Focus, Sudan. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013;89(1):51–7.10.4269/ajtmh.13-0112
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lakwo TL , Garms R , Rubaale T , et al . The disappearance of onchocerciasis from the Itwara focus, western Uganda after elimination of the vector simulium neavei and 19 years of annual ivermectin treatments. Acta Trop 2013;126(3):218–21.10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.02.016
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Stolk WA , Walker M , Coffeng LE , et al . Required duration of mass ivermectin treatment for onchocerciasis elimination in Africa: a comparative modelling analysis. Parasites Vec. 2015;8(1):239.10.1186/s13071-015-1159-9
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Turner HC , Walker M , Churcher TS , et al . Reaching the London declaration on neglected tropical diseases goals for onchocerciasis: an economic evaluation of increasing the frequency of ivermectin treatment in Africa. Clin Infect Dis 2014;59(7):923–32.10.1093/cid/ciu467
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Vincent JA , Lustigman S , Zhang S , et al . A comparison of newer tests for the diagnosis of onchocerciasis. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 2000;94:2538.
   Google Scholar