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ddt and Onchocerciasis

ddt has been researched along with Onchocerciasis in 20 studies

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Onchocerciasis: Infection with nematodes of the genus ONCHOCERCA. Characteristics include the presence of firm subcutaneous nodules filled with adult worms, PRURITUS, and ocular lesions.

Research Excerpts

ExcerptRelevanceReference
"Onchocerciasis is found in association with all the main river systems of northern tropical Africa, and there are endemic foci south of the Equator."1.25Prospects for the control of onchocerciasis in Africa with special reference to the Volta River basin. ( Waddy, BB, 1969)

Research

Studies (20)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-199018 (90.00)18.7374
1990's2 (10.00)18.2507
2000's0 (0.00)29.6817
2010's0 (0.00)24.3611
2020's0 (0.00)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
NETTEL, FR1
WILSON, C2
BROWN, AW2
BROWNE, SG1
DAVIES, JB2
WILLIAMS, LL1
Fischer, P1
Garms, R1
Buttner, DW1
Kipp, W1
Bamuhiiga, J1
Yocha, J1
Walsh, JF1
Jamnback, H1
Pal, R1
Häusermann, W1
Duke, BO1
Lewis, DJ1
Nelson, GS1
Waddy, BB1
Tendeiro, J1
Kuzoe, FA1
Hagan, KB1

Reviews

5 reviews available for ddt and Onchocerciasis

ArticleYear
Review of vector control prior to the OCP.
    Acta Leidensia, 1990, Volume: 59, Issue:1-2

    Topics: Africa; Animals; Central America; DDT; History, 20th Century; Humans; Insect Control; Insect Vectors

1990
Recent developments in control of blackflies.
    Annual review of entomology, 1973, Volume: 18

    Topics: Animals; Apicomplexa; Carbaryl; Chlorpyrifos; DDT; Diptera; Fenitrothion; Fenthion; Fungi; Humans; I

1973
Onchocerciasis.
    British medical bulletin, 1972, Volume: 28, Issue:1

    Topics: Africa; Animals; Blindness; DDT; Eye; Female; Filarioidea; Humans; Insect Vectors; Insecticides; Lar

1972
Review of some recent research on Onchocerca vectors.
    Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1968, Volume: 62, Issue:1

    Topics: Africa; Animals; Central America; DDT; Diptera; Hong Kong; Humans; Insect Control; Insect Vectors; I

1968
Onchocerciasis.
    Advances in parasitology, 1970, Volume: 8

    Topics: Africa; Animals; Anthelmintics; Artiodactyla; Blindness; Cattle; Circadian Rhythm; DDT; Diethylcarba

1970

Other Studies

15 other studies available for ddt and Onchocerciasis

ArticleYear
[Onchocerciasis; review of the entomological problem of oncocerciasis and plan for the eradication of Simulium ochraceum Walker].
    Medicina, 1952, Oct-10, Volume: 32, Issue:661

    Topics: Animals; DDT; Entomology; Insecta; Onchocerciasis; Simuliidae

1952
Combatting onchocerciasis with little expense.
    The West African medical journal, 1956, Volume: 5, Issue:4

    Topics: Biomedical Research; DDT; Humans; Onchocerciasis

1956
Combatting onchocerciasis with little expense.
    The West African medical journal, 1956, Volume: 5, Issue:4

    Topics: Biomedical Research; DDT; Humans; Onchocerciasis

1956
Combatting onchocerciasis with little expense.
    The West African medical journal, 1956, Volume: 5, Issue:4

    Topics: Biomedical Research; DDT; Humans; Onchocerciasis

1956
Combatting onchocerciasis with little expense.
    The West African medical journal, 1956, Volume: 5, Issue:4

    Topics: Biomedical Research; DDT; Humans; Onchocerciasis

1956
A survey of Simulium control in Africa.
    Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 1962, Volume: 27

    Topics: Africa; Africa, Eastern; Africa, Western; Animals; Burkina Faso; Chad; DDT; Ghana; Insect Control; I

1962
[Report on a pilot campaign against Simulium in the Congo].
    Annales de la Societe belge de medecine tropicale (1920), 1962, Dec-31, Volume: 42

    Topics: Animals; Congo; DDT; Insect Control; Onchocerciasis; Simuliidae

1962
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE INSECTICIDAL CONTROL OF SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM THEOBALD IN ABUJA EMIRATE, NORTHERN NIGERIA, FROM 1955 TO 1960. I. THE EFFECT ON THE PREVALENCE OF ONCHOCERCIASIS IN THE HUMAN POPULATION.
    Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology, 1963, Volume: 57

    Topics: Animals; Child; DDT; Diptera; Epidemiology; Health Surveys; Humans; Infant; Insect Control; Insect V

1963
PESTICIDES: A CONTRIBUTION TO PUBLIC HEALTH.
    American journal of public health and the nation's health, 1964, Volume: 54

    Topics: Communicable Disease Control; DDT; Humans; Insect Control; Insecticides; Malaria; Onchocerciasis; Pu

1964
Reduced prevalence of onchocerciasis in Uganda following either deforestation or vector control with DDT.
    East African medical journal, 1997, Volume: 74, Issue:5

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Animals; Child; DDT; Female; Humans; Insect Control; Insect Vectors; Insecticides

1997
Problems of insecticide resistance.
    Zeitschrift fur Parasitenkunde (Berlin, Germany), 1974, Volume: 45, Issue:2

    Topics: Agriculture; Animals; Chagas Disease; Communicable Disease Control; Culicidae; DDT; Dengue; Developi

1974
On the biology of Simulium damnosum Theoblad, 1903, the main vector of onchocerciasis in the Mahenge mountains, Ulanga, Tanzania.
    Acta tropica, 1969, Volume: 26, Issue:1

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Animals; Biopsy; Child; Child, Preschool; Climate; DDT; Diptera; Ecology; F

1969
The saga of river blindness.
    The Practitioner, 1973, Volume: 210, Issue:259

    Topics: Africa, Western; Blindness; DDT; Humans; Onchocerciasis; Tropical Medicine

1973
Editorial: Onchocerciasis--river blindness.
    British medical journal, 1974, May-25, Volume: 2, Issue:5916

    Topics: Africa; DDT; Disease Reservoirs; Humans; Insect Vectors; Onchocerciasis; South America; Tropical Med

1974
The simulium control scheme at Abuja, Northern Nigeria, and its effect on the prevalence of onchocerciasis in the area.
    Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 1968, Volume: 39, Issue:2

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Child; Child, Preschool; DDT; Diptera; Health Expenditures; Health Surveys; Human

1968
Prospects for the control of onchocerciasis in Africa with special reference to the Volta River basin.
    Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 1969, Volume: 40, Issue:6

    Topics: Africa; Burkina Faso; DDT; Diptera; Ghana; Humans; Insect Control; Insect Vectors; Onchocerciasis; W

1969
[Control of Simulium damnosum (Diptera, Simuliidae) in Portuguese Guinea].
    Wiadomosci parazytologiczne, 1967, Volume: 13, Issue:4

    Topics: DDT; Diptera; Guinea-Bissau; Humans; Insect Control; Onchocerciasis

1967
The control of Simulium damnosum Theobald (Diptera, Simuliidae) in the region of the Volta Dam.
    Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology, 1967, Volume: 61, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Aged; DDT; Diptera; Ghana; Humans; Insect Control; Middle Aged; Onchocerciasis

1967