(See T.P. Johnson et al, “Nodding syndrome may be an autoimmune reaction to the parasitic worm Onchocerca volvulus,” Science, doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.aaf6953, 2017.) ...

Previous ultrastructural studies on various microfilariae have suggested the presence of a trilaminar membrane at the parasite cuticle. In the present report, the formation of the cuticle of ...

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Prof. Achim Hoerauf, Director of the Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB), and his team have succeeded in collaborating with the ...

River blindness, or onchocerciasis, is a devastating disease that has raised public health concerns in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and Yemen. The name "river blindness" originates from the ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recognised the efforts of Niger, a country in West Africa, in eliminating ...