ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2021
"Slash and Clear", a Community-Based Vector Control Method to Reduce Onchocerciasis Transmission by
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- Factors influencing vector control for onchocerciasis in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Pooled it
- Important entomological events in the history of onchocerciasis ('river blindness').International health · 2026Review
- Investigating impact of slash and clear vector control strategy on blackfly population and onchocerciasis transmission in a hotspot in Nigeria.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
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- Community-directed treatment with ivermectin in Maridi, South Sudan: Impact of an onchocerciasis awareness campaign and bi-annual treatment on therapeutic coverage.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Usability, acceptability, and cost of the SD BIOLINE Ov16 rapid diagnostic test for onchocerciasis surveillance in endemic communities in the middle belt of Ghana.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Recrudescence of transmission of onchocerciasis in some endemic communities in Kaduna State, Nigeria: What is the way forward?PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- A community-based vector control intervention "Slash and Clear" implemented in two onchocerciasis-endemic foci in South Sudan.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- The Impact of Onchocerciasis Elimination Measures in Africa: A Systematic Review.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024Review
- Attitudes and perceptions towards epilepsy in an onchocerciasis-endemic region of Tanzania: a mixed approach to determine the magnitude and driving factors.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Community-Directed Vector Control to Accelerate Onchocerciasis Elimination.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Impact of annual community-directed treatment with ivermectin on the incidence of epilepsy in Mvolo, a two-year prospective study.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Mvolo County, an Onchocerciasis Endemic Area in Western Equatoria State, South Sudan: An Entomological Study to Prepare for a "Slash and Clear" Community-Based Vector Control Intervention.Research and reports in tropical medicine · 2024Article
- Optimized strategy for real-time qPCR detection of Onchocerca volvulus DNA in pooled Simulium sp. blackfly vectors.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Article
- Status of Onchocerciasis Elimination in Gabon and Challenges: A Systematic Review.Microorganisms · 2023Review
- Nodding syndrome, a case-control study in Mahenge, Tanzania: Onchocerca volvulus and not Mansonella perstans as a risk factor.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Article
- Onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy in Maridi, South Sudan: Modelling and exploring the impact of control measures against river blindness.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Article
- Rapid diagnostic testing for onchocerciasis in Maridi (South Sudan) before and after improving elimination strategies: a repeated cross-sectional survey.Open research Europe · 2023Article
- Epidemiology of nodding syndrome in the Greater Mundri area, South Sudan: Prevalence, spatial pattern and environmental risk factors.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundHigh ongoing
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resultsBiting rates of
conclusionThe "slash and clear" method was found to be an effective and cheap community-based method to reduce black fly biting rates caused by
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