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Epidemiology of onchocerciasis : report of a WHO expert committee, meeting held in Geneva from 10 to 18 November 1975

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: World Health Organization technical report series ; no. 597Publication details: Geneva : World Health Organization, 1976Description: 94 Pages, figures, graphs, tables; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9241205970
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 100 SD:610.621 WHO.Tr.597
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Geographical distribution of onchocerciasis -- 3. The Onchocerciasis Control Programme in the Volta River Basin Area, West Africa -- Epidemiological Factors in Onchocerciasis -- 4. The disease -- 5. The parasite -- 6. The vectors -- 7. Onchocerca volvulus - Simulium complexes -- 8. Human host factors -- 9. Environmental and socioeconomic factors -- Classification and Diagnosis -- 10. Parasitological diagnosis -- 11. Immunodiagnosis -- 12. The Mazzotti test -- Epidemiological Features of Onchocerciasis -- 13. Epidemiological methods -- 14. Patterns of endemicity -- 15. Dynamics of transmission -- 16. animal models -- Recommendations -- Acknowledgements -- Annex.
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Reports ISI Library, Kolkata Reports & Records Collection 100 SD:610.621 WHO.Tr.597 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available C11289
Reports ISI Library, Kolkata Reports & Records Collection 100 SD:610.621 WHO.Tr.597 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available C11290
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1. Introduction -- 2. Geographical distribution of onchocerciasis -- 3. The Onchocerciasis Control Programme in the Volta River Basin Area, West Africa -- Epidemiological Factors in Onchocerciasis -- 4. The disease -- 5. The parasite -- 6. The vectors -- 7. Onchocerca volvulus - Simulium complexes -- 8. Human host factors -- 9. Environmental and socioeconomic factors -- Classification and Diagnosis -- 10. Parasitological diagnosis -- 11. Immunodiagnosis -- 12. The Mazzotti test -- Epidemiological Features of Onchocerciasis -- 13. Epidemiological methods -- 14. Patterns of endemicity -- 15. Dynamics of transmission -- 16. animal models -- Recommendations -- Acknowledgements -- Annex.

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