WHO Expert Committee on Onchocerciasis ‎ : third report, ‎meeting held in Geneva from 21 to 29 April 1986

1. Introduction -- 2. Distribution, prevalence, and socioeconomic effects -- 3. Clinical manifestations -- 4. geographical variations in onchocerciasis -- 5. Immunological aspects of onchocerciasis -- 6. Immunological aspects of onchocerciasis -- 7. Nodulectomy in onchocerciasis -- 8. Chemotherapy -- 9. Experimental chemotherapy -- 10. Experimental onchocerciasis -- 11. The vectors -- 12. Vector control -- 13. Methods for the assessment of onchocerciasis, its transmission, and its control -- 14. Social and economic aspects of onchocerciasis -- 15. The onchocerciasis control programme -- 16. primary health care and onchocerciasis -- 17. Training and manpower development -- 18. Conclusions -- 19. Recommendations -- Acknowledgements -- References

A comprehensive review of recent advances in the clinical, scientific, and epidemiological understanding of onchocerciasis. The report, which includes frequent reference to the Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa, is the result of discussions of an expert committee convened to assess progress achieved during the past ten years and relate specific advances to feasible and practical improvements in treatment and control. All aspects of the disease, including its socioeconomic importance, are considered. Comprehensive yet concise, the book will serve as both a convenient summary of all that is now known about onchocerciasis and an agenda of research priorities necessary to bring about further improvements