Neglected tropical diseases

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Neglected tropical diseases

List of diseases: wl and ce to Onchocerca volvulus

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=== Onchocerciasis ===
=== Onchocerciasis ===
{{Main|Onchocerciasis}}
{{Main|Onchocerciasis}}
[[File:Onchocerca volvulus emerging from a black fly.jpg|thumb|''Onchocerca volvulus'' emerging from a blackfly|189x189px]]
[[File:Onchocerca volvulus emerging from a black fly.jpg|thumb|''[[Onchocerca volvulus]]'' emerging from a blackfly|189x189px]]
[[Onchocerciasis]] is also known as river blindness. There are 20.9 million people infected,{{Cite web | url=https://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/onchocerciasis | title=Onchocerciasis: Key facts |website = World Health Organization|date = 11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123104159/https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/onchocerciasis |archive-date=23 November 2023}} and prevalence is higher in rural areas.{{cite web |title=Onchocerciasis: Fact sheet No. 374 |date=February 2013 |access-date=16 March 2014 |url= https://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs374/en/ |website=World Health Organization |archive-date=16 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316195959/http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs374/en/}} Over 99 percent of cases are in [[sub-Saharan Africa]]. It causes blindness, skin rashes, lesions, intense itching, and skin depigmentation.{{cite web|title=Health topics: Onchocerciasis|url=https://www.who.int/topics/onchocerciasis/en/ |access-date=16 March 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409120215/http://www.who.int/topics/onchocerciasis/en/|archive-date=9 April 2014|website=World Health Organization}} It is a vector-borne disease, caused by [[Black fly|blackflies]] infected with filarial worms.
[[Onchocerciasis]] is also known as river blindness. There are 20.9 million people infected,{{Cite web | url=https://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/onchocerciasis | title=Onchocerciasis: Key facts |website = World Health Organization|date = 11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123104159/https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/onchocerciasis |archive-date=23 November 2023}} and prevalence is higher in rural areas.{{cite web |title=Onchocerciasis: Fact sheet No. 374 |date=February 2013 |access-date=16 March 2014 |url= https://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs374/en/ |website=World Health Organization |archive-date=16 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316195959/http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs374/en/}} Over 99 percent of cases are in [[sub-Saharan Africa]]. It causes blindness, skin rashes, lesions, intense itching, and skin depigmentation.{{cite web|title=Health topics: Onchocerciasis|url=https://www.who.int/topics/onchocerciasis/en/ |access-date=16 March 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409120215/http://www.who.int/topics/onchocerciasis/en/|archive-date=9 April 2014|website=World Health Organization}} It is a vector-borne disease, caused by [[Black fly|blackflies]] infected with the [[Filarioidea|filarial]] nematode ''[[Onchocerca volvulus]]''.


It can be treated with [[ivermectin]] and prevented by insecticide spraying or preventative dosing with ivermectin.
It can be treated with [[ivermectin]] and prevented by insecticide spraying or preventative dosing with ivermectin.
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