Science news articles about 'river blindness'

River blindness is one of a handful of diseases hovering close to eradication but hard to finish off.

... of the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala reports that the transmission of onchocerciasis or river blindness has been broken in Escuintla, Guatemala, one of the largest endemic areas in the Western ...

Scientists report that the transmission of onchocerciasis or river blindness has been broken in Escuintla, Guatemala, one of the largest endemic areas in the Western Hemisphere to date to stop the ...

African scientists have found a type of midge that can eat young blackflies, potentially curbing transmission of river blindness.

Laborious treatments for river blindness could be simplified if a drug entering final stage clinical trials is effective.

The worldwide eradication of onchocerciasis, or river blindness, is feasible with treatment involving an anti-parasite drug now being used to control the disease, according to a new UN study.

Data showing that long-term antibiotic treatment reduces river blindness does not apply to most areas, warns a scientist.

... -disease. A better understanding of these proteins may lead to better drugs and a vaccine for river blindness and other diseases spread by biting insects. Also known as onchocerciasis, river blindness ...

... are currently mass administered to human populations to control the worm parasites that cause river blindness and are widely used in animals for worm control. Professor Foy says that thanks to ...

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