Alfons Renz

Macrofilaricidal activity of tetracycline against the filarial nematode <i>Onchocerca ochengi</i> : elimination of <i>Wolbachia</i> precedes worm death and suggests a dependent relationship

N. G. Langworthy, Alfons Renz, Ute Mackenstedt et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2000 · 209 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Veterinary Parasitology +17

Ongoing Transmission of Onchocerca volvulus after 25 Years of Annual Ivermectin Mass Treatments in the Vina du Nord River Valley, in North Cameroon

Albert Eisenbarth, Mbunkah Daniel Achukwi, Alfons Renz · PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2016 · 175 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Entomology, Infectious Diseases +17

Impact of ivermectin on onchocerciasis transmission: assessing the empirical evidence that repeated ivermectin mass treatments may lead to elimination/eradication in West-Africa

Gerard JJM Borsboom, Boakye A. Boatin, Nico Nagelkerke et al. · Filaria Journal · 2003 · 126 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Disease Control, Infectious Diseases +16

Lipopolysaccharide-like molecules derived from endobacteria of the filaria are candidate mediators in the sequence of inflammatory and antiinflammatory responses of human monocytes

Norbert W. Brattig, Ulf Rathjens, Martin Ernst et al. · Microbes and Infection · 2000 · 114 citations

Life Sciences, Immunology, Microbiology +16

Human infection patterns and heterogeneous exposure in river blindness

João A. N. Filipe, Michel Boussinesq, Alfons Renz et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2005 · 86 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Entomology, Infectious Diseases +17