After 70 years of fighting an age-old scourge, onchocerciasis in Uganda, the end is in sight

Moses N. Katabarwa, Thomson Lakwo, Peace Habomugisha, +8

International Health

EpidemiologyAge-old ScourgeVisual ImpairmentRiver BlindnessGlobal Health +5

Elimination of Simulium neavei–Transmitted Onchocerciasis in Wambabya–Rwamarongo Focus of Western Uganda

Moses N. Katabarwa, Peace Habomugisha, Annet Khainza, +11

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Transmission of Onchocerciasis in Wadelai Focus of Northwestern Uganda Has Been Interrupted and the Disease Eliminated

Moses N. Katabarwa, Frank Walsh, Peace Habomugisha, +9

Journal of Parasitology Research

ImmunodeficienciesMalariaEradication Of DiseaseDermatologyTreatment Development +15

Serosurveillance to Monitor Onchocerciasis Elimination: The Ugandan Experience

David Oguttu, Edson Byamukama, Charles R. Katholi, +8

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Community-directed vector control to supplement mass drug distribution for onchocerciasis elimination in the Madi mid-North focus of Northern Uganda

Benjamin G. Jacob, Denis Loum, Thomson Lakwo, +6

PLoS neglected tropical diseases

The disappearance of onchocerciasis from the Itwara focus, western Uganda after elimination of the vector Simulium neavei and 19 years of annual ivermectin treatments

Thomson Lakwo, R. Garms, Tom Rubaale, +12

Acta Tropica

Itwara FocusPathologyParasitologyAnnual Ivermectin TreatmentsMedicine +2

Transmission of Onchocerca volvulus by Simulium neavei in Mount Elgon Focus of Eastern Uganda Has Been Interrupted

Moses N. Katabarwa, Tom Lakwo, Peace Habomugisha, +12

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Interruption of the transmission of Onchocerca volvulus in the Kashoya-Kitomi focus, western Uganda by long-term ivermectin treatment and elimination of the vector Simulium neavei by larviciding

Thomson Lakwo, R. Garms, J. Wamani, +12

Acta Tropica

Kashoya-kitomi FocusParasitologyWestern UgandaOnchocerca Volvulus

Community-directed interventions are practical and effective in low-resource communities: experience of ivermectin treatment for onchocerciasis control in Cameroon and Uganda, 2004–2010

Moses N. Katabarwa, Peace Habomugisha, Albert Eyamba, +6

International Health

Substantiating freedom from parasitic infection by combining transmission model predictions with disease surveys

Edwin Michael, Morgan E. Smith, Moses N. Katabarwa, +10

Nature Communications

Disease SurveysMalariaEpidemiological DynamicEradication Of DiseaseExtinction Thresholds +17