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Thomson Lakwo

Ministry of Health

Also Known As

Lakwo,Thomson, T. L. Lakwo, T. Lakwo, T.L. Lakwo, Thomson L. Lakwo, Thomson Lakwo, Thomson Luroni Lakwo

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Ministry of Health University of South Florida Carter Center University of Antwerp Emory University

About

Thomson Lakwo is an author at Ministry of Health specializing in parasitology, medicine, and epidemiology.

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#	Concept	H-Index	Publications	Citations
1	Medicine	9	9	484
2	Epidemiology	7	7	407
3	Public Health	5	5	335
4	Biology	2	2	69
5	Engineering	1	1	23

Thomson Lakwo

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	Year	Citations
After 70 years of fighting an age-old scourge, onchocerciasis in Uganda, the end is in sight Moses N. Katabarwa, Thomson Lakwo, Peace Habomugisha, International Health EpidemiologyAge-old ScourgeVisual ImpairmentRiver BlindnessGlobal Health	2017	181
Transmission of Onchocerciasis in Wadelai Focus of Northwestern Uganda Has Been Interrupted and the Disease Eliminated Moses N. Katabarwa, Frank Walsh, Peace Habomugisha, Journal of Parasitology Research ImmunodeficienciesMalariaEradication Of DiseaseDermatologyTreatment Development	2012	75
Detection of Onchocerca volvulus in Skin Snips by Microscopy and Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction: Implications for Monitoring and Evaluation Activities Elizabeth A. Thiele, Vitaliano Cama, Thomson Lakwo, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene	2016	62
From river blindness to river epilepsy: Implications for onchocerciasis elimination programmes Robert Colebunders, Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Adrian Hopkins, PLoS neglected tropical diseases	2019	62
Serosurveillance to Monitor Onchocerciasis Elimination: The Ugandan Experience David Oguttu, Edson Byamukama, Charles R. Katholi, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene	2013	59
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, PLoS neglected tropical diseases	2018	56
The Role of the Maridi Dam in Causing an Onchocerciasis-Associated Epilepsy Epidemic in Maridi, South Sudan: An Epidemiological, Sociological, and Entomological Study Thomson Lakwo, Moses Tionga, Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Pathogens	2020	54
The elimination of the vector Simulium neavei from the Itwara onchocerciasis focus in Uganda by ground larviciding R. Garms, Thomson Lakwo, R. Ndyomugyenyi, Acta Tropica BiologyParasitic DiseaseItwara Onchocerciasis FocusEntomologyMalaria	2009	53
Onchocerciasis Elimination: Progress and Challenges Thomson Lakwo, David Oguttu, Tony Ukety, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología	2020	52
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, Acta Tropica Itwara FocusPathologyParasitologyAnnual Ivermectin TreatmentsMedicine	2013	49

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