{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,21]],"date-time":"2026-09-21T16:14:46Z","timestamp":1790007286817,"version":"4.0.1"},"reference-count":27,"publisher":"Public Library of Science (PLoS)","issue":"3","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2015,3,26]],"date-time":"2015-03-26T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1427328000000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["www.plosntds.org"],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["PLoS Negl Trop Dis"],"DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pntd.0003633","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,3,27]],"date-time":"2015-03-27T17:13:00Z","timestamp":1427476380000},"page":"e0003633","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pntd.corrections_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":23,"title":["Co-endemicity of Loiasis and Onchocerciasis in Rain Forest Communities in Southwestern Nigeria"],"prefix":"10.1371","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Olusola","family":"Ojurongbe","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Akeem Abiodun","family":"Akindele","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Monsuru Adebayo","family":"Adeleke","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Matthew Oyebode","family":"Oyedeji","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Samuel Adeyinka","family":"Adedokun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Josephine Folashade","family":"Ojo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Callistus Adewale","family":"Akinleye","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Oloyede Samuel","family":"Bolaji","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Olusegun Adelowo","family":"Adefioye","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Oluwaseyi Adegboyega","family":"Adeyeba","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"340","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,3,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e1329","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pntd.0001329","article-title":"Epidemiology of Concomitant Infection Due to Loa loa and Mansonella perstans in Gabon","volume":"5","author":"JP Akue","year":"2011","journal-title":"PLoS Negl Trop Dis"},{"key":"ref2","first-page":"43","article-title":"Onchocerciasis and trachoma control: what has changed in the past two decades?","volume":"21","author":"D Etya\u2019ale","year":"2008","journal-title":"Community Eye Health"},{"key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"151","DOI":"10.4103\/0974-777X.81692","article-title":"River Blindness: An Old Disease on the Brink of Elimination and Control","volume":"3","author":"KL Winthrop","year":"2011","journal-title":"J Glob Infect Dis"},{"key":"ref4","first-page":"211","article-title":"Effect of repeated community-based ivermectin treatment on the intensity of onchocerciasis in Nigeria","volume":"3","author":"WA Oyibo","year":"2003","journal-title":"Rural Remote Health"},{"key":"ref5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e1600","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pntd.0001600","article-title":"Nigeria: \u201cGround Zero\u201d for the High Prevalence Neglected Tropical Diseases","volume":"6","author":"PJ Hotez","year":"2012","journal-title":"PLoS Negl Trop Dis"},{"issue":"Suppl 1","key":"ref6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"S81","DOI":"10.1016\/j.actatropica.2010.05.008","article-title":"Integrated rapid mapping of onchocerciasis and loiasis in the Democratic Republic of Congo: impact on control strategies","volume":"120","author":"AH Tekle","year":"2011","journal-title":"Acta Trop"},{"key":"ref7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"391","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1745-7599.2001.tb00056.x","article-title":"Infectious diseases: filariasis, Malayan filariasis, loiasis (ioa ioa), Onchocerciasis (river blindness)","volume":"13","author":"C Kemp","year":"2001","journal-title":"J Am Acad Nurse Pract"},{"key":"ref8","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"273","DOI":"10.1093\/trstmh\/trt020","article-title":"Vectorborne diseases in West Africa: geographic distribution and geospatial characteristics","volume":"107","author":"P Ratmanov","year":"2013","journal-title":"Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg"},{"key":"ref9","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e2032","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pntd.0002032","article-title":"African Programme For Onchocerciasis Control 1995\u20132015: model-estimated health impact and cost","volume":"7","author":"LE Coffeng","year":"2013","journal-title":"PLoS Negl Trop Dis"},{"key":"ref10","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"353","DOI":"10.1016\/S1473-3099(13)70263-9","article-title":"Loa loa-does it deserve to be neglected?","volume":"14","author":"WG Metzger","year":"2014","journal-title":"Lancet Infect Dis"},{"key":"ref11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"573","DOI":"10.1080\/00034983.1997.11813176","article-title":"Prevalences of Loa loa microfilaraemia throughout the area endemic for the infection","volume":"91","author":"M Boussinesq","year":"1997","journal-title":"Ann Trop Med Parasitol"},{"key":"ref12","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"18","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(96)11094-1","article-title":"Serious reactions after mass treatment of onchocerciasis with ivermectin in an area endemic for Loa loa infection","volume":"350","author":"J Gardon","year":"1997","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"ref13","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1056","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.2009.09-0356","article-title":"Loa loa Microfilarial Periodicity in Ivermectin-Treated Patients: Comparison Between Those Developing and Those Free of Serious Adverse Events","volume":"81","author":"J Kamgno","year":"2009","journal-title":"Am J Trop Med Hyg"},{"key":"ref14","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"461","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.1998.58.461","article-title":"Three probable cases of Loa loa encephalopathy following ivermectin treatment for onchocerciasis","volume":"58","author":"M Boussinesq","year":"1998","journal-title":"Am J Trop Med Hyg"},{"key":"ref15","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e1210","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pntd.0001210","article-title":"The geographic distribution of Loa loa in Africa: results of large-scale implementation of the Rapid Assessment Procedure for Loiasis (RAPLOA)","volume":"5","author":"HGM Zour\u00e9","year":"2011","journal-title":"PLoS Negl Trop Dis"},{"issue":"Suppl 1","key":"ref16","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"S79","DOI":"10.1080\/00034983.1998.11813370","article-title":"Human onchocerciasis: current assessment of the disease burden in Nigeria by rapid epidemiological mapping","volume":"92","author":"EI Gemade","year":"1998","journal-title":"Ann Trop Med Parasitol"},{"key":"ref17","article-title":"Controlling Onchocerciasis: The Nigerian Experience","volume":"4","author":"P Njepuome","year":"2008","journal-title":"Internet J Parasit Dis"},{"key":"ref18","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"101","DOI":"10.4103\/0972-9062.213374","article-title":"Epidemiological evaluation of onchocerciasis along Ogun River System, southwest Nigeria","volume":"49","author":"SO Sam-Wobo","year":"2012","journal-title":"J Vector Borne Dis"},{"key":"ref19","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"101","DOI":"10.1017\/S0031182006000035","article-title":"Microfilarial distribution of Loa loa in the human host: population dynamics and epidemiological implications","volume":"133","author":"SDS Pion","year":"2006","journal-title":"Parasitology"},{"key":"ref20","first-page":"1635","article-title":"Adverse reactions from community directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI) for onchocerciasis and loiasis in Ondo State, Nigeria","volume":"56","author":"OA Otubanjo","year":"2008","journal-title":"Rev Biol Trop"},{"key":"ref21","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"215","DOI":"10.1179\/136485908X267867","article-title":"Prevalences of loiasis in Ondo state, Nigeria, as evaluated by the rapid assessment procedure for loiasis (RAPLOA)","volume":"102","author":"GO Adeoye","year":"2008","journal-title":"Ann Trop Med Parasitol"},{"key":"ref22","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"93","DOI":"10.1186\/1756-3305-3-93","article-title":"Biting behaviour of Simulium damnosum complex and Onchocerca volvulus infection along the Osun River, Southwest Nigeria","volume":"3","author":"MA Adeleke","year":"2010","journal-title":"Parasit Vectors"},{"key":"ref23","first-page":"242","article-title":"Studies on filariasis in Bauchi State, Nigeria. II. The prevalence of human filariasis in Darazo Local Government area","volume":"35","author":"JC Anosike","year":"1994","journal-title":"Appl Parasitol"},{"key":"ref24","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"75","DOI":"10.1080\/00034983.1988.11812212","article-title":"Filariasis in the Igwun River Basin, Nigeria: an epidemiological and clinical study with a note on the vectors","volume":"82","author":"JK Udonsi","year":"1988","journal-title":"Ann Trop Med Parasitol"},{"key":"ref25","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"875","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-3156.2011.02783.x","article-title":"The African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control: impact on onchocercal skin disease","volume":"16","author":"GA Ozoh","year":"2011","journal-title":"Trop Med Int Health"},{"key":"ref26","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"608","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-3156.2011.02735.x","article-title":"Where would I be without ivermectin? Capturing the benefits of community-directed treatment with ivermectin in Africa","volume":"16","author":"JC Okeibunor","year":"2011","journal-title":"Trop Med Int Health TM IH"},{"key":"ref27","unstructured":"Wanji S, Diseases UBSP for R and T in T. Rapid assessment procedures for loiasis : report of a multi-centre study. 2001; <ext-link xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" ext-link-type=\"uri\" xlink:href=\"http:\/\/apps.who.int\/\/iris\/handle\/10665\/68464\" xlink:type=\"simple\">http:\/\/apps.who.int\/\/iris\/handle\/10665\/68464<\/ext-link>"}],"container-title":["PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/dx.plos.org\/10.1371\/journal.pntd.0003633","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,8]],"date-time":"2024-06-08T01:55:56Z","timestamp":1717811756000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/dx.plos.org\/10.1371\/journal.pntd.0003633"}},"subtitle":[],"editor":[{"given":"Jeremiah M.","family":"Ngondi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"editor"}]}],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2015,3,26]]},"references-count":27,"journal-issue":{"issue":"3","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,3,26]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pntd.0003633","relation":{},"ISSN":["1935-2735"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1935-2735","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2015,3,26]]}}}