Neurological Surgery

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River blindness: An old disease on the brink of elimination and control

Kevin L. Winthrop; Joao M. Furtado; Juan C. Silva; Serge Resnikoff; Van C. Lansingh (Profiled Authors: Kevin Winthrop; Joao Furtado)

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases. 2011;3(2):151-155.

For decades, onchocerciasis (or river blindness) was one of the most common infectious causes of blindness in the world. Primarily an infection of Africa, with limited distribution in the new world, disease due to the nematode Onchocerca volvulus is rapidly diminishing as a result of large public health campaigns targeting at risk populations in Africa and the Americas. Existing and newly-developed treatment strategies offer the chance to eliminate onchocercal ocular morbidity in some parts of the world. This article reviews these treatment strategies, current clinical and epidemiologic aspects of onchocerciasis, and the next steps toward elimination.

PMID: 21731302     PMCID: PMC3125028

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