TY - BOOK ED - WHO Expert Committee on Epidemiology of Onchocerciasis ED - World Health Organization TI - Epidemiology of onchocerciasis : report of a WHO expert committee, meeting held in Geneva from 10 to 18 November 1975 T2 - World Health Organization technical report series ; no. 597 SN - 9241205970 U1 - 100 SD:610.621 PY - 1976/// CY - Geneva PB - World Health Organization KW - Onchocerciasis KW - Africa, Western N1 - 1. Introduction -- 2. Geographical distribution of onchocerciasis -- 3. The Onchocerciasis Control Programme in the Volta River Basin Area, West Africa -- Epidemiological Factors in Onchocerciasis -- 4. The disease -- 5. The parasite -- 6. The vectors -- 7. Onchocerca volvulus - Simulium complexes -- 8. Human host factors -- 9. Environmental and socioeconomic factors -- Classification and Diagnosis -- 10. Parasitological diagnosis -- 11. Immunodiagnosis -- 12. The Mazzotti test -- Epidemiological Features of Onchocerciasis -- 13. Epidemiological methods -- 14. Patterns of endemicity -- 15. Dynamics of transmission -- 16. animal models -- Recommendations -- Acknowledgements -- Annex ER -