Recrudescence of transmission of onchocerciasis in some endemic communities in Kaduna State, Nigeria: What is the way forward?

Timothy O. Olanrewaju; Felicia N. C. Enwezor; Luret A. Lar; Michael A. Igbe; Ramatu A. Abdullahi; Monsuru A. Adeleke; Oluwatosin B. Adekeye; Elizabeth O. Elhassan

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0012495

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Recrudescence of transmission of onchocerciasis in some endemic communities in Kaduna State, Nigeria: What is the way forward?

Timothy O. Olanrewaju ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: timothyseye@gmail.com

Affiliation Nigerian Institute for Trypanosomiasis (and Onchocerciasis) Research, Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria

https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1266-7766

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Felicia N. C. Enwezor,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Nigerian Institute for Trypanosomiasis (and Onchocerciasis) Research, Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria
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Luret A. Lar,

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Jos, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
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Michael A. Igbe,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Federal Ministry of Health, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria
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Ramatu A. Abdullahi,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Nigerian Institute for Trypanosomiasis (and Onchocerciasis) Research, Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria
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Monsuru A. Adeleke,

Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Faculty of Basic and Applied Sciences, Osun State University, Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria
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Oluwatosin B. Adekeye,

Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Shika, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria
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Elizabeth O. Elhassan

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Freelance Consultant, Ungwan Rimi, Kaduna State, Nigeria
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Recrudescence of transmission of onchocerciasis in some endemic communities in Kaduna State, Nigeria: What is the way forward?

Timothy O. Olanrewaju,
Felicia N. C. Enwezor,
Luret A. Lar,
Michael A. Igbe,
Ramatu A. Abdullahi,
Monsuru A. Adeleke,
Oluwatosin B. Adekeye,
Elizabeth O. Elhassan

Published: August 7, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012495

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