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COVID-19 Preventative Measures: Bandanas as Cloth Face Coverings

EDIS, 2020
This one-page full-color handout depicts two options for folding a plain bandana and describes the following: • Using bandanas as cloth face coverings • Caring for bandanas • How should Bandanas be worn?
Michelle D. Danyluk, Natalie Seymour, Mary Yavelak, Candice Christian, Ben Chapman   +4 more
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Answer to October 2019 Photo Quiz. [PDF]

J Clin Microbiol, 2019
Brunet K, Frouin E, Parmentier B, Rodier MH, Cateau E.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Recurrent innovation of protein-protein interactions in the Drosophila piRNA pathway. [PDF]

EMBO J
Riedelbauch S, Masser S, Fasching S, Lin SY, Salgania HK, Aarup M, Ebert A, Jeske M, Levine MT, Stelzl U, Andersen P.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Implementation Challenges of Community Directed Treatment with Ivermectin Program for Control of Onchocerciasis in Ulanga, Tanzania [PDF]

, 2021
Background: Community drug distributors (CDDs) have a crucial role in distributing ivermectin for onchocerciasis control and prevention. Their roles, experiences and challenges faced in the implementation of community-directed treatment with ivermectin ...
Vivian Moshi
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Influence of Parasitic Worm Infections on Allergy Diagnosis in Sub-Saharan Africa. [PDF]

, 2017
Epidemiological studies from Sub-Saharan Africa indicate that allergies are on the rise in this region especially in urban compared to rural areas. This increase has been linked to improved hygiene, lifestyle changes, and lower exposure to pathogens in ...
Amoah, Abena S, Boakye, Daniel A, van Ree, Ronald, Yazdanbakhsh, Maria   +3 more
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Minocycline as a re-purposed anti-Wolbachia macrofilaricide: superiority compared with doxycycline regimens in a murine infection model of human lymphatic filariasis [PDF]

, 2016
Lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis are parasitic helminth diseases, which cause severe morbidities such as elephantiasis, skin disease and blindness, presenting a major public health burden in endemic communities.
Aljayyoussi, Ghaith, Cassidy, Andrew, Clare, Rachel, Cook, Darren, Davies, Jill, Ford, Louise, Gamble, Jo, Guimaraes, Ana, Hayward, Laura, Johnston, Kelly, Myhill, Laura, Sharma, Raman, Steven, Andrew, Taylor, Mark, Turner, Joseph, Tyrer, Hayley, Ward, Steve, Waterhouse, David   +17 more
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Efficacy and Safety of High-Dose Ivermectin for Reducing Malaria Transmission (IVERMAL): Protocol for a Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Dose-Finding Trial in Western Kenya [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Innovative approaches are needed to complement existing tools for malaria elimination. Ivermectin is a broad spectrum antiparasitic endectocide clinically used for onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis control at single doses of 150‐200 ...
Abongo, Bernard, Aljayyoussi, Ghaith, Bayoh, Nabie, Desai, Meghna, Gimnig, John E, Kariuki, Simon, Kwambai, Titus, Ochomo, Eric, Phillips-Howard, Penelope, Samuels, Aaron, Smit, Menno, terKuile, Feiko, Wang, Duolao, Ward, Steve   +13 more
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Systemic and cerebrospinal fluid immune and complement activation in Ugandan children and adolescents with long‐standing nodding syndrome: a case‐control study [PDF]

, 2021
Objective Nodding syndrome is a poorly understood epileptic encephalopathy characterized by a unique seizure type— head nodding— and associated with Onchocerca volvulus infection. We hypothesized that altered immune activation in the cerebrospinal fluid
Anguzu, Ronald, Conroy, Andrea L., Idro, Richard, Kubofcik, Joe, Marsh, Kevin, Muhanguzi, Dennis, Mwikali, Kioko, Newton, Charles R., Nutman, Thomas B, Ogwang, Rodney, Taylor, Mark, Vincent, Angela   +11 more
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Factors affecting onchocerciasis transmission: Lessons for infection control [PDF]

, 2017
Introduction: Onchocerca volvulus infects in excess of 15 million people. The vectors are Simulium blackflies, varieties of which differ in their ecologies, behaviour and vectorial abilities.
Cheke, Robert A.
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Insights into Onchocerca volvulus population biology through multilocus immunophenotyping [PDF]

, 2017
We have developed a serologically based immunophenotyping approach to study Onchocerca volvulus (Ov) population diversity. Using genomic sequence data and polymerase chain reaction-based genotyping, we identified nonsynonymous single-nucleotide ...
Bennuru, Sasisekhar, Fay, Michael P, Mitreva, Makedonka, Norice-Tra, Carmelle T, Nutman, Thomas B, Ribeiro, José, Tyagi, Rahul   +6 more
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