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Development of Conventional Multiplex PCR: A Rapid Technique for Simultaneous Detection of Soil-Transmitted Helminths

Pathogens, 2019
Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) are the most common intestinal parasites infecting humans worldwide. STH infections are a major cause of morbidity and disability.
Vivornpun Sanprasert, Ruthairat Kerdkaew, Siriporn Srirungruang, Sarit Charuchaibovorn, Kobpat Phadungsaksawasdi, Surang Nuchprayoon   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Genetic Polymorphisms of 24 Base Pair Duplication and Point G102S of Human Chitotriosidase to Bancroftian Filariasis at the Thai–Myanmar Border

Pathogens, 2019
Lymphatic filariasis, caused by lymphatic filarial parasites, Wuchereria bancrofti, and Brugia malayi, causes significant morbidity and disability to 120 million people in the tropics and subtropics.
Vivornpun Sanprasert, Sarit Charuchaibovorn, Surang Nuchprayoon   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Robust COVID-19 Vaccine Responses Despite Filarial Co-Infection: Insights from a Lymphatic Filariasis Cohort in Ghana. [PDF]

Vaccines (Basel)
Meyer J, Nadal J, Batsa Debrah L, Debrah AY, Osei-Mensah J, Adu Mensah D, Korir PJ, Kuehlwein JM, Klarmann-Schulz U, Hoerauf A, Adjobimey T.   +10 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

A Simple Genotyping Method for Rapid Differentiation of Blastocystis Subtypes and Subtype Distribution of Blastocystis spp. in Thailand

Pathogens, 2019
Blastocystis spp. is one of the most common protozoa of humans and animals worldwide. The genetic diversity of Blastocystis spp. might be associated with a wide range of symptoms.
Nittaya Srichaipon, Surang Nuchprayoon, Sarit Charuchaibovorn, Pattadon Sukkapan, Vivornpun Sanprasert   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing the presence of Wuchereria bancrofti in vector and human populations from urban communities in Conakry, Guinea [PDF]

, 2015
The Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis was launched in 2000 with the goal of interrupting transmission of lymphatic filariasis (LF) through multiple rounds of mass drug administration (MDA).
Boakye, Daniel A., Bockarie, Moses J., Dadzie, Samuel K., de Souza, Dziedzom K., Diakité, Lamia, Goepogui, Andre, King, Sandra A., Kouassi, Bernard L., Koudou, Benjamin G., Mamadou, Baldé S., Narh, Charles A., Utzinger, Jürg   +11 more
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The impact of leprosy, podoconiosis and lymphatic filariasis on family quality of life: A qualitative study in Northwest Ethiopia

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020
Background Several studies have shown that leprosy, podoconiosis and lymphatic filariasis impact individual quality of life. In contrast, family quality of life has not received as much attention despite evidence that families are also affected.
A. T. van 't Noordende, Moges Wubie Aycheh, A. Schippers   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Change in Composition of the Anopheles Gambiae Complex and its Possible Implications for the Transmission of Malaria and Lymphatic Filariasis in North-Eastern Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2012
A dramatic decline in the incidence of malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum infection in coastal East Africa has recently been reported to be paralleled (or even preceded) by an equally dramatic decline in malaria vector density, despite absence of ...
A Mahande, AE Mnzava, AEP Mnzava, AJ van Rensburg, BA Southgate, BP Mmbando, C Garrett-Jones, C Garrett-Jones, CA Johansen, CJ Shiff, CM Mbogo, CM Mutero, CNM Mbogo, Dan W Meyrowitsch, DW Meyrowitsch, EA Temu, Erling M Pedersen, ESP Kigadye, FH Collins, FM Bushrod, FM Bushrod, FW Mosha, G Davidson, G Snounou, GB White, GB White, GB White, H Bugoro, I Tirados, JA Scott, JD Lines, JE McMahon, KA Lindblade, Kenneth M Hosea, LL Koekemoer, M Coluzzi, Michael Alifrangis, MN Bayoh, MT Gillies, MT Gillies, Paul E Simonsen, PE Simonsen, RH Hunt, RT Rwegoshora, SA Williams, SM Magesa, Stephen M Magesa, T Jaenisch, TL Russell, V D’Acremont, World Health Organization, WP O’Meara, Yahya A Derua   +52 more
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Upon entering an age of global ivermectin-based integrated mass drug administration for neglected tropical diseases and malaria

Malaria Journal, 2017
Ivermectin mass drug administration (MDA) in humans to reduce malaria vectors is yet another use for this remarkable medicine whose discoverers shared the 2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine with the discoverer of artemisinin.
Frank O. Richards
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring factors affecting quality implementation of lymphatic filariasis mass drug administration in Bole and Central Gonja Districts in Northern Ghana

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020
Ghana has been implementing Mass Drug Administration (MDA) since the year 2001, and Lymphatic Filariasis transmission has been interrupted in 76 out of the 98 targeted districts.
Alfred Kwesi Manyeh, L. Ibisomi, R. Ramaswamy, F. Baiden, T. Chirwa   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

African regional progress and status of the programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis: 2000–2020

International Health, 2020
To eliminate lymphatic filariasis (LF) by 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a campaign against the disease. Since the launch in 2000, significant progress has been made to achieve this ambitious goal.
Kebede Deribe, D. Bakajika, H. Zoure, J. Gyapong, D. Molyneux, M. Rebollo   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source