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The human immunome in the post-schistosomiasis mass drug administration era. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Helminths have co-evolved with humans and developed sophisticated mechanisms to manipulate the host immune system, allowing them to persist for years.
Benos EJ, Mutapi F.
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Costs of mass drug administration for scabies in Fiji.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022
In 2019, the Murdoch Children's Research Institute in partnership with the Fiji Ministry of Health and Medical Services carried out an integrated mass drug administration (MDA) for the treatment of scabies and lymphatic filariasis in the Northern ...
Maria Mow, Li Jun Thean, Matthew Parnaby, Jyotishna Mani, Eric Rafai, Aalisha Sahukhan, Mike Kama, Meciusela Tuicakau, Joseph Kado, Lucia Romani, Daniel Engelman, Margot Whitfeld, John Kaldor, Andrew Steer, Natalie Carvalho   +14 more
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Mass drug administration for endemic scabies: a systematic review [PDF]

Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines, 2021
Background Scabies is an extremely fastidious infestation caused by the Sarcoptes scabiei mite. It causes a persistent itch that can disrupt a person’s mental health, sleep, and overall quality of life.
Giulia Rinaldi, Kholoud Porter
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National mass drug administration costs for lymphatic filariasis elimination. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2007
BACKGROUND: Because lymphatic filariasis (LF) elimination efforts are hampered by a dearth of economic information about the cost of mass drug administration (MDA) programs (using either albendazole with diethylcarbamazine [DEC] or albendazole with ...
Ann S Goldman, Victoria H Guisinger, Moses Aikins, Maria Lourdes E Amarillo, Vicente Y Belizario, Bertha Garshong, John Gyapong, Conrad Kabali, Hussein A Kamal, Sanjat Kanjilal, Dominique Kyelem, Jefrey Lizardo, Mwele Malecela, Godfrey Mubyazi, P Abdoulaye Nitièma, Reda M R Ramzy, Thomas G Streit, Aaron Wallace, Molly A Brady, Richard Rheingans, Eric A Ottesen, Anne C Haddix   +21 more
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Antimalarial mass drug administration in large populations and the evolution of drug resistance. [PDF]

PLOS Global Public Health, 2023
Mass drug administration (MDA) with antimalarials has been shown to reduce prevalence and interrupt transmission in small populations, in populations with reliable access to antimalarial drugs, and in populations where sustained improvements in diagnosis
Tran Dang Nguyen, Thu Nguyen-Anh Tran, Thu Nguyen-Anh Tran, Daniel M Parker, Nicholas J White, Maciej F Boni   +5 more
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The Impact of Mass Drug Administration on Lymphatic Filariasis

Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2022
Mass drug administration (MDA) has made a significant impact on the control of lymphatic filariasis (LF) since the establishment of the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis. However, its implementation is associated with several challenges,
Isaac Frimpong Aboagye, Yvonne Abena Afadua Addison   +1 more
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FILARIASIS DISTRIBUTION AND COVERAGE OF MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION

Jurnal Berkala Epidemiologi, 2019
Background: Filariasis is still a serious health problem in Indonesia. One of the endemic areas is Demak, which implemented a mass drug administration (MDA) elimination programme in 2016. However, filariasis was still found in 2017–18.
Ikha Solikha, M. Sakundarno Adi
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Evaluating the effectiveness of mass drug administration on lymphatic filariasis transmission and assessment of post-mass drug administration surveillance in Nigeria's Federal Capital Territory. [PDF]

Infect Dis Poverty
Background Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) launched annual mass drug administration (MDA) in its four lymphatic filariasis (LF)-endemic councils in 2011, achieving sustained high coverage and pre-transmission assessment survey success.
Amanyi-Enegela JA, Kumbur J, Okunade F, Ashikeni D, Ishaya R, Sankar G, Adamani WE, Aderogba M, Makau-Barasa L, Emmanuel A, Ogundipe BE, Okoye C, Qureshi B.   +12 more
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Diffusion of treatment in social networks and mass drug administration [PDF]

Nature Communications, 2017
Mass drug administration depends on the distributors’ contact with community members. Using data of deworming treatment distribution from Ugandan villages, the authors show that community medicine distributors with tightly-knit friendship connections ...
Goylette F. Chami, Andreas A. Kontoleon, Erwin Bulte, Alan Fenwick, Narcis B. Kabatereine, Edridah M. Tukahebwa, David W. Dunne   +6 more
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Multidrug-resistant malaria and the impact of mass drug administration

Infection and Drug Resistance, 2018
Janie Anne Zuber, Shannon Takala-Harrison Division of Malaria Research, Institute for Global Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA Abstract: Based on the emergence and spread throughout the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS ...
Zuber JA, Takala-Harrison S
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