Development and application of an electronic treatment register: a system for enumerating populations and monitoring treatment during mass drug administration [PDF]
, 2020 William E. Oswald +19 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective Although treat‐to‐target urate‐lowering therapy (ULT) is endorsed as best practice in gout management, limited data exist on its impact on health‐related quality of life (HRQoL). We assessed the impact of treat‐to‐target ULT on HRQoL among participants receiving protocolized gout care, identifying factors associated with HRQoL and HRQoL ...
Austin Barry +16 more
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The Effect of Repeated Mass Drug Administration on the Transmission of Yaws: A Genomic Epidemiology Study [PDF]
Amber Barton +10 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective We aimed to identify unique disease trajectories within rheumatoid arthritis–associated interstitial lung disease (RA‐ILD) based on longitudinal forced vital capacity (FVC) values and their associated clinical outcomes. Methods We performed a cohort study of RA‐ILD within the Veterans Health Administration from 1999 to 2021.
Bryant R. England +9 more
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Treatment coverage surveys as part of a trachoma control programme
Community Eye Health Journal, 2015 One of the pillars of the SAFE strategy for trachoma control is the use of mass drug administration (MDA) using azithromycin (Zithromax®) donated by Pfizer Inc. Azithromycin is very effective for curing infections with ocular Chlamydia trachomatis with a
Paul Emerson , Katie Gass
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Impact of Different Mass Drug Administration Strategies for Gaining and Sustaining Control of Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma haematobium Infection in Africa [PDF]
, 2020 Charles H. King +22 more
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Long‐Term Opioids in Gout: A Matched Cohort Study From the Veterans Health Administration
Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective Though used frequently to treat flare, risk of long‐term opioid exposure in gout has not been well defined. In this study, we examined the hypothesis that people with gout are more likely than individuals without gout to be prescribed long‐term opioids over time.
Lindsay N. Helget +7 more
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Individual adherence to mass drug administration in neglected tropical disease control: a probability model conditional on past behaviour [PDF]
, 2020 Robert J. Hardwick +6 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective We assessed whether circulating adipokines are associated with incident fractures in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods Three adipokines (adiponectin, leptin, and fibroblast growth factor [FGF]‐21) were measured using banked enrollment serum from participants in a longitudinal RA cohort.
Joshua F. Baker +9 more
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Liver morbidity due to Schistosoma mekongi in Cambodia after seven rounds of mass drug administration [PDF]
, 2017 Severe liver disease due to Schistosoma mekongi was frequent in northern Cambodia. Between 1995 and 2002, seven rounds of mass chemotherapy (praziquantel) reduced infection from 50% to below 3%. In 2002, we assessed hepatosplenic morbidity by historical,
Cheam, S. +5 more
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