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Finasteride adverse effects and post-finasteride syndrome; implications for dentists [PDF]

, 2016
Finasteride is a 5α-reductase inhibitor widely used in present in the therapeutic approach of androgenic alopecia. Adverse effects consist in variable sign and symptoms, the most common being represented by mental troubles (reduced feeling of life ...
Dumitriu, Anca Silvia, Dumitriu, Horia Traian, Giurgiu, Marina, Motofei, Ion, Paunica, Ioana, Paunica, Stana, Vasilache, Adriana, Vasilache, Andrei   +7 more
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Human schistosomiasis in the post mass drug administration era [PDF]

The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2017
Profound changes are occurring in the epidemiology of schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease caused by a chronic infection with parasitic helminths of the genus Schistosoma. Schistosomiasis currently affects 240 million people worldwide, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa. The advent and proliferation of mass drug administration (MDA) programmes using
Alan Fenwick, Rick M. Maizels, Rick M. Maizels, Mark E. J. Woolhouse, Francisca Mutapi   +4 more
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Persistence of onchocerciasis in villages in Enugu and Ogun states in Nigeria following many rounds of mass distribution of ivermectin

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Onchocerciasis is endemic in most local government areas (LGAs) in Enugu and Ogun states. Most meso- and hyper-endemic LGAs have received many rounds of ivermectin mass drug administration (MDA).
Uwem F. Ekpo, Obiora A. Eneanya, Edith N. Nwankwo, Islamiat Y. Soneye, Gary J. Weil, Peter U. Fischer, Obioma C. Nwaorgu   +6 more
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Entomological impact of mass administration of ivermectin and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in The Gambia: a cluster-randomized controlled trial

Parasites & Vectors, 2022
Background Vector control interventions in sub-Saharan Africa rely on insecticide-treated nets and indoor residual spraying. Insecticide resistance, poor coverage of interventions, poor quality nets and changes in vector behavior threaten the ...
Harouna M. Soumare, Edgard Diniba Dabira, Muhammed M. Camara, Lamin Jadama, Pa Modou Gaye, Sainey Kanteh, Ebrima A. Jawara, Amie Kolleh Njie, Fatou Sanneh, Mamadou Ousman Ndiath, Steven W. Lindsay, Bakary Conteh, Sainey Ceesay, Nuredin Mohammed, Michael Ooko, John Bradley, Chris Drakeley, Annette Erhart, Teun Bousema, Umberto D’Alessandro   +19 more
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Pharmacokinetics, safety, and efficacy of a single co-administered dose of diethylcarbamazine, albendazole and ivermectin in adults with and without Wuchereria bancrofti infection in Cote d\u27Ivoire [PDF]

, 2019
BackgroundA single co-administered dose of ivermectin (IVM) plus diethylcarbamazine (DEC) plus albendazole (ALB), or triple-drug therapy, was recently found to be more effective for clearing microfilariae (Mf) than standard DEC plus ALB currently used ...
Bjerum, Catherine M, Chhonker, Yashpal S, Edi, Constant, King, Christopher L, Koudou, Benjamin G, Meite, Aboulaye, Murry, Daryl J, Ouattara, Allassane F, Penali, Louis K, Weil, Gary J   +9 more
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Emerging antihelminthic drug resistance: Implications for mass drug administration program

​​​One Health Bulletin
Soil transmitted helminth infections and lymphatic diseases are significant neglected tropical diseases that pose public health challenges in both low and middle economic populations.
Agarwal Harshita, Rajkumari Nonika
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Neglected tropical diseases in the genomics era: re-evaluating the impact of new drugs and mass drug administration. [PDF]

, 2016
Simon Croft answers Genome Biology's questions on ways to approach neglected tropical diseases in the genomics era, including re-evaluating the impact of new drugs and mass drug ...
Croft, Simon L
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Optimal population-level infection detection strategies for malaria control and elimination in a spatial model of malaria transmission

, 2015
Mass campaigns with antimalarial drugs are potentially a powerful tool for local elimination of malaria, yet current diagnostic technologies are insufficiently sensitive to identify all individuals who harbor infections.
Bever, Caitlin A., Eckhoff, Philip A., Gerardin, Jaline, Hamainza, Busiku, Miller, John M., Wenger, Edward A.   +5 more
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Mass Drug Administration for Malaria: A Means to What end? [PDF]

Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016
Contains fulltext : 170933.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access)
Chris Drakeley, Ingrid Chen, Roly Gosling, Teun Bousema, Teun Bousema   +4 more
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Mass drug administration can be a valuable addition to the malaria elimination toolbox

Malaria Journal, 2019
The Global Technical Strategy 2016–2030 of the World Health Organization (WHO) has the ambitious goal of malaria being eliminated from at least 35 countries by 2030.
Thomas P. Eisele
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