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The impact of mass drug administration of antibiotics on the gut microbiota of target populations

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2022
Antibiotics have become a mainstay of healthcare in the past century due to their activity against pathogens. This manuscript reviews the impact of antibiotic use on the intestinal microbiota in the context of mass drug administration (MDA).
Ethan K. Gough
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Stopping azithromycin mass drug administration for trachoma: A systematic review.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends continuing azithromycin mass drug administration (MDA) for trachoma until endemic regions drop below 5% prevalence of active trachoma in children aged 1-9 years.
Hamidah Mahmud, Emma Landskroner, Abdou Amza, Solomon Aragie, William W Godwin, Anna de Hostos Barth, Kieran S O'Brien, Thomas M Lietman, Catherine E Oldenburg   +8 more
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How improvements to drug effectiveness impact mass drug administration for control and elimination of schistosomiasis [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
John R. Ellis, Nyamai Mutono, Andreia Vasconcelos, Samuel M. Thumbi, T. Déirdre Hollingsworth, Roy M. Anderson   +5 more
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New approaches to measuring anthelminthic drug efficacy: parasitological responses of childhood schistosome infections to treatment with praziquantel [PDF]

, 2015
By 2020, the global health community aims to control and eliminate human helminthiases, including schistosomiasis in selected African countries, principally by preventive chemotherapy (PCT) through mass drug administration (MDA) of anthelminthics ...
A Danso-Appiah, A Fenwick, A Montresor, A Vidyashankar, AC Gelman, AE Butterworth, AL Bustinduy, Alexandra U. Scherrer, AU Scherrer, B Levecke, BM Bolker, CH King, Charles H. King, CJL Murray, CL Black, D Alonso, D Bates, F Thiongo, G Raso, Giovanna Raso, GR Olds, IM Silva, J Cabaret, J Modha, J Smith, J Utzinger, J Utzinger, J Utzinger, J. Russell Stothard, JA Hanley, JC Sousa-Figueiredo, JD Hadfield, Jean T. Coulibaly, José Carlos Sousa-Figueiredo, JP Webster, JT Coulibaly, Jürg Utzinger, K Stete, Katarina Stete, M Albonico, M Booth, M Ismail, M Nielsen, M Reddy, M Walker, Maria-Gloria Basáñez, Martin Walker, ME Mejía, MEJ Woolhouse, MG Basáñez, MJ Bockarie, MJ Doenhoff, MJ Doenhoff, P Andrews, P Fallon, PH Lamberton, Piero L. Olliaro, PJ Brindley, PJ Diggle, PJ Hotez, PL Olliaro, PNM Mwinzi, R Core Team, S Anayi, SD Melman, SJ Vlas de, SN Lahiri, SV Subramanian, Tarub S. Mabud, TW Jia, U Halekoh, W Harnett, W Wang, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization   +75 more
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Rapid progress towards elimination of lymphatic filariasis in endemic regions of Myanmar as a result of 16 years of anti-filarial activities (2001–2016)

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2018
Background As Myanmar progresses towards lymphatic filariasis (LF) elimination, it is important to know how well the anti-filarial activities have performed.
Kyawt Mon Win, Jaya Prasad Tripathy, Thae Maung Maung, Tin Oo, Aung Thi, Khin Nan Lon, Zaw Lin   +6 more
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Mass campaigns with antimalarial drugs: a modelling comparison of artemether-lumefantrine and DHA-piperaquine with and without primaquine as tools for malaria control and elimination

, 2015
Antimalarial drugs are a powerful tool for malaria control and elimination. Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) can reduce transmission when widely distributed in a campaign setting.
Eckhoff, Philip, Gerardin, Jaline, Wenger, Edward A.   +2 more
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How well do coverage surveys and programmatically reported mass drug administration coverage match? Results from 214 mass drug administration campaigns in 15 countries, 2008–2017

BMJ Global Health, 2023
Introduction Delivering preventive chemotherapy through mass drug administration (MDA) is a central approach in controlling or eliminating several neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).
Karsor Kollie, Nebiyu Negussu, Scott D Nash, Donal Bisanzio, Fiona M Fleming, Pamela S Mbabazi, Richard Reithinger, Kathryn L Zoerhoff, Katherine Gass, John Kraemer, Brian B Fuller, Lynsey Blair, Roland Bougma, Aboulaye Meite, Bizuayehu Gashaw, Nana-Kwadwo Biritwum, Jean Frantz Lemoine, Helena Ullyartha Pangaribuan, Eksi Wijayanti, Clara Fabienne Rasoamanamihaja, Lazarus Juziwelo, Square Mkwanda, Pradip Rimal, Issa Gnandou, Bocar Diop, Ameyo Monique Dorkenoo, Rachel Bronzan, Edridah Muheki Tukahebwa, Fatima Kabole, Violetta Yevstigneyeva, Lauren Courtney, Joseph Koroma, Egide Endayishimye, Margaret C Baker   +33 more
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Dose and formulation of azithromycin in mass drug administration studies: a systematic review protocol [PDF]

, 2019
Introduction: Azithromycin has been given for tropical infectious diseases such as trachoma and yaws by mass drug administration (MDA). As well as controlling the infectious disease in question, MDA may have a beneficial effect in reducing mortality in ...
Chen, Hongju, Choonara, Imti, Mu, Dezhi, Qazi, Shamim, Xiong, Tao, Yue, Yan, Zeng, Linan   +6 more
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Interaction vesicles as emerging mediators of host‐pathogen molecular crosstalk and their implications for infection dynamics

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Interaction extracellular vesicles (iEVs) are hybrid vesicles formed through host‐pathogen communication. They facilitate immune evasion, transfer pathogens' molecules, increase host cell uptake, and enhance virulence. This Perspective article illustrates the multifunctional roles of iEVs and highlights their emerging relevance in infection dynamics ...
Bruna Sabatke, Izadora Volpato Rossi, Marcel I. Ramirez   +2 more
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Epidemiology of Subpatent Plasmodium Falciparum Infection: Implications for Detection of Hotspots with Imperfect Diagnostics. [PDF]

, 2013
At the local level, malaria transmission clusters in hotspots, which may be a group of households that experience higher than average exposure to infectious mosquitoes.
A Manjurano, A Olotu, A Utarini, AC Gamage-Mendis, AK Githeko, B Greenhouse, Brian Greenwood, Bryan Greenhouse, Chris Drakeley, Colin J Sutherland, CV Plowe, D Arnot, Daniel Chandramohan, DJ Padley, FIND, FO ter Kuile, G Snounou, G Zhou, GH Stresman, Gibson Kibiki, H Herdiana, HJW Sturrock, HJW Sturrock, Hugh JW Sturrock, I Harris, I van den Broek, Jacklin F Mosha, JM Tham, KA Bojang, L Konate, LB Ochola, LC Okell, LC Okell, MJAM Oesterholt, Nahla Gadalla, NW Stow, P Bejon, P-W Lee, PL Alonso, PW Gething, R Bodker, Roly Gosling, S Brooker, SE Clarke, Sharan Atwal, T Banchongaksorn, T Bousema, TA Ghebreyesus, TD Clark, Teun Bousema, TN Williams   +50 more
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