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Autor:
Meraf A Wolle, Beatriz E Muñoz, Glory Mgboji, Fahd Naufal, Michael Saheb Kashaf, Harran Mkocha, Sheila K West
Publikováno v:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 18, Iss 1, p e0011861 (2024)
BackgroundTrachoma is a chronic conjunctivitis caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. Repeated infections lead to trachomatous conjunctival scarring which can progress to potentially blinding trachomatous trichiasis (TT). In trachoma hyperend
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/5c15f73e28bc4098817fe73d369e3212
Publikováno v:
The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia, Vol 7, Iss , Pp 100076- (2022)
Summary: Background: Active case finding (ACF) for tuberculosis (TB) is the cornerstone case-finding strategy in India's national TB policy. However, ACF strategies are highly diverse and pose implementation challenges in routine programming. We revi
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/e96f7421bcd84663bb614ee7f09b0d74
Autor:
Fahd Naufal, Christopher J. Brady, Meraf A. Wolle, Michael Saheb Kashaf, Harran Mkocha, Christopher Bradley, George Kabona, Jeremiah Ngondi, Robert W. Massof, Sheila K. West
Publikováno v:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 11 (2021)
Background As the prevalence of trachoma declines worldwide, it is becoming increasingly expensive and challenging to standardize graders in the field for surveys to document elimination. Photography of the tarsal conjunctiva and remote interpretatio
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/bcf08409ec634917b954d9ebdd78e66c
Autor:
Meraf A. Wolle, Beatriz E. Muñoz, Fahd Naufal, Michael Saheb Kashaf, Harran Mkocha, Sheila K. West
Publikováno v:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 11 (2021)
Background Trachoma, a chronic conjunctivitis caused by Chlamydia trachomatis, is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. Trachoma has been targeted for elimination as a public health problem which includes reducing trachomatous inflamma
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/c7f06654b953406da7a86f1f0e77b9fe
Autor:
Xinyi Chen, Beatriz Munoz, Meraf A. Wolle, Geordie Woods, Michelle Odonkor, Fahd Naufal, Harran Mkocha, Sheila K. West
Publikováno v:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 10 (2021)
Background Having a clean face is protective against trachoma. In the past, long distances to water were associated with unclean faces and increased trachoma. Other environmental factors have not been extensively explored. We need improved clarity on
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/18337a80f99247f7b1b5890cbbbbf032
Autor:
Sheila K West, Fahd Naufal, Prateek Gajwani, Robert Medina, Madison Dutson, Silvio P Mariotti
Publikováno v:
BMJ Open Ophthalmology, Vol 6, Iss 1 (2021)
Objective Knowledge of a patient’s emotional health status and using patient-centred communication may be key to providing early intervention and referral to appropriate treatment/support services for ophthalmology patients. This study aims to dete
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/de8c765becc44accb7876031b9390250
Autor:
Rachael M Burke, MRCP, Marriott Nliwasa, PhD, Helena R A Feasey, MSc, Lelia H Chaisson, PhD, Jonathan E Golub, ProfPhD, Fahd Naufal, MD, Adrienne E Shapiro, PhD, Maria Ruperez, PhD, Lily Telisinghe, MRCP, Helen Ayles, ProfPhD, Elizabeth L Corbett, ProfFMedSci, Peter MacPherson, PhD
Publikováno v:
The Lancet Public Health, Vol 6, Iss 5, Pp e283-e299 (2021)
Summary: Background: Community-based active case-finding interventions might identify and treat more people with tuberculosis disease than standard case detection. We aimed to assess whether active case-finding interventions can affect tuberculosis e
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/5985ec739999451993fe1025560f2963
Autor:
Michelle Odonkor, Fahd Naufal, Beatriz Munoz, Harran Mkocha, Mabula Kasubi, Meraf Wolle, Sheila West
Publikováno v:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 4, p e0009343 (2021)
BackgroundTo eliminate trachoma as a public health problem, countries must achieve a district-level prevalence of trachomatous inflammation-follicular (TF) Methodology & principal findingsWe surveyed 2401 children ages 1-9 years from 50 villages in K
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/863f04881c174de0ae21d10809ede679
Autor:
Helena R A Feasey, Rachael M Burke, Marriott Nliwasa, Lelia H Chaisson, Jonathan E Golub, Fahd Naufal, Adrienne E Shapiro, Maria Ruperez, Lily Telisinghe, Helen Ayles, Cecily Miller, Helen E D Burchett, Peter MacPherson, Elizabeth L Corbett
Publikováno v:
PLOS Global Public Health, Vol 1, Iss 12, p e0000088 (2021)
Community-based active case-finding (ACF) may have important impacts on routine TB case-detection and subsequent patient-initiated diagnosis pathways, contributing "indirectly" to infectious diseases prevention and care. We investigated the impact of
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/69853c1d5eb94dbeb59c2c5e09f2717b
Autor:
Michael Saheb Kashaf, Beatriz E Muñoz, Harran Mkocha, Meraf A Wolle, Fahd Naufal, Sheila K West
Publikováno v:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 14, Iss 10, p e0008708 (2020)
BackgroundTrachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness. Repeated or persistent ocular infection with Chlamydia trachomatis in childhood leads to conjunctival scarring, usually in adulthood but often earlier in areas with greater disease burd
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/04efdd9653ff422990daf275b09492a7