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pro vyhledávání: '"Kalkidan Mekete"'
Autor:
Gemechu Tadesse, Yonas Wuletaw, Kalkidan Mekete, Heven Sime, Elodie Yard, Laura Appleby, Jack Grimes, Nigussie Dejene, Iain Gardiner, Adama Kazienga, Souheila Abbeddou, Michael French, Bruno Levecke, Lesley Drake
Publikováno v:
Parasites & Vectors, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2024)
Abstract Background The impact of access to improved water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and health education on large-scale deworming programs aimed at controlling soil-transmitted helminth (STH) and schistosome (SCH) infections has not been well s
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/88a27eecbea145e0bf1a045e90902628
Autor:
Tigist Dires Gebreyesus, Eyasu Makonnen, Tafesse Tadele, Kalkidan Mekete, Habtamu Gashaw, Heran Gerba, Eleni Aklillu
Publikováno v:
Infectious Diseases of Poverty, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2024)
Abstract Background Mass drug administration (MDA) program of albendazole to at-risk populations as preventive chemotherapy is the core public health intervention to control soil-transmitted helminths (STHs). Achieving this goal relies on drug effect
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/84268f179de74eef88e6055d170d0605
Autor:
Anna E Phillips, Alison K Ower, Kalkidan Mekete, Ewnetu Firdawek Liyew, Rosie Maddren, Birhan Mengistu, Ufaysa Anjulo, Melkie Chernet, Julia C Dunn, Hussein Mohammed, Habtamu Belay, Bokretsion Gidey, Geremew Tasew, Gemechu Tadesse, Mihretab Salasibew, Getachew Tollera, Roy Anderson
Publikováno v:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 17, Iss 10, p e0011589 (2023)
BackgroundThe Geshiyaro project aims to assess the feasibility of interrupting transmission of soil-transmitted helminths (STH) and schistosome (SCH) infection in the Wolaita zone of southern Ethiopia through high coverage community-wide mass drug ad
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/59a76ff39325412789e75a68c21d1b2c
Autor:
Anna E. Phillips, Alison K. Ower, Kalkidan Mekete, Ewnetu Firdawek Liyew, Rosie Maddren, Habtamu Belay, Melkie Chernet, Ufaysa Anjulo, Birhan Mengistu, Mihretab Salasibew, Geremew Tasew, Roy Anderson
Publikováno v:
Parasites & Vectors, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2022)
Abstract Background The Geshiyaro project is a 5-year intervention to assess the impact of community- and school-based water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH) interventions on reducing infection with soil-transmitted helminths (STH) and schistosome par
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/a1dcba0ba1644711828a3f461b3e5abd
Autor:
Tigist Dires Gebreyesus, Eyasu Makonnen, Tafesse Tadele, Kalkidan Mekete, Habtamu Gashaw, Heran Gerba, Eleni Aklillu
Publikováno v:
Frontiers in Pharmacology, Vol 14 (2023)
Background: The World Health Organization recommends efficacy and safety surveillance of anti-helminths used in mass drug administration campaigns. We evaluated the effectiveness of single-dose praziquantel against Schistosoma mansoni infection, and
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/eb0b8e46757146acadf48c614d6595ed
Autor:
Sara Roose, Gemechu Tadesse Leta, Johnny Vlaminck, Birhanu Getachew, Kalkidan Mekete, Iris Peelaers, Peter Geldhof, Bruno Levecke
Publikováno v:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 16, Iss 10 (2022)
Background WHO recommends periodical assessment of the prevalence of any soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections to adapt the frequency of mass drug administration targeting STHs. Today, detection of eggs in stool smears (Kato-Katz thick smear) re
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/91694ffabea7400886030156d8265575
Autor:
Gemechu Tadesse Leta, Kalkidan Mekete, Yonas Wuletaw, Abeba Gebretsadik, Heven Sime, Sindew Mekasha, Adugna Woyessa, Oumer Shafi, Jozef Vercruysse, Jack E. T. Grimes, Iain Gardiner, Michael French, Bruno Levecke, Lesley Drake, Wendy Harrison, Alan Fenwick
Publikováno v:
Parasites & Vectors, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2020)
Abstract Background An accurate understanding of the geographical distributions of both soil-transmitted helminths (STHs; Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and the hookworms Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale) and schistosomes (SCH
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/619dd2a076954a7cb6fcb2d42487beaa
Autor:
Hussein Mohammed, Toby Landeryou, Melkie Chernet, Ewnetu Firdawek Liyew, Yonas Wulataw, Birhanu Getachew, Hailemariam Difabachew, Anna Phillips, Rosie Maddren, Alison Ower, Kalkidan Mekete, Habtamu Belay, Tujuba Endrias, Ufaysa Anjulo, Geremew Tasew, Roy Anderson, Getachew Tollera, Ebba Abate
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 17, Iss 4, p e0267378 (2022)
Reagent urinalysis dipstick and filtration have been recommended diagnostic methods for the detection of urogenital schistosomiasis. However, the accurate diagnosis of light infections using these methods presents a major challenge. This study evalua
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/b035dcce2ca348c184a58ace7f090222
Autor:
Hussein Mohammed, Kedir Hassen, Ashenafi Assefa, Kalkidan Mekete, Gemechu Tadesse, Girum Taye, Robert J. Commons
Publikováno v:
Malaria Journal, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2019)
Abstract Background Malaria infection can present with a wide variety of symptoms, ranging from mild to severe. Plasmodium falciparum isolates in uncomplicated and severe malaria infections may have different parasite genetic profiles. This study was
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/2e7897dd08b14bd298e918b6856ab2a9
Autor:
Kalkidan Mekete, Alison Ower, Julia Dunn, Heven Sime, Gemechu Tadesse, Ebba Abate, Nebiyu Nigussu, Fikreselasie Seife, Emily McNaughton, Roy Malcolm Anderson, Anna Elizabeth Phillips
Publikováno v:
Parasites & Vectors, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2019)
Abstract Background National deworming programmes rely almost exclusively on mass drug administration (MDA) to children to control morbidity caused by these parasitic infections. The provision of other interventions, consisting of preventive chemothe
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/cda74b67445f48c9a7f605a345f8afcc