Development of a combined RLEP/16S rRNA (RT) qPCR assay for the detection of viable M. leprae from nasal swab samples.

Autor: Beissner M; Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany. beissner@lrz.uni-muenchen.de., Woestemeier A; Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany., Saar M; Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany., Badziklou K; Ministère de la Santé, Institut National d'Hygiène (INH), Lomé, Togo., Maman I; Ministère de la Santé, Institut National d'Hygiène (INH), Lomé, Togo., Amedifou C; German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association, Togo office (DAHW-T), Lomé, Togo., Wagner M; Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany., Wiedemann FX; German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association, Togo office (DAHW-T), Lomé, Togo., Amekuse K; German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association, Togo office (DAHW-T), Lomé, Togo., Kobara B; Programme National de Lutte contre l'Ulcère de Buruli, la Lèpre et le Pian (PNLUB-LP), Lomé, Togo., Herbinger KH; Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany., Kere AB; Ministère de la Santé, Institut National d'Hygiène (INH), Lomé, Togo., Löscher T; Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU), Munich, Germany., Bretzel G; Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany.

Publikováno v: BMC infectious diseases [BMC Infect Dis] 2019 Aug 28; Vol. 19 (1), pp. 753. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Aug 28.

Natural immunity against capsular group X N. meningitidis following an outbreak in Togo, 2007.

Autor: Norheim G; Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK; Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway. Electronic address: gunnstein.norheim@fhi.no., Mueller JE; Agence de Médecine Préventive, Paris, France; Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique, Rennes/Paris, France and Institut Pasteur, Paris, France., Njanpop-Lafourcade BM; Agence de Médecine Préventive, Paris, France., Delrieu I; Agence de Médecine Préventive, Paris, France., Findlow H; Vaccine Evaluation Unit, Public Health England, Manchester, UK., Borrow R; Vaccine Evaluation Unit, Public Health England, Manchester, UK., Xie O; Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK., Nagaputra J; Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK., Ramasamy R; Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK., Dold C; Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK., Tamekloe TA; Division of Epidemiology, Ministry for Health, Togo., Rollier CS; Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK., Watt H; Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College, London, UK., Kere AB; Institute National d'Hygiene, Lome, Togo., Næss LM; Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway., Pollard AJ; Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK.

Publikováno v: Vaccine [Vaccine] 2018 Feb 28; Vol. 36 (10), pp. 1297-1303. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Feb 02.

Effectiveness of routine BCG vaccination on buruli ulcer disease: a case-control study in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana and Togo.

Autor: Phillips RO; Department of Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana., Phanzu DM; Institut Médical Evangélique (IME) de Kimpese, Projet Ulcère de Buruli, Kimpese, Democratic Republic of the Congo., Beissner M; Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany., Badziklou K; Institut National d'Hygiène (INH), Ministry of Health, Lomé, Togo., Luzolo EK; Institut Médical Evangélique (IME) de Kimpese, Projet Ulcère de Buruli, Kimpese, Democratic Republic of the Congo., Sarfo FS; Department of Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana., Halatoko WA; Institut National d'Hygiène (INH), Ministry of Health, Lomé, Togo., Amoako Y; Department of Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana., Frimpong M; Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana., Kabiru AM; Agogo Presbyterian Hospital, Agogo, Ghana., Piten E; Centre Hospitalier Régional Maritime (CHR Maritime), Tsévié, Togo., Maman I; Institut National d'Hygiène (INH), Ministry of Health, Lomé, Togo., Bidjada B; Institut National d'Hygiène (INH), Ministry of Health, Lomé, Togo., Koba A; Institut National d'Hygiène (INH), Ministry of Health, Lomé, Togo., Awoussi KS; Institut National d'Hygiène (INH), Ministry of Health, Lomé, Togo., Kobara B; Programme National de Lutte contre l'Ulcère de Buruli - Lèpre et Pian (PNLUB-LP), Ministry of Health, Lomé, Togo., Nitschke J; Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany; German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association, Togo office (DAHWT), Lomé, Togo., Wiedemann FX; German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association, Togo office (DAHWT), Lomé, Togo., Kere AB; Institut National d'Hygiène (INH), Ministry of Health, Lomé, Togo., Adjei O; Department of Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana., Löscher T; Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany., Fleischer B; Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM), Hamburg, Germany., Bretzel G; Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany., Herbinger KH; Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.

Publikováno v: PLoS neglected tropical diseases [PLoS Negl Trop Dis] 2015 Jan 08; Vol. 9 (1), pp. e3457. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Jan 08 (Print Publication: 2015).

Implementation of a national reference laboratory for Buruli ulcer disease in Togo.

Autor: Beissner M; Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany. beissner@lrz.uni-muenchen.de, Huber KL, Badziklou K, Halatoko WA, Maman I, Vogel F, Bidjada B, Awoussi KS, Piten E, Helfrich K, Mengele C, Nitschke J, Amekuse K, Wiedemann FX, Diefenhardt A, Kobara B, Herbinger KH, Kere AB, Prince-David M, Löscher T, Bretzel G

Publikováno v: PLoS neglected tropical diseases [PLoS Negl Trop Dis] 2013; Vol. 7 (1), pp. e2011. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Jan 24.