Mouse models of Loa loa

Autor: Pionnier, NP, Sjoberg, H, Chunda, VC, Fombad, FF, Chounna, PW, Njouendou, AJ, Metuge, HM, Ndzeshang, BL, Gandjui, NV, Akumtoh, DN, Tayong, DB, Taylor, MJ, Wanji, S, Turner, JD

Publikováno v: Nature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2019)

Here, the authors develop a mouse model of Loa loa that reflects human infections, including eosinophilia, and determine effects of ivermectin treatment.

Externí odkaz: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=dedup_wf_001::5c3b5f9633813d37399f238d9748d240
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41467-019-09442-0

Phenotypical characterization, and antibiotics susceptibility patterns of skin bacteria found in podoconiosis patients in the North West Region of Cameroon.

Autor: Nkwetta DL; Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, P.O. Box 63, Buea, Cameroon.; Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), P.O. Box 474, Buea, Cameroon.; The Peoples' Hope Medical Care Centre (PHOMECC), Bamenda, Cameroon., Fuen BR; Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, P.O. Box 63, Buea, Cameroon.; Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), P.O. Box 474, Buea, Cameroon.; The Peoples' Hope Medical Care Centre (PHOMECC), Bamenda, Cameroon., Yenban NF; Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, P.O. Box 63, Buea, Cameroon.; Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), P.O. Box 474, Buea, Cameroon.; The Peoples' Hope Medical Care Centre (PHOMECC), Bamenda, Cameroon., Mbiatong N; Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, P.O. Box 63, Buea, Cameroon.; Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), P.O. Box 474, Buea, Cameroon.; The Peoples' Hope Medical Care Centre (PHOMECC), Bamenda, Cameroon., Nchanji GT; Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, P.O. Box 63, Buea, Cameroon.; Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), P.O. Box 474, Buea, Cameroon.; The Peoples' Hope Medical Care Centre (PHOMECC), Bamenda, Cameroon., Bonekeh J; The Peoples' Hope Medical Care Centre (PHOMECC), Bamenda, Cameroon., Ndzeshang BL; Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, P.O. Box 63, Buea, Cameroon.; Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), P.O. Box 474, Buea, Cameroon.; The Peoples' Hope Medical Care Centre (PHOMECC), Bamenda, Cameroon., Gandjui NVT; Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, P.O. Box 63, Buea, Cameroon.; Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), P.O. Box 474, Buea, Cameroon., Fombad FF; Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, P.O. Box 63, Buea, Cameroon.; Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), P.O. Box 474, Buea, Cameroon.; The Peoples' Hope Medical Care Centre (PHOMECC), Bamenda, Cameroon., Klarmann-Schulz U; Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn (UKB), Bonn, Germany.; German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Neglected Tropical Disease, partner site, Bonn- Cologne, Bonn, Germany., Esum ME; Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, P.O. Box 63, Buea, Cameroon.; Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), P.O. Box 474, Buea, Cameroon., Njouendou AJ; Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), P.O. Box 474, Buea, Cameroon.; The Peoples' Hope Medical Care Centre (PHOMECC), Bamenda, Cameroon.; Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Buea, P.O. Box 63, Buea, Cameroon., Cho JF; Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, P.O. Box 63, Buea, Cameroon.; Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), P.O. Box 474, Buea, Cameroon.; The Peoples' Hope Medical Care Centre (PHOMECC), Bamenda, Cameroon., Hoerauf A; Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn (UKB), Bonn, Germany.; German-West African Centre for Global Health and Pandemic Prevention (G-WAC), Partner Site, Bonn, Bonn, Germany., Ritter M; Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn (UKB), Bonn, Germany., Wanji S; Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, P.O. Box 63, Buea, Cameroon. swanji@yahoo.fr.; Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), P.O. Box 474, Buea, Cameroon. swanji@yahoo.fr.; The Peoples' Hope Medical Care Centre (PHOMECC), Bamenda, Cameroon. swanji@yahoo.fr.

Publikováno v: BMC microbiology [BMC Microbiol] 2023 Jul 17; Vol. 23 (1), pp. 189. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jul 17.

NKp46 ⁺ natural killer cells develop an activated/memory-like phenotype and contribute to innate immunity against experimental filarial infection.

Autor: Pionnier N; Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics, Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom.; Centre for Bioscience, John Dalton Building, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom., Furlong-Silva J; Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics, Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom., Colombo SAP; Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics, Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom., Marriott AE; Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics, Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom., Chunda VC; Parasite and Vector Biology Research Unit, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.; Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon., Ndzeshang BL; Parasite and Vector Biology Research Unit, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.; Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon., Sjoberg H; Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics, Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom., Archer J; Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics, Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom., Steven A; Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics, Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom., Wanji S; Parasite and Vector Biology Research Unit, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.; Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon., Taylor MJ; Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics, Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom., Turner JD; Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics, Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Publikováno v: Frontiers in immunology [Front Immunol] 2022 Sep 27; Vol. 13, pp. 969340. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Sep 27 (Print Publication: 2022).

Why onchocerciasis transmission persists after 15 annual ivermectin mass drug administrations in South-West Cameroon.

Autor: Forrer A; Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK., Wanji S; Department of Disease Control, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon.; Parasites and Vector Biology research unit (PAVBRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon., Obie ED; Department of Disease Control, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon.; Parasites and Vector Biology research unit (PAVBRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon., Nji TM; Department of Disease Control, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon.; Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon., Hamill L; Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK., Ozano K; Department of International Public Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, Liverpool, UK., Piotrowski H; Department of International Public Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, Liverpool, UK., Dean L; Department of International Public Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, Liverpool, UK., Njouendou AJ; Department of Disease Control, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon.; Parasites and Vector Biology research unit (PAVBRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon., Ekanya R; Department of Disease Control, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon.; Parasites and Vector Biology research unit (PAVBRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon., Ndongmo WPC; Department of Disease Control, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon.; Parasites and Vector Biology research unit (PAVBRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon., Fung EG; Department of Disease Control, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon.; Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon., Nnamdi DB; Department of Disease Control, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon.; Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon., Abong RA; Department of Disease Control, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon.; Parasites and Vector Biology research unit (PAVBRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon., Beng AA; Department of Disease Control, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon.; Parasites and Vector Biology research unit (PAVBRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon., Eyong ME; Department of Disease Control, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon.; Parasites and Vector Biology research unit (PAVBRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon., Ndzeshang BL; Department of Disease Control, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon.; Parasites and Vector Biology research unit (PAVBRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon., Nkimbeng DA; Department of Disease Control, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon.; Parasites and Vector Biology research unit (PAVBRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon., Teghen S; Department of Disease Control, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon.; Parasites and Vector Biology research unit (PAVBRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon., Suireng A; Department of Disease Control, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon., Ashu EE; Department of Disease Control, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon., Kah E; Department of Disease Control, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon.; Parasites and Vector Biology research unit (PAVBRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon., Murdoch MM; Watford General Hospital, West Herts Hospitals NHS Trust, Watford, UK., Thomson R; Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK., Theobald S; Department of International Public Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, Liverpool, UK., Enyong P; Department of Disease Control, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon.; Parasites and Vector Biology research unit (PAVBRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon., Turner JD; Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK., Taylor MJ; Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK Mark.Taylor@lstmed.ac.uk.

Publikováno v: BMJ global health [BMJ Glob Health] 2021 Jan; Vol. 6 (1).

Implementation of test-and-treat with doxycycline and temephos ground larviciding as alternative strategies for accelerating onchocerciasis elimination in an area of loiasis co-endemicity: the COUNTDOWN consortium multi-disciplinary study protocol.

Autor: Wanji S; COUNTDOWN, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, P.O. Box 63, Buea, Cameroon. samwandji@gmail.com.; COUNTDOWN, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and Environment, P.O. Box 474, Buea, Cameroon. samwandji@gmail.com., Nji TM; COUNTDOWN, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and Environment, P.O. Box 474, Buea, Cameroon.; COUNTDOWN, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Faculty of Social and Management Sciences, University of Buea, P.O. Box 63, Buea, Cameroon., Hamill L; Sightsavers, 35 Perrymount Road, Haywards Heath, UK., Dean L; COUNTDOWN, Department of International Public Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, UK., Ozano K; COUNTDOWN, Department of International Public Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, UK., Njouendou AJ; COUNTDOWN, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and Environment, P.O. Box 474, Buea, Cameroon.; COUNTDOWN, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, P.O. Box 12, Buea, Cameroon., Abong RA; COUNTDOWN, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, P.O. Box 63, Buea, Cameroon.; COUNTDOWN, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and Environment, P.O. Box 474, Buea, Cameroon., Obie ED; COUNTDOWN, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, P.O. Box 63, Buea, Cameroon.; COUNTDOWN, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and Environment, P.O. Box 474, Buea, Cameroon., Amuam A; COUNTDOWN, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, P.O. Box 63, Buea, Cameroon.; COUNTDOWN, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and Environment, P.O. Box 474, Buea, Cameroon., Ekanya R; COUNTDOWN, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, P.O. Box 63, Buea, Cameroon.; COUNTDOWN, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and Environment, P.O. Box 474, Buea, Cameroon., Ndongmo WPC; COUNTDOWN, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, P.O. Box 63, Buea, Cameroon.; COUNTDOWN, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and Environment, P.O. Box 474, Buea, Cameroon., Ndzeshang BL; COUNTDOWN, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, P.O. Box 63, Buea, Cameroon.; COUNTDOWN, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and Environment, P.O. Box 474, Buea, Cameroon., Fung EG; COUNTDOWN, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and Environment, P.O. Box 474, Buea, Cameroon.; COUNTDOWN, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Faculty of Social and Management Sciences, University of Buea, P.O. Box 63, Buea, Cameroon., Nnamdi DB; COUNTDOWN, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and Environment, P.O. Box 474, Buea, Cameroon.; COUNTDOWN, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Faculty of Social and Management Sciences, University of Buea, P.O. Box 63, Buea, Cameroon., Nkimbeng DA; COUNTDOWN, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, P.O. Box 63, Buea, Cameroon.; COUNTDOWN, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and Environment, P.O. Box 474, Buea, Cameroon., Teghen S; COUNTDOWN, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, P.O. Box 63, Buea, Cameroon.; COUNTDOWN, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and Environment, P.O. Box 474, Buea, Cameroon., Kah E; COUNTDOWN, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, P.O. Box 63, Buea, Cameroon.; COUNTDOWN, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and Environment, P.O. Box 474, Buea, Cameroon., Piotrowski H; COUNTDOWN, Department of International Public Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, UK., Forrer A; COUNTDOWN, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, UK., Khan JAM; COUNTDOWN, Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, UK., Woode ME; Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Victoria, Australia., Niessen L; COUNTDOWN, Department of International Public Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, UK.; Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA., Watson V; COUNTDOWN, Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, UK., Njoumemi Z; Health Economics Unit, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I, P.O. Box 1364, Yaounde, Cameroon., Murdoch ME; COUNTDOWN, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, UK.; West Herts Hospitals NHS Trust, Watford General Hospital, Vicarage Road, Watford, UK., Thomson R; COUNTDOWN, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, UK., Theobald S; COUNTDOWN, Department of International Public Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, UK., Enyong P; COUNTDOWN, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, P.O. Box 63, Buea, Cameroon.; COUNTDOWN, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and Environment, P.O. Box 474, Buea, Cameroon., Turner JD; COUNTDOWN, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, UK. Joseph.Turner@lstmed.ac.uk., Taylor MJ; COUNTDOWN, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, UK.

Publikováno v: Parasites & vectors [Parasit Vectors] 2019 Dec 04; Vol. 12 (1), pp. 574. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Dec 04.