Female genital schistosomiasis burden and risk factors in two endemic areas in Malawi nested in the Morbidity Operational Research for Bilharziasis Implementation Decisions (MORBID) cross-sectional study.

Autor: Olimpia Lamberti, Sekeleghe Kayuni, Dingase Kumwenda, Bagrey Ngwira, Varsha Singh, Veena Moktali, Neerav Dhanani, Els Wessels, Lisette Van Lieshout, Fiona M Fleming, Themba Mzilahowa, Amaya L Bustinduy

Publikováno v: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 18, Iss 5, p e0012102 (2024)

BackgroundFemale genital schistosomiasis (FGS), caused by the parasite Schistosoma haematobium (Sh), is prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa. FGS is associated with sexual dysfunction and reproductive morbidity, and increased prevalence of HIV and cervica

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Factors affecting the uptake of preventive chemotherapy treatment for schistosomiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review.

Autor: Carlos A Torres-Vitolas, Neerav Dhanani, Fiona M Fleming

Publikováno v: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 1, p e0009017 (2021)

BackgroundSchistosomiasis affects nearly 220 million people worldwide, mainly in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Preventive chemotherapy (PC) treatment, through regular mass-drug administration (MDA) of Praziquantel tablets remains the control measure of c

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/6d925823cca3403c8e0dfb1143dad546

Accuracy of the WHO praziquantel dose pole for large-scale community treatment of urogenital schistosomiasis in northern Mozambique: Is it time for an update?

Autor: Pedro H Gazzinelli-Guimaraes, Neerav Dhanani, Charles H King, Carl H Campbell, Herminio O Aurelio, Josefo Ferro, Rassul Nala, Alan Fenwick, Anna E Phillips

Publikováno v: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 12, Iss 11, p e0006957 (2018)

BackgroundA pioneering strategy developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the control of schistosomiasis was the concept of a height-based dose pole to determine praziquantel (PZQ) dosing in large-scale treatment campaigns. However, some r

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/874a2f276f04420f96cb70ac36f412fb

Factors affecting the uptake of preventive chemotherapy treatment for schistosomiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review

Autor: Neerav Dhanani, Fiona M. Fleming, Carlos A. Torres-Vitolas

Publikováno v: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 1, p e0009017 (2021)

Background Schistosomiasis affects nearly 220 million people worldwide, mainly in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Preventive chemotherapy (PC) treatment, through regular mass-drug administration (MDA) of Praziquantel tablets remains the control measure of

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http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC7846123

Lessons Learned in Conducting Mass Drug Administration for Schistosomiasis Control and Measuring Coverage in an Operational Research Setting

Autor: Aboulaye Meite, Christopher C. Whalen, Annette Olsen, Pedro Henrique Gazzinelli-Guimarães, William Evan Secor, Pascal Magnussen, Daniel G. Colley, Jennifer D. Castleman, Safari Kinung’hi, Susan P. Montgomery, Nupur Kittur, Jürg Utzinger, Neerav Dhanani, Diana M. S. Karanja, Charles H. King, Fiona M. Fleming, Amadou Garba, Pauline N. M. Mwinzi, Sue Binder, Eliézer K. N’Goran, Amina Amadou Hamidou, Anna E. Phillips, Carl H. Campbell, Michelle N. Clements

Publikováno v: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Binder, S, Campbell, C H, Castleman, J D, Kittur, N, Kinung'hi, S M, Olsen, A, Magnussen, P, Karanja, D M S, Mwinzi, P N M, Montgomery, S P, Secor, W E, Phillips, A E, Dhanani, N, Gazzinelli-Guimaraes, P H, Clements, M N, N'Goran, E K, Meite, A, Utzinger, J, Hamidou, A A, Garba, A, Fleming, F M, Whalen, C C, King, C H & Colley, D G 2020, ' Lessons learned in conducting mass drug administration for Schistosomiasis control and measuring coverage in an operational research setting ', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, vol. 103, no. 1_Suppl, pp. 105-113 . https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.19-0789

The Schistosomiasis Consortium for Operational Research and Evaluation (SCORE) was created to conduct research that could inform programmatic decision-making related to schistosomiasis. SCORE included several large cluster randomized field studies in

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32400352