Exploring clustering of leprosy in the Comoros and Madagascar: A geospatial analysis

Autor: Nimer Ortuño-Gutiérrez, Aboubacar Mzembaba, Stéphanie Ramboarina, Randrianantoandro Andriamira, Abdallah Baco, Sofie Braet, Assoumani Younoussa, Bertrand Cauchoix, Zahara Salim, Mohamed Amidy, Saverio Grillone, Tahinamandranto Rasamoelina, Emmanuelle Cambau, Annemieke Geluk, Bouke C. de Jong, Jan Hendrik Richardus, Epco Hasker

Publikováno v: International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 108, Iss , Pp 96-101 (2021)

Objectives: To identify patterns of spatial clustering of leprosy. Design: We performed a baseline survey for a trial on post-exposure prophylaxis for leprosy in Comoros and Madagascar. We screened 64 villages, door-to-door, and recorded results of s

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Spatio-temporal mapping of Madagascar’s Malaria Indicator Survey results to assess Plasmodium falciparum endemicity trends between 2011 and 2016

Autor: Su Yun Kang, Katherine E. Battle, Harry S. Gibson, Arsène Ratsimbasoa, Milijaona Randrianarivelojosia, Stéphanie Ramboarina, Peter A. Zimmerman, Daniel J. Weiss, Ewan Cameron, Peter W. Gething, Rosalind E. Howes

Publikováno v: BMC Medicine, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2018)

Abstract Background Reliable measures of disease burden over time are necessary to evaluate the impact of interventions and assess sub-national trends in the distribution of infection. Three Malaria Indicator Surveys (MISs) have been conducted in Mad

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Protocol, rationale and design of PEOPLE (Post ExpOsure Prophylaxis for LEprosy in the Comoros and Madagascar): a cluster randomized trial on effectiveness of different modalities of implementation of post-exposure prophylaxis of leprosy contacts

Autor: Saverio Grillone, Bertrand Cauchoix, Epco Hasker, Assoumani Younoussa, Abdallah Baco, Bouke C. de Jong, Zahara Salim, Stéphanie Ramboarina, Aboubacar Mzembaba, Nimer Ortuno-Gutierrez, Jan Hendrik Richardus, Mohamed Amidy, Sofie Braet, Andriamira Randrianantoandro

Publikováno v: BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2019)
BMC Infectious Diseases, 19(1):1033. BioMed Central Ltd.
BMC Infectious Diseases

Background Leprosy is an ancient infectious disease with a global annual incidence that has plateaued above 200,000 new cases since over a decade. New strategies are required to overcome this stalemate. Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) with a single d

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https://doaj.org/article/de3102256166455783fa5aee5e84b622

Long-term in vitro culture of Plasmodium vivax isolates from Madagascar maintained in Saimiri boliviensis blood

Autor: Melinda Zikursh-Blood, Marlin Linger, Arsène Ratsimbasoa, Rosalind E. Howes, Peter A. Zimmerman, Brune Ramiranirina, Tovonahary Angelo Rakotomanga, Rajeev K. Mehlotra, Stéphanie Ramboarina, D’Arbra Blankenship, Thierry Franchard, Brian T. Grimberg

Publikováno v: Malaria Journal
Malaria Journal, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2017)

Background Plasmodium vivax is the most prevalent human malaria parasite and is likely to increase proportionally as malaria control efforts more rapidly impact the prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum. Despite the prominence of P. vivax as a major hu

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Genetic diversity in two Plasmodium vivax protein ligands for reticulocyte invasion

Autor: Anuj Kumar, Camille Roesch, Zo Andriamanantena, Chetan E. Chitnis, Vorleak Run, Christèle Huon, Stéphanie Ramboarina, David Serre, Rado Rakotoarison, Saorin Kim, Micheline Guillotte-Blisnick, Didier Menard, Sophalai Bin, Inès Vigan-Womas, Jean Popovici, Emma Rakotomalala, Tsikiniaina Rasoloharimanana

Publikováno v: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Public Library of Science, 2018, 12 (10), pp.e0006555. ⟨10.1371/journal.pntd.0006555⟩
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 12, Iss 10, p e0006555 (2018)
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018, 12 (10), pp.e0006555. ⟨10.1371/journal.pntd.0006555⟩

The interaction between Plasmodium vivax Duffy binding protein (PvDBP) and Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines (DARC) has been described as critical for the invasion of human reticulocytes, although increasing reports of P. vivax infections in Duff

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