Onchocerciasis Control: Vision for the Future from a Ghanian perspective (2009)
Taylor, Mark J, Awadzi, Kwablah, Basáñez, María-Gloria, Biritwum, Nana, Boakye, Daniel, Boatin, Boakye, ...
Abstract Since 1987 onchocerciasis control has relied on the donation of ivermectin (Mectizan ® , Merck & Co., Inc.) through the Mectizan Donation Programme. Recently, concern has been raised over...
Kreuels, Benno, Ehrhardt, Stephan, Kreuzberg, Christina, Adjei, Samuel, Kobbe, Robin, Burchard, Gerd D, ...
Abstract Background While the protective effects of sickle cell trait (HbAS) against severe malaria and the resulting survival advantage are well known, the impact on the physical development in...
May, Jürgen, Adjei, Samuel, Busch, Wibke, Gabor, Julian J, Issifou, Saadou, Kobbe, Robin, ...
Abstract Background Intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi) with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) reduces the incidence of malaria episodes in young children. The exact mechanism by which...
Malaria incidence and efficacy of intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi) (2007)
Kobbe, Robin, Adjei, Samuel, Kreuzberg, Christina, Kreuels, Benno, Thompson, Benedicta, Thompson, Peter A, ...
Abstract Background Intermittent preventive antimalarial treatment in infants (IPTi) is currently evaluated as a malaria control strategy. Among the factors influencing the extent of protection that...
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Robin Kobbe, Samuel Adjei, Christina Kreuzberg, Benno Kreuels, Benedicta Thompson, Peter A Thompson, ...
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Doxycycline Reduces Plasma VEGF-C/sVEGFR-3 and Improves Pathology in Lymphatic Filariasis (2006)
Alexander Yaw Debrah, Sabine Mand, Sabine Specht, Yeboah Marfo-Debrekyei, Linda Batsa, Kenneth Pfarr, ...
Lymphatic filariasis is a disease of considerable socioeconomic burden in the tropics. Presently used antifilarial drugs are able to strongly reduce transmission and will thus ultimately lower the...
Debrah, Alexander, Mand, Sabine, Marfo-Debrekyei, Yeboah, Larbi, John, Adjei, Ohene, Hoerauf, Achim
Abstract Background Infection with the filarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus can lead to severe dermatitis, visual impairment, and ultimately blindness. Since the currently used drug, ivermectin does...
Frequent detection of worm movements in onchocercal nodules by ultrasonography (2005)
Mand, Sabine, Marfo-Debrekyei, Yeboah, Debrah, Alex, Buettner, Marcelle, Batsa, Linda, Pfarr, Kenneth, ...
Abstract Background Ultrasonography (USG) is known to be a suitable tool for diagnosis in lymphatic filariasis as the adult filarial nematode Wuchereria bancrofti in scrotal lymphatic vessels of...
Animated documentation of the filaria dance sign (FDS) in bancroftian filariasis (2003)
Mand, Sabine, Marfo-Debrekyei, Yeboah, Dittrich, Matthias, Fischer, Kerstin, Adjei, Ohene, Hoerauf, Achim
Abstract Background Ultrasonography is able to detect adult Wuchereria bancrofti worms in scrotal lymphatic vessels of infected men on account of the characteristic pattern of adult worm movements,...
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Animated documentation of the filaria dance sign (FDS) in bancroftian filariasis
Mand, Sabine, Marfo-Debrekyei, Yeboah, Dittrich, Matthias, Fischer, Kerstin, Adjei, Ohene, Hoerauf, Achim
Frequent detection of worm movements in onchocercal nodules by ultrasonography
Mand, Sabine, Marfo-Debrekyei, Yeboah, Debrah, Alex, Buettner, Marcelle, Batsa, Linda, Pfarr, Kenneth, ...
Debrah, Alexander Yaw, Mand, Sabine, Marfo-Debrekyei, Yeboah, Larbi, John, Adjei, Ohene, Hoerauf, Achim
Doxycycline Reduces Plasma VEGF-C/sVEGFR-3 and Improves Pathology in Lymphatic Filariasis
Debrah, Alexander Yaw, Mand, Sabine, Specht, Sabine, Marfo-Debrekyei, Yeboah, Batsa, Linda, Pfarr, Kenneth, ...
Lymphatic filariasis is a disease of considerable socioeconomic burden in the tropics. Presently used antifilarial drugs are able to strongly reduce transmission and will thus ultimately lower the...
Animated documentation of the filaria dance sign (FDS) in bancroftian filariasis
Mand, Sabine, Marfo-Debrekyei, Yeboah, Dittrich, Matthias, Fischer, Kerstin, Adjei, Ohene, Hoerauf, Achim
Frequent detection of worm movements in onchocercal nodules by ultrasonography
Mand, Sabine, Marfo-Debrekyei, Yeboah, Debrah, Alex, Buettner, Marcelle, Batsa, Linda, Pfarr, Kenneth, ...
Debrah, Alexander Yaw, Mand, Sabine, Marfo-Debrekyei, Yeboah, Larbi, John, Adjei, Ohene, Hoerauf, Achim
Doxycycline Reduces Plasma VEGF-C/sVEGFR-3 and Improves Pathology in Lymphatic Filariasis
Debrah, Alexander Yaw, Mand, Sabine, Specht, Sabine, Marfo-Debrekyei, Yeboah, Batsa, Linda, Pfarr, Kenneth, ...
Lymphatic filariasis is a disease of considerable socioeconomic burden in the tropics. Presently used antifilarial drugs are able to strongly reduce transmission and will thus ultimately lower the...
Malaria incidence and efficacy of intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi)
Kobbe, Robin, Adjei, Samuel, Kreuzberg, Christina, Kreuels, Benno, Thompson, Benedicta, Thompson, Peter A, ...
Of Mice, Cattle, and Humans: The Immunology and Treatment of River Blindness
Allen, Judith E., Adjei, Ohene, Bain, Odile, Hoerauf, Achim, Hoffmann, Wolfgang H., Makepeace, Benjamin L., ...
River blindness is a seriously debilitating disease caused by the filarial parasite Onchocerca volvulus, which infects millions in Africa as well as in South and Central America. Research has been...
Q Fever in Young Children, Ghana
Kobbe, Robin, Kramme, Stefanie, Kreuels, Benno, Adjei, Samuel, Kreuzberg, Christina, Panning, Marcus, ...
Kreuels, Benno, Ehrhardt, Stephan, Kreuzberg, Christina, Adjei, Samuel, Kobbe, Robin, Burchard, Gerd D, ...
Onchocerciasis Control: Vision for the Future from a Ghanian perspective
Taylor, Mark J, Awadzi, Kwablah, Basáñez, María-Gloria, Biritwum, Nana, Boakye, Daniel, Boatin, Boakye, ...
Since 1987 onchocerciasis control has relied on the donation of ivermectin (Mectizan®, Merck & Co., Inc.) through the Mectizan Donation Programme. Recently, concern has been raised over the...
Hoerauf, Achim, Specht, Sabine, Büttner, Marcelle, Pfarr, Kenneth, Mand, Sabine, Fimmers, Rolf, ...
In a randomized, placebo-controlled trial in Ghana, 67 onchocerciasis patients received 200-mg/day doxycycline for 4–6 weeks, followed by ivermectin (IVM) after 6 months. After 6–27 months,...
Mycobacterium ulcerans disease.
Van Der Werf, Tjip S., Stienstra, Ymkje, Johnson, R. Christian, Phillips, Richard, Adjei, Ohene, Fleischer, Bernhard, ...
Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer) is an important health problem in several west African countries. It is prevalent in scattered foci around the world, predominantly in riverine areas...
Newly acquired Onchocerca volvulus filariae after doxycycline treatment
Specht, Sabine, Hoerauf, Achim, Adjei, Ohene, Debrah, Alexander, Büttner, Dietrich W.
Despite successful mass drug administration and vector control programs, the nematode Onchocerca volvulus is far from being eradicated. Therefore, new long-term sterilizing or macrofilaricidal drugs...