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A genotypic approach for detection, identification, and characterization of drug resistance in Mycobacterium ulcerans in clinical samples and isolates from Ghana

scientific article

A randomized controlled trial of extended intermittent preventive antimalarial treatment in infants

scientific article published on 29 May 2007

A randomized, double-blind clinical trial of a 3-week course of doxycycline plus albendazole and ivermectin for the treatment of Wuchereria bancrofti infection.

scientific article published on 14 March 2006

Animated documentation of the filaria dance sign (FDS) in bancroftian filariasis

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Antibiotics for the treatment of onchocerciasis and other filarial infections.

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Antigen-specific T regulatory-1 cells are associated with immunosuppression in a chronic helminth infection (onchocerciasis).

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Antimicrobial treatment for early, limited Mycobacterium ulcerans infection: a randomised controlled trial.

scientific article published on 3 February 2010

Assessment of microfilarial loads in the skin of onchocerciasis patients after treatment with different regimens of doxycycline plus ivermectin

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Association between aflatoxin exposure and health characteristics, liver function, hepatitis and malaria infections in Ghanaians

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Buruli ulcer disease: prospects for a vaccine

scientific article published on 07 February 2009

Comparative study of the sensitivity of different diagnostic methods for the laboratory diagnosis of Buruli ulcer disease

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Comparison of two assays for molecular determination of rifampin resistance in clinical samples from patients with Buruli ulcer disease

scientific article published on 29 January 2014

Detection of viable Mycobacterium ulcerans in clinical samples by a novel combined 16S rRNA reverse transcriptase/IS2404 real-time qPCR assay

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Differing effects of HbS and HbC traits on uncomplicated falciparum malaria, anemia, and child growth

scientific article published on 15 March 2010

Doxycycline Leads to Sterility and Enhanced Killing of Female Onchocerca volvulus Worms in an Area With Persistent Microfilaridermia After Repeated Ivermectin Treatment: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Trial

scientific article published on 6 May 2015

Doxycycline as a novel strategy against bancroftian filariasis-depletion of Wolbachia endosymbionts from Wuchereria bancrofti and stop of microfilaria production

scientific article (publication date: November 2003)

Doxycycline improves filarial lymphedema independent of active filarial infection: a randomized controlled trial.

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Doxycycline in the treatment of human onchocerciasis: Kinetics of Wolbachia endobacteria reduction and of inhibition of embryogenesis in female Onchocerca worms

scientific article published on April 2003

Doxycycline reduces plasma VEGF-C/sVEGFR-3 and improves pathology in lymphatic filariasis

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Dry reagent-based polymerase chain reaction compared with other laboratory methods available for the diagnosis of Buruli ulcer disease

scientific article published on 21 May 2007

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

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Effects of 6-week azithromycin treatment on the Wolbachia endobacteria of Onchocerca volvulus

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Efficacy of 2- and 4-week rifampicin treatment on the Wolbachia of Onchocerca volvulus

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Efficacy of 5-week doxycycline treatment on adult Onchocerca volvulus

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Efficiency of Fine-Needle Aspiration Compared with Other Sampling Techniques for Laboratory Diagnosis of Buruli Ulcer Disease ⬇️

scientific article published on August 25, 2010

Elevated adaptive immune responses are associated with latent infections of Wuchereria bancrofti

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Epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease in Kumasi, Ghana

scientific article published on 28 November 2006

Follow-up Survey of Children Who Received Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine for Intermittent Preventive Antimalarial Treatment in Infants ⬇️

scientific article published on December 20, 2010

Frequent detection of worm movements in onchocercal nodules by ultrasonography

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Geographically weighted regression of land cover determinants of Plasmodium falciparum transmission in the Ashanti Region of Ghana

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Human parvovirus 4 viremia in young children, Ghana

scientific article published on October 2012

IL3 variant on chromosomal region 5q31-33 and protection from recurrent malaria attacks

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Immune responses after single-dose sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine indicate underestimation of protective efficacy of intermittent preventive treatment in infants

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Immunoepidemiological profiling of onchocerciasis patients reveals associations with microfilaria loads and ivermectin intake on both individual and community levels

scientific article (publication date: February 2014)

Infection with Mansonella perstans Nematodes in Buruli Ulcer Patients, Ghana

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Insertion sequence element single nucleotide polymorphism typing provides insights into the population structure and evolution of Mycobacterium ulcerans across Africa

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Lymphatic vascularisation and involvement of Lyve-1+ macrophages in the human onchocerca nodule

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Macrofilaricidal Activity in Wuchereria bancrofti after 2 Weeks Treatment with a Combination of Rifampicin plus Doxycycline

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Macrofilaricidal effect of 4 weeks of treatment with doxycycline on Wuchereria bancrofti

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Malaria incidence and efficacy of intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi).

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug resistance, Ghana

scientific article published on July 2006

Mycobacterium ulcerans disease.

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Newly acquired Onchocerca volvulus filariae after doxycycline treatment

scientific article published on 16 September 2009

Novel human parvovirus 4 genotype 3 in infants, Ghana

scientific article published in July 2010

Of mice, cattle, and humans: the immunology and treatment of river blindness

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Onchocerciasis

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Onchocerciasis control: vision for the future from a Ghanian perspective

scientific article published on 21 January 2009

Outcome of patients with buruli ulcer after surgical treatment with or without antimycobacterial treatment in Ghana.

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Palp ratio as a field identification tool for two members of the Anopheles gambiae complex in Ghana (A. melas and A. gambiae).

scientific article published on 28 May 2015

Paradoxical Responses After Start of Antimicrobial Treatment in Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection ⬇️

scientific article published on December 7, 2011

Parasitological rebound effect and emergence of pyrimethamine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum after single-dose sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine

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Plasma vascular endothelial growth Factor-A (VEGF-A) and VEGF-A gene polymorphism are associated with hydrocele development in lymphatic filariasis.

scientific article published in October 2007

Q fever in young children, Ghana

scientific article published in February 2008

Reduction in levels of plasma vascular endothelial growth factor-A and improvement in hydrocele patients by targeting endosymbiotic Wolbachia sp. in Wuchereria bancrofti with doxycycline.

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Reliable and frequent detection of adult Wuchereria bancrofti in Ghanaian women by ultrasonography

scientific article published on 01 October 2004

Seasonal variation and high multiplicity of first Plasmodium falciparum infections in children from a holoendemic area in Ghana, West Africa

scientific article published in May 2006

Sickle cell trait (HbAS) and stunting in children below two years of age in an area of high malaria transmission

scientific article published on 16 January 2009

Spatial variation of malaria incidence in young children from a geographically homogeneous area with high endemicity

scientific article published on January 2008

The causal effect of malaria on stunting: a Mendelian randomization and matching approach ⬇️

scientific article published on August 7, 2013

The role of ultrasonography in the differentiation of the various types of filaricele due to bancroftian filariasis.

scientific article published on 29 July 2010

Therapeutic and prophylactic effect of intermittent preventive anti-malarial treatment in infants (IPTi) from Ghana and Gabon

scientific article published on October 2008

Transforming growth factor-β1 variant Leu10Pro is associated with both lack of microfilariae and differential microfilarial loads in the blood of persons infected with lymphatic filariasis

scientific article published on 31 July 2011

Unequal distribution of resistance-conferring mutations among Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium africanum strains from Ghana

scientific article published on 9 June 2010

Urinary tract infections in African infants

scientific article published on September 2004

Wolbachia endobacteria depletion by doxycycline as antifilarial therapy has macrofilaricidal activity in onchocerciasis: a randomized placebo-controlled study

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Wolbachia endobacteria depletion by doxycycline as antifilarial therapy has macrofilaricidal activity in onchocerciasis: a randomized placebo-controlled study

scientific article published in 2008

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