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Spatial distribution of schistosomiasis and treatment needs in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and geostatistical analysis by Lai, Ying-Si, MSc, Biedermann, Patricia, MSc, Ekpo, Uwem F, PhD, Garba, Amadou, PhD, Mathieu, Els, PhD, Midzi, Nicholas, Prof, Mwinzi, Pauline, PhD, N'Goran, Eliézer K, Prof, Raso, Giovanna, PhD, Assaré, Rufin K, MSc, Sacko, Moussa, PhD, Schur, Nadine, PhD, Talla, Idrissa, MD, Tchuenté, Louis-Albert Tchuem, Prof, Touré, Seydou, MD, Winkler, Mirko S, PhD, Utzinger, Jürg, Prof, Vounatsou, Penelope, Dr

“…Summary Background Schistosomiasis affects more than 200 million individuals, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, but empirical estimates of the disease burden in…”
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Accuracy of Coverage Survey Recall following an Integrated Mass Drug Administration for Lymphatic Filariasis, Schistosomiasis, and Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis by Budge, Philip J, Sognikin, Edmond, Akosa, Amanda, Mathieu, Els M, Deming, Michael

“…Achieving target coverage levels for mass drug administration (MDA) is essential to elimination and control efforts for several neglected tropical diseases…”
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Spatial and temporal distribution of soil-transmitted helminth infection in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and geostatistical meta-analysis by Karagiannis-Voules, Dimitrios-Alexios, MSc, Biedermann, Patricia, MSc, Ekpo, Uwem F, PhD, Garba, Amadou, MD, Langer, Erika, MSc, Mathieu, Els, MD, Midzi, Nicholas, Prof, Mwinzi, Pauline, PhD, Polderman, Anton M, PhD, Raso, Giovanna, PhD, Sacko, Moussa, PhD, Talla, Idrissa, MD, Tchuenté, Louis-Albert Tchuem, Prof, Touré, Seydou, MD, Winkler, Mirko S, PhD, Utzinger, Jürg, Prof, Vounatsou, Penelope, Dr

“…Summary Background Interest is growing in predictive risk mapping for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), particularly to scale up preventive chemotherapy,…”
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Countrywide insecticide resistance monitoring and first report of the presence of the L1014S knock down resistance in Niger, West Africa by Soumaila, Hadiza, Hamani, Boubé, Arzika, Ibrahim Issa, Soumana, Amadou, Daouda, Abdoulaye, Daouda, Fatoumata Abdoulaye, Iro, Souleymane Mahaman, Gouro, Samira, Zaman-Allah, Maman Sani, Mahamadou, Izamné, Kadri, Saadou, Salé, Noura Maman, Hounkanrin, Wilfried, Mahamadou, Boubacar, Zamaka, Halima Naroua, Labbo, Rabiou, Laminou, Ibrahim Maman, Jackou, Hadiza, Idrissa, Sabiti, Coulibaly, Eric, Bahari-Tohon, Zilahatou, Mathieu, Els, Carlson, Jenny, Dotson, Ellen, Awolola, Taiwo Samson, Flatley, Cecilia, Chabi, Joseph

“…Mass distribution of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) is the principal malaria vector control strategy adopted by Niger. To better inform on the most…”
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A success story: Togo is moving toward becoming the first sub-Saharan African nation to eliminate lymphatic filariasis through mass drug administration and countrywide morbidity alleviation by Sodahlon, Yao K, Dorkenoo, Ameyo Monique, Morgah, Kodjo, Nabiliou, Komlan, Agbo, Kossivi, Miller, Rebecca, Datagni, Michel, Seim, Anders, Mathieu, Els

“…  [...]as summarized in Table 2, the success of the National Program to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis in Togo was facilitated by charismatic, innovative, and…”
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The field-testing of a novel integrated mapping protocol for neglected tropical diseases by Pelletreau, Sonia, Nyaku, Mawuli, Dembele, Massitan, Sarr, Boubacar, Budge, Philip, Ross, Rachael, Mathieu, Els

“…Vertical control and elimination programs focused on specific neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) can achieve notable success by reducing the prevalence and…”
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Epidemiological and entomological evaluations after six years or more of mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis elimination in Nigeria by Richards, Frank O, Eigege, Abel, Miri, Emmanuel S, Kal, Alphonsus, Umaru, John, Pam, Davou, Rakers, Lindsay J, Sambo, Yohanna, Danboyi, Jacob, Ibrahim, Bako, Adelamo, Solomon E, Ogah, Gladys, Goshit, Danjuma, Oyenekan, O Kehinde, Mathieu, Els, Withers, P Craig, Saka, Yisa A, Jiya, Jonathan, Hopkins, Donald R

“…The current strategy for interrupting transmission of lymphatic filariasis (LF) is annual mass drug administration (MDA), at good coverage, for 6 or more…”
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A coordinated approach to mapping neglected tropical diseases by Mathieu, Els, Knipes, Alaine

“…Disease prevalence mapping allows countries to identify infected individuals and populations in need of diseasecontrol measures, such as mass drug…”
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Final program evaluation methods and results of a National Lymphedema Management Program in Togo, West Africa by Ziperstein, Josh, Dorkenoo, Monique, Datagni, Michel, Drexler, Naomi, Murphy, Monica, Sodahlon, Yao, Mathieu, Els

“…Abstract In order to eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) as a public health problem, the World Health Assembly recommends an approach which includes…”
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Endpoints for lymphatic filariasis programs by Grady, Caroline A, de Rochars, Madsen Beau, Direny, Abdel N, Orelus, Jean Nicolas, Wendt, Joyanna, Radday, Jeanne, Mathieu, Els, Roberts, Jacquelin M, Streit, Thomas G, Addiss, David G, Lammie, Patrick J

“…In 2000, annual mass administration of diethlycarbamazine and albendazole began in Leogane Commune, Haiti, to interrupt transmission of lymphatic filariasis…”
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Drug Coverage Surveys for Neglected Tropical Diseases: 10 Years of Field Experience by WORRELL, Caitlin, MATHIEU, Els

“…Mass drug administration is one of the public health strategies recommended by the World Health Organization for the control and elimination of seven neglected…”
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Monkeypox virus phylogenetic similarities between a human case detected in Cameroon in 2018 and the 2017-2018 outbreak in Nigeria by Sadeuh-Mba, Serge Alain, Yonga, Martial Gide, Els, Mathieu, Batejat, Christophe, Eyangoh, Sara, Caro, Valérie, Etoundi, Alain, Carniel, Elisabeth, Njouom, Richard

“…A monkeypox virus was detected from a human clinical case in 2018 in Cameroon; a country where no human cases were reported since 1989. The virus exhibited…”
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Asymptomatic Orthopoxvirus Circulation in Humans in the Wake of a Monkeypox Outbreak among Chimpanzees in Cameroon by Guagliardo, Sarah Anne J, Monroe, Benjamin, Moundjoa, Christian, Athanase, Ateba, Okpu, Gordon, Burgado, Jillybeth, Townsend, Michael B, Satheshkumar, Panayampalli S, Epperson, Scott, Doty, Jeffrey B, Reynolds, Mary G, Dibongue, Elisabeth, Etoundi, Georges Alain, Mathieu, Els, McCollum, Andrea M

“…is a zoonotic (OPXV) that causes smallpox-like illness in humans. In Cameroon, human monkeypox cases were confirmed in 2018, and outbreaks in captive…”
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The Global Trachoma Mapping Project: Methodology of a 34-Country Population-Based Study by Solomon, Anthony W., Pavluck, Alexandre L., Courtright, Paul, Aboe, Agatha, Adamu, Liknaw, Alemayehu, Wondu, Alemu, Menbere, Alexander, Neal D. E., Kello, Amir Bedri, Bero, Berhanu, Brooker, Simon J., Chu, Brian K., Dejene, Michael, Emerson, Paul M., Flueckiger, Rebecca M., Gadisa, Solomon, Gass, Katherine, Gebre, Teshome, Habtamu, Zelalem, Harvey, Erik, Haslam, Dominic, King, Jonathan D., Mesurier, Richard Le, Lewallen, Susan, Lietman, Thomas M., MacArthur, Chad, Mariotti, Silvio P., Massey, Anna, Mathieu, Els, Mekasha, Addis, Millar, Tom, Mpyet, Caleb, Muñoz, Beatriz E., Ngondi, Jeremiah, Ogden, Stephanie, Pearce, Joseph, Sarah, Virginia, Sisay, Alemayehu, Smith, Jennifer L., Taylor, Hugh R., Thomson, Jo, West, Sheila K., Willis, Rebecca, Bush, Simon, Haddad, Danny, Foster, Allen

“…ABSTRACT Purpose: To complete the baseline trachoma map worldwide by conducting population-based surveys in an estimated 1238 suspected endemic districts of 34…”
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School-based mass distributions of mebendazole to control soil-transmitted helminthiasis in the Munshiganj and Lakshmipur districts of Bangladesh: An evaluation of the treatment monitoring process and knowledge, attitudes, and practices of the population by Hafiz, Israt, Berhan, Meklit, Keller, Angela, Haq, Rouseli, Chesnaye, Nicholas, Koporc, Kim, Rahman, Mujibur, Rahman, Shamsur, Mathieu, Els

“…A treatment coverage cluster survey revealed that bi-annual primary school-based distributions proved to be an effective strategy in reaching school-attending…”
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Accuracy of Coverage Survey Recall following an Integrated Mass Drug Administration for Lymphatic Filariasis, Schistosomiasis, and Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis: e0004358 by Budge, Philip J, Sognikin, Edmond, Akosa, Amanda, Mathieu, Els M, Deming, Michael

“…Background Achieving target coverage levels for mass drug administration (MDA) is essential to elimination and control efforts for several neglected tropical…”
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Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Trachoma in Oromia Regional State of Ethiopia: Results of 79 Population-Based Prevalence Surveys Conducted with the Global Trachoma Mapping Project by Bero, Berhanu, Macleod, Colin, Alemayehu, Wondu, Gadisa, Solomon, Abajobir, Ahmed, Adamu, Yilikal, Alemu, Menbere, Adamu, Liknaw, Dejene, Michael, Mekasha, Addis, Habtamu Jemal, Zelalem, Yadeta, Damtew, Shafi, Oumer, Kiflu, Genet, Willis, Rebecca, Flueckiger, Rebecca M., Chu, Brian K., Pavluck, Alexandre L., Solomon, Anthony W.

“…Purpose: To complete the baseline trachoma map in Oromia, Ethiopia, by determining prevalences of trichiasis and trachomatous inflammation - follicular (TF) at…”
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Ongoing surveillance for lymphatic filariasis in Togo: assessment of alternatives and nationwide reassessment of transmission status by Budge, Philip J, Dorkenoo, Ameyo M, Sodahlon, Yao K, Fasuyi, Omofolarin B, Mathieu, Els

“…Tremendous progress has been made towards the goal of global elimination of lymphatic filariasis (LF) transmission by 2020. The number of endemic countries…”
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Treatment coverage survey after a school-based mass distribution of mebendazole: Kampot Province, Cambodia by Chesnaye, Nicholas, Sinuon, Muth, Socheat, Duong, Koporc, Kim, Mathieu, Els

“…► We conducted a survey to validate mebendazole coverage and assess water and sanitation conditions. ► Reported treatment coverage were significantly higher…”
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Unimproved water sources and open defecation are associated with active trachoma in children in internally displaced persons camps in the Darfur States of Sudan by Macleod, Colin K, Binnawi, Kamal Hashim, Elshafie, Balgesa Elkheir, Sadig, Husam Eldin, Hassan, Awad, Cocks, Naomi, Willis, Rebecca, Chu, Brian, Solomon, Anthony W

“…Abstract Purpose To estimate the proportion of children with trachomatous inflammation—follicular (TF) and adults with trachomatous trichiasis (TT) in…”
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