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Stage-Dependent Increase of Systemic Immune Activation and CCR5 + CD4 + T Cells in Filarial Driven Lymphedema in Ghana and Tanzania by Rahamani, Abu Abudu, Horn, Sacha, Ritter, Manuel, Feichtner, Anja, Osei-Mensah, Jubin, Serwaa Opoku, Vera, Batsa Debrah, Linda, Marandu, Thomas F, Haule, Antelmo, Mhidze, Jacklina, Ngenya, Abdallah, Demetrius, Max, Klarmann-Schulz, Ute, Hoelscher, Michael, Geldmacher, Christof, Hoerauf, Achim, Kalinga, Akili, Debrah, Alexander Y, Kroidl, Inge

“…Chronic lymphedema caused by infection of is a disfiguring disease that leads to physical disability, stigmatization, and reduced quality of life. The…”
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Occurrence of Lymphatic Filariasis infection after 15 years of mass drug administration in two hotspot districts in the Upper East Region of Ghana by Adu Mensah, Derrick, Debrah, Linda Batsa, Gyamfi, Peter Akosah, Rahamani, Abu Abudu, Opoku, Vera Serwaa, Boateng, John, Obeng, Prince, Osei-Mensah, Jubin, Kroidl, Inge, Klarmann-Schulz, Ute, Hoerauf, Achim, Debrah, Alexander Yaw

“…BACKGROUNDLymphatic filariasis (LF) causes chronic morbidity, which usually manifests as lymphedema or hydrocele. Mass drug administration (MDA) began in…”
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Association of haemato-biochemical indices and blood composite ratios with microfilaridermia in Onchocerciasis patients by Debrah, Linda Batsa, Gyasi, Charles, Ahiadorme, Monica, Rahamani, Abu Abudu, Opoku, Vera Serwaa, Obeng, Prince, Osei-Mensah, Jubin, Obeng, Michael Agyemang, Mensah, Derrick Adu, Debrah, Alexander Yaw

“…Onchocerciasis causes chronic systemic inflammation. Several studies have used markers such as haemato-biochemical indices to predict the occurrence of…”
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Diversity of Culicoides in the middle belt of Ghana with Implications on the transmission of Mansonella perstans; a molecular approach by Debrah, Linda Batsa, Arthur, Joseph F, Yeboah, Augustine, Owusu, Dorcas O, Adankwah, Ernest, Acheampong, Isaac, Minadzi, Difery, Lamptey, Millicent, Opoku, Vera Serwaa, Aniagyei, Wilfred, Vivekanandan, Monika M, Abass, Mohammed K, Gawusu, Amidu, Wanji, Samuel, Debrah, Alexander Y, Jacobsen, Marc, Phillips, Richard O

“…Culicoides, also known as biting midges, carry pathogens which include Mansonella perstans. Mansonella perstans is a nematode parasite implicated in a number…”
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PA-84 Dissecting the diagnostic performance of the alere filariasis test strip for the detection of active Wuchereria bancrofti infection and treatment success by Opoku, John, Batsa-Debrah, Linda, Schlabe, Stefan, Osei-Mensah, Jubin, Serwaa Opoku, Vera, Adu-Mensah, Derrick, Pfarr, Kenneth, Korir Jebett, Patricia, Wauschkuhn, Caroline, Hoerauf, Achim, Klarmann-Schulz, Ute, Yaw Debrah, Alexander

“…BackgroundAlthough the Alere Filariasis Test Strip (FTS) is recommended for surveillance and monitoring of Wuchereria bancrofti infection, the performance…”
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Adherence to Hygiene Protocols and Doxycycline Therapy in Ameliorating Lymphatic Filariasis Morbidity in an Endemic Area Post-Interruption of Disease Transmission in Ghana by Debrah, Linda Batsa, Klarmann-Schulz, Ute, Osei-Mensah, Jubin, Kuehlwein, Janina M, Mubarik, Yusif, Nadal, Jennifer, Ayisi-Boateng, Nana Kwame, Ricchiuto, Arcangelo, Opoku, Vera Serwaa, Sullivan, Sarah M, Mensah, Derrick Adu, Horton, John, Rahamani, Abu Abudu, Budge, Philip J, Gbedema, Stephen, Korir, Patricia Jebett, Opoku, John, Pfarr, Kenneth, Kontoh, Derrick Boateng, Kellings, Angelika, Gyasi, Charles, Obeng, Michael Agyemang, Gruetzmacher, Barbara, Fordjour, Fatima Amponsah, Kroidl, Inge, Horn, Sacha, Kuutiero, Eunice Kyaakyile, Wauschkuhn, Caroline, Ngenya, Abdallah, Mackenzie, Charles, Wanji, Samuel, Kalinga, Akili, Ottesen, Eric A, Hoerauf, Achim, Debrah, Alexander Yaw

“…Filarial lymphedema (LE) remains a significant global problem despite the progress made toward elimination of lymphatic filariasis (LF). In Ghana, the main…”
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The Efficacy of Doxycycline Treatment on Mansonella perstans Infection: An Open-Label, Randomized Trial in Ghana by Batsa Debrah, Linda, Phillips, Richard O, Pfarr, Kenneth, Klarmann-Schulz, Ute, Opoku, Vera Serwaa, Nausch, Norman, Owusu, Wellington, Mubarik, Yusif, Sander, Anna-Lena, Lämmer, Christine, Ritter, Manuel, Layland, Laura E, Jacobsen, Marc, Debrah, Alexander Yaw, Hoerauf, Achim

“…Treating is challenged by the low efficacy of registered antihelminthics. endobacteria provide an alternative treatment target because depletion results in…”
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PA-737 Genome-wide association study in Ghanaian lymphatic filariasis-affected individuals by Opoku, Vera Serwaa, Grover, Sandeep, Debrah, Linda Batsa, Maj, Carlo, Osei-Mensah, Jubin, Mensah, Derrick Adu, Hoerauf, Achim, Debrah, Alexander Yaw, Schumacher, Johannes, Pfarr, Kenneth

“…BackgroundLymphatic filariasis (LF) is a parasitic disease caused by filarial nematodes. An estimated 40 million individuals infected with the filarial…”
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Epidemiology of Mansonella perstans in the middle belt of Ghana by Debrah, Linda Batsa, Nausch, Norman, Opoku, Vera Serwaa, Owusu, Wellington, Mubarik, Yusif, Berko, Daniel Antwi, Wanji, Samuel, Layland, Laura E, Hoerauf, Achim, Jacobsen, Marc, Debrah, Alexander Yaw, Phillips, Richard O

“…Mansonellosis was first reported in Ghana by Awadzi in the 1990s. Co-infections of Mansonella perstans have also been reported in a small cohort of patients…”
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