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Comparison of four DNA extraction and three preservation protocols for the molecular detection and quantification of soil-transmitted helminths in stool by Ayana, Mio, Cools, Piet, Mekonnen, Zeleke, Biruksew, Abdissa, Dana, Daniel, Rashwan, Nour, Prichard, Roger, Vlaminck, Johnny, Verweij, Jaco J, Levecke, Bruno

“…A DNA extraction and preservation protocol that yields sufficient and qualitative DNA is pivotal for the success of any nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT),…”
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A Laboratory-Developed TaqMan Array Card for Simultaneous Detection of 19 Enteropathogens by Liu, Jie, Gratz, Jean, Amour, Caroline, Kibiki, Gibson, Becker, Stephen, Janaki, Lalitha, Verweij, Jaco J, Taniuchi, Mami, Sobuz, Shihab U, Haque, Rashidul, Haverstick, Doris M, Houpt, Eric R

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Quantitative PCR in soil-transmitted helminth epidemiology and control programs: Toward a universal standard by Cools, Piet, Vlaminck, Johnny, Verweij, Jaco J, Levecke, Bruno

“…There is an increased interest to apply quantitative PCR (qPCR) in epidemiological studies and large-scale deworming programs targeting soil-transmitted…”
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Application of a Multiplex Quantitative PCR to Assess Prevalence and Intensity Of Intestinal Parasite Infections in a Controlled Clinical Trial by Llewellyn, Stacey, Inpankaew, Tawin, Nery, Susana Vaz, Gray, Darren J, Verweij, Jaco J, Clements, Archie C A, Gomes, Santina J, Traub, Rebecca, McCarthy, James S

“…Accurate quantitative assessment of infection with soil transmitted helminths and protozoa is key to the interpretation of epidemiologic studies of these…”
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The incidence, aetiology, and adverse clinical consequences of less severe diarrhoeal episodes among infants and children residing in low-income and middle-income countries: a 12-month case-control study as a follow-on to the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS) by Kotloff, Karen L, Nasrin, Dilruba, Blackwelder, William C, Wu, Yukun, Farag, Tamer, Panchalingham, Sandra, Sow, Samba O, Sur, Dipika, Zaidi, Anita K M, Faruque, Abu S G, Saha, Debasish, Alonso, Pedro L, Tamboura, Boubou, Sanogo, Doh, Onwuchekwa, Uma, Manna, Byomkesh, Ramamurthy, Thandavarayan, Kanungo, Suman, Ahmed, Shahnawaz, Qureshi, Shahida, Quadri, Farheen, Hossain, Anowar, Das, Sumon K, Antonio, Martin, Hossain, M Jahangir, Mandomando, Inacio, Acácio, Sozinho, Biswas, Kousick, Tennant, Sharon M, Verweij, Jaco J, Sommerfelt, Halvor, Nataro, James P, Robins-Browne, Roy M, Levine, Myron M

“…Diarrheal diseases remain a leading cause of illness and death among children younger than 5 years in low-income and middle-income countries. The Global…”
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Strongyloidiasis – the most neglected of the neglected tropical diseases? by Olsen, Annette, van Lieshout, Lisette, Marti, Hanspeter, Polderman, Ton, Polman, Katja, Steinmann, Peter, Stothard, Russell, Thybo, Søren, Verweij, Jaco J., Magnussen, Pascal

“…Soil-transmitted helminths of the genus Strongyloides ( S. fuelleborni and the more prevalent S. stercoralis) are currently believed to infect an estimated…”
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Diagnostic performance of a single and duplicate Kato-Katz, Mini-FLOTAC, FECPAKG2 and qPCR for the detection and quantification of soil-transmitted helminths in three endemic countries by Cools, Piet, Vlaminck, Johnny, Albonico, Marco, Ame, Shaali, Ayana, Mio, José Antonio, Barrios Perez, Cringoli, Giuseppe, Dana, Daniel, Keiser, Jennifer, Maurelli, Maria P, Maya, Catalina, Matoso, Leonardo F, Montresor, Antonio, Mekonnen, Zeleke, Mirams, Greg, Corrêa-Oliveira, Rodrigo, Pinto, Simone A, Rinaldi, Laura, Sayasone, Somphou, Thomas, Eurion, Verweij, Jaco J, Vercruysse, Jozef, Levecke, Bruno

“…Because the success of deworming programs targeting soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) is evaluated through the periodically assessment of prevalence and…”
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Transmission of Entamoeba nuttalli and Trichuris trichiura from Nonhuman Primates to Humans by Levecke, Bruno, Dorny, Pierre, Vercammen, Francis, Visser, Leo G, Van Esbroeck, Marjan, Vercruysse, Jozef, Verweij, Jaco J

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A Pentaplex Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for Detection of Four Species of Soil-Transmitted Helminths by BASUNI, Madihah, MUHI, Jamail, OTHMAN, Nurulhasanah, VERWEIJ, Jaco J, AHMAD, Maimunah, MISWAN, Noorizan, RAHUMATULLAH, Anizah, FARHANAH ABDUL AZIZ, NURUL SHAZALINA ZAINUDIN, NOORDIN, Rahmah

“…Soil-transmitted helminth infections remain a major public health burden in low- and middle-income countries. The traditional diagnosis by microscopic…”
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Protection against malaria after immunization by chloroquine prophylaxis and sporozoites is mediated by preerythrocytic immunity by Bijker, Else M., Bastiaens, Guido J. H., Teirlinck, Anne C., van Gemert, Geert-Jan, Graumans, Wouter, van de Vegte-Bolmer, Marga, Siebelink-Stoter, Rianne, Arens, Theo, Teelen, Karina, Nahrendorf, Wiebke, Remarque, Edmond J., Roeffen, Will, Jansens, Annemieke, Zimmerman, Dunja, Vos, Martijn, van Schaijk, Ben C. L., Wiersma, Jorien, van der Ven, André J. A. M., de Mast, Quirijn, van Lieshout, Lisette, Verweij, Jaco J., Hermsen, Cornelus C., Scholzen, Anja, Sauerwein, Robert W.

“…Volunteers immunized under chloroquine chemoprophylaxis with Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites (CPS) develop complete, long-lasting protection against…”
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Diversity and distribution of Blastocystis sp. subtypes in non-human primates by Alfellani, Mohammed A, Jacob, Alison S, Perea, Natali Ortiz, Krecek, Rosina C, Taner-Mulla, Derya, Verweij, Jaco J, Levecke, Bruno, Tannich, Egbert, Clark, C Graham, Stensvold, C Rune

“…Blastocystis SSU-rDNA sequence data from 317 captive and free-living non-human primates (NHPs) representing 30 genera of apes, Old and New World (OW and NW)…”
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First international external quality assessment scheme of nucleic acid amplification tests for the detection of Schistosoma and soil-transmitted helminths, including Strongyloides: A pilot study by Cools, Piet, van Lieshout, Lisette, Koelewijn, Rob, Addiss, David, Ajjampur, Sitara S R, Ayana, Mio, Bradbury, Richard S, Cantera, Jason L, Dana, Daniel, Fischer, Kerstin, Imtiaz, Rubina, Kabagenyi, Joyce, Lok, James, McCarthy, James, Mejia, Rojelio, Mekonnen, Zeleke, Njenga, Sammy M, Othman, Nurulhasanah, Shao, Hongguang, Traub, Rebecca, Van Esbroeck, Marjan, Vercruysse, Jozef, Vlaminck, Johnny, Williams, Steven A, Verweij, Jaco J, van Hellemond, Jaap J, Levecke, Bruno

“…Nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) are increasingly being used as diagnostic tools for soil-transmitted helminths (STHs; Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris…”
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Detection of soil-transmitted helminths and Schistosoma spp. by nucleic acid amplification test: Results of the first 5 years of the only international external quality assessment scheme by Schutte, Annemiek H J, Koelewijn, Rob, Ajjampur, Sitara S R, Levecke, Bruno, McCarthy, James S, Mejia, Rojelio, Williams, Steven A, Verweij, Jaco J, van Lieshout, Lisette, van Hellemond, Jaap J

“…Infections with soil-transmitted helminths (STH) and schistosomiasis (SCH) result in a significant global health burden, particularly in rural communities in…”
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Infection with Soil-Transmitted Helminths Is Associated with Increased Insulin Sensitivity by Wiria, Aprilianto E, Hamid, Firdaus, Wammes, Linda J, Prasetyani, Margaretta A, Dekkers, Olaf M, May, Linda, Kaisar, Maria M M, Verweij, Jaco J, Guigas, Bruno, Partono, Felix, Sartono, Erliyani, Supali, Taniawati, Yazdanbakhsh, Maria, Smit, Johannes W A

“…Given that helminth infections have been shown to improve insulin sensitivity in animal studies, which may be explained by beneficial effects on energy balance…”
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Therapeutic efficacy of albendazole against soil-transmitted helminthiasis in children measured by five diagnostic methods by Vlaminck, Johnny, Cools, Piet, Albonico, Marco, Ame, Shaali, Ayana, Mio, Cringoli, Giuseppe, Dana, Daniel, Keiser, Jennifer, Maurelli, Maria P, Matoso, Leonardo F, Montresor, Antonio, Mekonnen, Zeleke, Mirams, Greg, Corrêa-Oliveira, Rodrigo, Pinto, Simone A, Rinaldi, Laura, Sayasone, Somphou, Thomas, Eurion, Vercruysse, Jozef, Verweij, Jaco J, Levecke, Bruno

“…Preventive chemotherapy (PC) with benzimidazole drugs is the backbone of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) control programs. Over the past decade, drug coverage…”
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Assessment of environmental contamination with soil-transmitted helminths life stages at school compounds, households and open markets in Jimma Town, Ethiopia by Tadege, Bamlaku, Mekonnen, Zeleke, Dana, Daniel, Sharew, Bizuwarek, Dereje, Eden, Loha, Eskindir, Verweij, Jaco J, Casaert, Stijn, Vlaminck, Johnny, Ayana, Mio, Levecke, Bruno

“…It remains largely unknown where and how infections with soil-transmitted helminths (STHs; Ascaris, Trichuris, Necator and Ancylostoma) occur. We therefore…”
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Diagnosing Polyparasitism in a High-Prevalence Setting in Beira, Mozambique: Detection of Intestinal Parasites in Fecal Samples by Microscopy and Real-Time PCR by Meurs, Lynn, Polderman, Anton M, Vinkeles Melchers, Natalie V S, Brienen, Eric A T, Verweij, Jaco J, Groosjohan, Bernhard, Mendes, Felisberto, Mechendura, Manito, Hepp, Dagmar H, Langenberg, Marijke C C, Edelenbosch, Rosanne, Polman, Katja, van Lieshout, Lisette

“…Many different intestinal parasite species can co-occur in the same population. However, classic diagnostic tools can only frame a particular group of…”
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Wuchereria bancrofti infection is linked to systemic activation of CD4 and CD8 T cells by Kroidl, Inge, Chachage, Mkunde, Mnkai, Jonathan, Nsojo, Anthony, Berninghoff, Myrna, Verweij, Jaco J, Maganga, Lucas, Ntinginya, Nyanda E, Maboko, Leonard, Clowes, Petra, Hoelscher, Michael, Saathoff, Elmar, Geldmacher, Christof

“…Susceptibility to HIV has been linked to systemic CD4+ T cell activation in cohorts of seronegative individuals with high HIV-exposure risk. We recently…”
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Within-patient plasmid dynamics in Klebsiella pneumoniae during an outbreak of a carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae by Stohr, Joep J J M, Verweij, Jaco J, Buiting, Anton G M, Rossen, John W A, Kluytmans, Jan A J W

“…Knowledge of within-patient dynamics of resistance plasmids during outbreaks is important for understanding the persistence and transmission of…”
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Comprehensive evaluation of stool-based diagnostic methods and benzimidazole resistance markers to assess drug efficacy and detect the emergence of anthelmintic resistance: A Starworms study protocol by Vlaminck, Johnny, Cools, Piet, Albonico, Marco, Ame, Shaali, Ayana, Mio, Bethony, Jeffrey, Cringoli, Giuseppe, Dana, Daniel, Keiser, Jennifer, Maurelli, Maria P, Montresor, Antonio, Mekonnen, Zeleke, Mirams, Greg, Corrêa-Oliveira, Rodrigo, Prichard, Roger, Rashwan, Nour, Rinaldi, Laura, Sayasone, Somphou, Thomas, Eurion, Verweij, Jaco J, Vercruysse, Jozef, Levecke, Bruno

“…To work towards reaching the WHO goal of eliminating soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections as a public health problem, the total number of children…”
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