Search Results - "Wamboga, Charles"

Enhanced passive screening and diagnosis for gambiense human African trypanosomiasis in north-western Uganda - Moving towards elimination by Wamboga, Charles, Matovu, Enock, Bessell, Paul Richard, Picado, Albert, Biéler, Sylvain, Ndung'u, Joseph Mathu

“…The incidence of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (gHAT) in Uganda has been declining, from 198 cases in 2008, to only 20 in 2012. Interruption of…”
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Optimising passive surveillance of a neglected tropical disease in the era of elimination: A modelling study by Longbottom, Joshua, Wamboga, Charles, Bessell, Paul R, Torr, Steve J, Stanton, Michelle C

“…Surveillance is an essential component of global programs to eliminate infectious diseases and avert epidemics of (re-)emerging diseases. As the numbers of…”
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Gambian human African trypanosomiasis in North West Uganda. Are we on course for the 2020 target? by Selby, Richard, Wamboga, Charles, Erphas, Olema, Mugenyi, Albert, Jamonneau, Vincent, Waiswa, Charles, Torr, Steve J, Lehane, Michael

“…In 1994, combined active and passive screening reported 1469 cases from the historic Gambian Human African Trypanosomiasis (gHAT) foci of West Nile, Uganda…”
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National capacity strengthening within the context of an international vector control partnership: findings from a qualitative study conducted within the Ugandan ‘Tiny Targets’ programme by Justin Pulford, Andrew Hope, Charles Wamboga, Siya Aggrey, John Bosco Bahungirehe

“…Introduction The Ugandan Tiny Target programme is an example of an international vector control partnership that held specific capacity strengthening…”
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A multicentre, randomised, non-inferiority clinical trial comparing a nifurtimox-eflornithine combination to standard eflornithine monotherapy for late stage Trypanosoma brucei gambiense human African trypanosomiasis in Uganda by Kansiime, Freddie, Adibaku, Seraphine, Wamboga, Charles, Idi, Franklin, Kato, Charles Drago, Yamuah, Lawrence, Vaillant, Michel, Kioy, Deborah, Olliaro, Piero, Matovu, Enock

“…While the combination of nifurtimox and eflornithine (NECT) is currently recommended for the treatment of the late stage human African trypansomiasis (HAT),…”
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Estimating the impact of Tiny Targets in reducing the incidence of Gambian sleeping sickness in the North-west Uganda focus by Bessell, Paul R, Esterhuizen, Johan, Lehane, Michael J, Longbottom, Joshua, Mugenyi, Albert, Selby, Richard, Tirados, Inaki, Torr, Steve J, Waiswa, Charles, Wamboga, Charles, Hope, Andrew

“…Riverine species of tsetse (Glossina) transmit Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, which causes Gambian human African trypanosomiasis (gHAT), a neglected tropical…”
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Advances in filarial hydrocelectomy reporting in Uganda and Nigeria by D’Souza, Susan F., Awio, John P., Albarka, Jehoshaphat, Bougma, Windtaré Roland, Bartlett, Sarah, Nwosu, Christian, Ngom, Babacar, Wani, Anthony, Gwom, Anita, Okello, Moses, Aba, Abraham, Irema, Sarah, Imhansoloeva, Martins, Nurudeen, Dauda, Wamboga, Charles, Debam, Mark T., Zainab, Haruna, Aleiro, Attahiru, Salah, Malam H., Downs, Philip

“…Introduction Surgery for hydrocele is part of the WHO recommended essential package of care for people affected by Lymphatic filariasis (LF). In Uganda and…”
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Trypanososma brucei rhodesiense sleeping sickness, Uganda by Berrang-Ford, Lea, Wamboga, Charles, Kakembo, Abbas S L

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Trypa-NO! contributes to the elimination of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis by combining tsetse control with "screen, diagnose and treat" using innovative tools and strategies by Ndung'u, Joseph Mathu, Boulangé, Alain, Picado, Albert, Mugenyi, Albert, Mortensen, Allan, Hope, Andrew, Mollo, Brahim Guihini, Bucheton, Bruno, Wamboga, Charles, Waiswa, Charles, Kaba, Dramane, Matovu, Enock, Courtin, Fabrice, Garrod, Gala, Gimonneau, Geoffrey, Bingham, Georgina V, Hassane, Hassane Mahamat, Tirados, Inaki, Saldanha, Isabel, Kabore, Jacques, Rayaisse, Jean-Baptiste, Bart, Jean-Mathieu, Lingley, Jessica, Esterhuizen, Johan, Longbottom, Joshua, Pulford, Justin, Kouakou, Lingue, Sanogo, Lassina, Cunningham, Lucas, Camara, Mamadou, Koffi, Mathurin, Stanton, Michelle, Lehane, Mike, Kagbadouno, Moise Saa, Camara, Oumou, Bessell, Paul, Mallaye, Peka, Solano, Philippe, Selby, Richard, Dunkley, Sophie, Torr, Steve, Biéler, Sylvain, Lejon, Veerle, Jamonneau, Vincent, Yoni, Wilfried, Katz, Zachary

“…In Guinea, a subset of patients were treated with either fexinidazole or acoziborole, as part of ongoing clinical trials. Besides active and passive…”
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OA-504 Towards an arsenic-free oral treatment for human African trypanosomiasis due to Tb rhodesiense: a new tool for disease elimination by Mordt, Olaf Valverde, Alves, Deolinda, Seixas, Jorge, Lemerani, Marshal, Wamboga, Charles, Baudin, Elisabeth, Lejon, Veerle, Signorell, Aita, Matovu, Enock

“…BackgroundT.b. rhodesiense human African trypanosomiasis (r-HAT), the zoonotic, acute form of sleeping sickness in Eastern Africa, is lethal if untreated…”
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