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Response to treatment in a prospective cohort of patients with large ulcerated ...
Fraga, Alexandra G.; Pedrosa, Jorge; Longatto Filho, Adhemar; Kibadi, Kapay; Boelaert, Marleen; Kayinua, Makanzu; Minuku, Jean-BedelBACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) advises treatment of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease, also called "Buruli ulcer" (BU), with a combination of the antibiotics rifampicin and streptomycin (R+S), whether followed by surgery or not. In endemic areas, a clinical case definition is recommended. We evaluated the effectiveness of this strategy in a series of patients with large ulcers of > or =10 cm in lo...
Effect of untreated bed nets on blood-fed Phlebotomus argentipes in kala-azar e...
Picado,Albert; Kumar,Vijay; Das,Murari; Burniston,Ian; Roy,Lalita; Suman,Rijal; Dinesh,Diwakar; Coosemans,Marc; Sundar,Shyam; Shreekant,KesariObservational studies in the Indian subcontinent have shown that untreated nets may be protective against visceral leishmaniasis (VL). In this study, we evaluated the effect of untreated nets on the blood feeding rates of Phlebotomus argentipes as well as the human blood index (HBI) in VL endemic villages in India and Nepal. The study had a "before and after intervention" design in 58 households in six clusters...
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