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Emergency medical aid for refugees

Boelaert M, Henkens M
1997-01-18 • Lancet
1997-01-18 • Lancet
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"Kala-Azar is a Dishonest Disease": Community Perspectives on Access Barriers to Visceral Leishmaniasis (Kala-Azar) Diagnosis and Care in Southern Gadarif, Sudan

Sunyoto T, Adam GK, Atia AM, Hamid Y, Babiker RA,  et al.
2018-02-22 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2018-02-22 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Early diagnosis and treatment is the principal strategy to control visceral leishmaniasis (VL), or kala-azar in East Africa. As VL strikes remote rural, sparsely populated areas, kala-az...
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Combination Treatment for Visceral Leishmaniasis Patients Co-infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in India

Mahajan R, Das P, Isaakidis P, Sunyoto T, Sagili KD,  et al.
2015-06-30 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2015-06-30 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
There are considerable numbers of patients co-infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) in the VL-endemic areas of Bihar, India. These patients are...
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Human African trypanosomiasis amongst urban residents in Kinshasa: a case-control study

Robays J, Ebeja Kadima A, Lutumba P, Miaka mia Bilenge C, Kande Betu Ku Mesu V,  et al.
2004-08-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2004-08-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
BACKGROUND: Increasing numbers of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) cases have been reported in urban residents of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic Congo since 1996. We set up a case-cont...
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Letter

Do patents prevent access to drugs for HIV in developing countries?

Boelaert M, Lynen L, Van Damme W, Colebunders R
2002-02-20 • JAMA
2002-02-20 • JAMA
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Research

Visceral leishmaniasis and HIV coinfection in East Africa

Diro EGJ, Lynen L, Ritmeijer KKD, Boelaert M, Hailu ADE,  et al.
2014-06-26 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2014-06-26 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) is an important protozoan opportunistic disease in HIV patients in endemic areas. East Africa is second to the Indian subcontinent in the global VL caseload a...
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Letter

Refugee relief rations

Boelaert M, Englebert M, Hanquet G, Van Damme W, Van der Stuyft P
1997-06-14 • Lancet
1997-06-14 • Lancet
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Editorial

Editorial: The AIDS crisis, cost-effectiveness and academic activism

Boelaert M, Van Damme W, Meessen B, Van der Stuyft P
2002-12-11 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2002-12-11 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
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Commentary

Human african trypanosomiasis in the democratic republic of the congo: a looming emergency?

Hasker E, Lutumba P, Chappuis F, Kande V, Potet J,  et al.
2012-12-13 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2012-12-13 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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Secondary prophylaxis of visceral leishmaniasis relapses in HIV co-infected patients using pentamidine as a prophylactic agent: a prospective cohort study

Diro EGJ, Griensven JV, Woldegebreal T, Belew Z, Taye M,  et al.
2018-07-01
2018-07-01
2.1 OBJECTIVES
2.1.1 General objective:

To document the effectiveness, safety and feasibility of monthly PM secondary prophylaxis (PSP) in VL/HIV co-infected patients t...
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Research

A neglected disease of humans: a new focus of visceral leishmaniasis in Bakool, Somalia

Marlet MVL, Wuillaume F, Jacquet D, Quispe KW, Dujardin JC,  et al.
2008-02-07 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2008-02-07 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) was observed in children in Bakool region, Somalia, an area where VL has not been reported before. We describe the extent of the problem in this war- and fami...
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Research

Diagnostic accuracy of commercially available immunochromatographic rapid tests for diagnosis of dengue in India

Mahajan R, Nair MM, Saldanha AM, Harshana A, de Lima Pereira A,  et al.
2021-07-01 • Journal of Vector Borne Diseases
2021-07-01 • Journal of Vector Borne Diseases
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
There is limited evidence regarding the accuracy of dengue rapid diagnostic kits despite their extensive use in India. We evaluated the performance of four ...
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Research

Exploring HIV risk perception and behaviour in the context of antiretroviral treatment: results from a township household survey

Boulle AM, Hilderbrand K, Menten J, Coetzee D, Ford NP,  et al.
2008-08-01 • AIDS Care
2008-08-01 • AIDS Care
The objective of this cross-sectional household survey was to assess factors influencing HIV risk perception, behaviour and intervention uptake in a community characterised by high HIV p...
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Review

Leishmaniasis

Burza S, Croft SL, Boelaert M
2018-09-01 • Lancet
2018-09-01 • Lancet
Leishmaniasis is a poverty-related disease with two main clinical forms: visceral leishmaniasis and cutaneous leishmaniasis. An estimated 0·7-1 million new cases of leishmaniasis per yea...
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Impact of a mass vaccination campaign against a meningitis epidemic in a refugee camp

Haelterman E, Boelaert M, Suetens C, Blok L, Henkens M,  et al.
1996-06-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
1996-06-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
Serogroup A meningococcus epidemics occurred in refugee populations in Zaire in August 1994. The paper analyses the public health impact of a mass vaccination campaign implemented in a l...
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Letter

Preventing HIV-1: lessons from Mwanza and Rakai

Matthys F, Boelaert M
1999-05-01 • Lancet
1999-05-01 • Lancet
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Research

Effects of a refugee-assistance programme on host population in Guinea as measured by obstetric interventions

Van Damme W, De Brouwere V, Boelaert M, Van Lerberghe W
1998-05-30 • Lancet
1998-05-30 • Lancet
BACKGROUND: Since 1990, 500000 people have fled from Liberia and Sierra Leone to Guinea, west Africa, where the government allowed them to settle freely, and provided medical assistance....
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Review

Uncharted territory of the epidemiological burden of cutaneous leishmaniasis in sub-Saharan Africa-A systematic review

Sunyoto T, Verdonck K, el Safi S, Potet J, Picado A,  et al.
2018-10-25 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2018-10-25 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is the most frequent form of leishmaniasis, with 0.7 to 1.2 million cases per year globally. However, the burden of CL is poorly documented in some regions. ...
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Research

Male predominance in reported Visceral Leishmaniasis cases: Nature or nurture? A comparison of population-based with health facility-reported data

Cloots K, Burza S, Malaviya P, Hasker E, Kansal S,  et al.
2020-01-29 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2020-01-29 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BACKGROUND
Bangladesh, India, and Nepal aim for the elimination of Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL), a systemic parasitic infectious disease, as a public health problem by 2020. For decad...
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Research

Food rations for refugees

Hilderbrand K, Boelaert M, Van Damme W, Van der Stuyft P
1998-04-18 • Lancet
1998-04-18 • Lancet