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Updated estimate of the duration of the meningo-encephalitic stage in gambiense human African trypanosomiasis

Checchi F, Funk S, Chandramohan D, Haydon DT, Chappuis F
2015-07-04 • BMC Research Notes
2015-07-04 • BMC Research Notes
BACKGROUND
The duration of the stages of HAT is an important factor in epidemiological studies and intervention planning. Previously, we published estimates of the duration of the ha...
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Tuberculosis treatment in complex emergencies: are risks outweighing benefits?

Biot M, Chandramohan D, Porter JDH
2003-03-10 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2003-03-10 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem in complex emergencies. Humanitarian agencies usually postpone the decision to offer TB treatment and opportunities to treat TB patient...
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Estimates of the duration of the early and late stage of gambiense sleeping sickness

Checchi F, Filipe JAN, Haydon DT, Chandramohan D, Chappuis F
2008-02-08 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2008-02-08 • BMC Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND: The durations of untreated stage 1 (early stage, haemo-lymphatic) and stage 2 (late stage, meningo-encephalitic) human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) due to Tryp...
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Accuracy of five algorithms to diagnose gambiense human African trypanosomiasis

Checchi F, Chappuis F, Karunakara U, Priotto G, Chandramohan D
2011-07-05 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2011-07-05 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Algorithms to diagnose gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (HAT, sleeping sickness) are often complex due to the unsatisfactory sensitivity and/or specificity of available tests, and...
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Multiple origins and regional dispersal of resistant dhps in African Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Pearce RJ, Pota H, Evehe M-SB, Ba EH, Mombo-Ngoma G,  et al.
2009-04-14 • PLOS Medicine
2009-04-14 • PLOS Medicine
BACKGROUND: Although the molecular basis of resistance to a number of common antimalarial drugs is well known, a geographic description of the emergence and dispersal of resistance mutat...
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Rates and causes of death in Chiradzulu district, Malawi, 2008: a key informant study

Checchi F, Nyasulu P, Chandramohan D, Roberts B
2011-03-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2011-03-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
In September 2008, we measured all-cause mortality in Chiradzulu District, Malawi (population 291 000) over a 60-day retrospective period, using capture-recapture analysis of three lists...
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Effect of a serogroup A meningococcal conjugate vaccine (PsA-TT) on serogroup A meningococcal meningitis and carriage in Chad: a community trial

Daugla DM, Gami JP, Gamougam K, Naibei N, Mbainadji L,  et al.
2014-01-04 • Lancet
2014-01-04 • Lancet
A serogroup A meningococcal polysaccharide-tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccine (PsA-TT, MenAfriVac) was licensed in India in 2009, and pre-qualified by WHO in 2010, on the basis of its safe...