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Highly drug-resistant pathogens implicated in burn-associated bacteremia in an Iraqi burn care unit

Ronat JB, Kakol J, Khoury M, Yun O, Brown V,  et al.
2014-08-11 • PLOS One
2014-08-11 • PLOS One
In low- and middle-income countries, bloodstream infections are an important cause of mortality in patients with burns. Increasingly implicated in burn-associated infections are highly d...
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Feasibility, drug safety, and effectiveness of etiological treatment programs for Chagas disease in Honduras, Guatemala, and Bolivia: 10-year experience of Médecins Sans Frontières

Yun O, Lima MA, Ellman T, Chambi W, Castillo S,  et al.
2009-07-07 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2009-07-07 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BACKGROUND:
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is a zoonotic or anthropozoonotic disease caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. Predominantly affecting populations in poor...
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NECT is next: implementing the new drug combination therapy for Trypanosoma brucei gambiense sleeping sickness

Yun O, Priotto G, Tong J, Flevaud L, Chappuis F
2010-05-25 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2010-05-25 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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Challenges of controlling sleeping sickness in areas of violent conflict: experience in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Tong J, Valverde O, Mahoudeau C, Yun O, Chappuis F
2011-05-26 • Conflict and Health
2011-05-26 • Conflict and Health
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), or sleeping sickness, is a fatal neglected tropical disease if left untreated. HAT primarily affects people living in rural sub-Saharan Africa, often...
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Mid-upper arm circumference based nutrition programming: evidence for a new approach in regions with high burden of acute malnutrition

Goossens S, Bekele Y, Yun O, Harczi G, Ouannes M,  et al.
2012-11-26 • PLOS One
2012-11-26 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND
In therapeutic feeding programs (TFP), mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) shows advantages over weight-for-height Z score (WHZ) and is recommended by the World Health Orga...
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Conducting operational research within a non governmental organization: the example of Medecins Sans Frontieres

Zachariah R, Ford NP, Draguez B, Yun O, Reid AJ
2010-03-01 • International Health
2010-03-01 • International Health
Like many other non governmental organizations (NGOs) that provide assistance to vulnerable populations living in difficult and resource-limited settings, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) ...
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Outcomes of a remote, decentralized health center-based HIV/AIDS antiretroviral program in Zambia, 2003 to 2007

Elema R, Mills C, Yun O, Lokuge K, Ssonko C,  et al.
2009-02-11 • Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (Chicago, Ill. : 2002)
2009-02-11 • Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (Chicago, Ill. : 2002)
A cross-sectional study of patients living with HIV/ AIDS treated during 2003 to 2007 in decentralized, rural health centers in Zambia was performed to measure virological outcomes after...
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Editing and publishing humanitarian medical research for Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières

Yun O
2009-08-01 • Science Editor
2009-08-01 • Science Editor
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Exposure to violence and PTSD symptoms among Somali women

de Jong K, van der Kam S, Swarthout TD, Ford NP, Mills C,  et al.
2011-12-05 • Journal of Traumatic Stress
2011-12-05 • Journal of Traumatic Stress
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, exposure to traumatic stressors, and health care utilization were examined in 84 women attending a primary health care clinic in Mogadishu,...
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Evaluation of Clinical and Immunological Markers for predicting Virological Failure in a HIV/AIDS treatment cohort in Busia, Kenya

Ferreyra C, Yun O, Eisenberg N, Alonso E, Khamadi AS,  et al.
2012-11-21 • PLOS One
2012-11-21 • PLOS One
In resource-limited settings where viral load (VL) monitoring is scarce or unavailable, clinicians must use immunological and clinical criteria to define HIV virological treatment failur...