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rVSV-ZEBOV vaccination in people with pre-existing immunity to Ebolavirus: an open-label safety and immunogenicity study in Guinean communities affected by Ebola virus disease (l’essai proches)

Watson CH, Gsell PS, Hall Y, Camacho A, Riveros X,  et al.
2024-11-07 • BMC Medicine
2024-11-07 • BMC Medicine

BACKGROUND

Zaire Ebolavirus disease (EVD) outbreaks can be controlled using rVSV-ZEBOV vaccination and other public health measures. People in high-risk areas m...

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The duration of chemoprophylaxis against malaria after treatment with artesunate-amodiaquine and artemether-lumefantrine and the effects of pfmdr1 86Y and pfcrt 76T: a meta-analysis of individual patient data

Bretscher MT, Dahal P, Griffin J, Stepniewska K, Bassat Q,  et al.
2020-02-25 • BMC Medicine
2020-02-25 • BMC Medicine
BACKGROUND
The majority of Plasmodium falciparum malaria cases in Africa are treated with the artemisinin combination therapies artemether-lumefantrine (AL) and artesunate-amodiaquin...
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An optimised age-based dosing regimen for single low-dose primaquine for blocking malaria transmission in Cambodia

Leang R, Khu NH, Mukaka M, Debackere M, Tripura R,  et al.
2016-10-27 • BMC Medicine
2016-10-27 • BMC Medicine
BACKGROUND
In 2012, the World Health Organization recommended the addition of single low-dose primaquine (SLDPQ, 0.25 mg base/kg body weight) to artemisinin combination therapies to ...
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Complex interactions between malaria and malnutrition: a systematic literature review

Das D, Grais RF, Okiro EA, Stepniewska K, Mansoor R,  et al.
2018-10-29 • BMC Medicine
2018-10-29 • BMC Medicine
Despite substantial improvement in the control of malaria and decreased prevalence of malnutrition over the past two decades, both conditions remain heavy burdens that cause hundreds of ...
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Syrian refugees in Greece: experience with violence, mental health status, and access to information during the journey and while in Greece

Ben Farhat J, Blanchet K, Juul Bjertrup P, Veizis A, Perrin C,  et al.
2018-03-13 • BMC Medicine
2018-03-13 • BMC Medicine
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Since 2015, Europe has been facing an unprecedented arrival of refugees and migrants: more than one million people entered via land and sea routes. During their travels, r...
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Modelling the effect of short-course multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan

Trauer JM, Achar J, Parpieva N, Khamraev AK, Denholm JT,  et al.
2016-11-18 • BMC Medicine
2016-11-18 • BMC Medicine
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Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a major threat to global TB control. MDR-TB treatment regimens typically have a high pill burden, last 20 months or more and o...
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Real-time analysis of the diphtheria outbreak in forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals in Bangladesh

Finger F, Funk S, White K, Siddqui MR, Edmunds KL,  et al.
2019-03-12 • BMC Medicine
2019-03-12 • BMC Medicine
Between August and December 2017, more than 625,000 Rohingya from Myanmar fled into Bangladesh, settling in informal makeshift camps in Cox’s Bazar district and joining 212,000 Rohingya ...
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Single low-dose primaquine for blocking transmission of Plasmodium falciparum malaria - a proposed model-derived age-based regimen for sub-Saharan Africa

Taylor WRJ, Naw HK, Maitland K, Williams TN, Kapulu M,  et al.
2018-01-18 • BMC Medicine
2018-01-18 • BMC Medicine
In 2012, the World Health Organization recommended blocking the transmission of Plasmodium falciparum with single low-dose primaquine (SLDPQ, target dose 0.25 mg base/kg body weight), wi...
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Early detection of cholera epidemics to support control in fragile states: estimation of delays and potential epidemic sizes

Ratnayake R, Finger F, Edmunds WJ, Checchi F
2020-12-15 • BMC Medicine
2020-12-15 • BMC Medicine
BACKGROUND
Cholera epidemics continue to challenge disease control, particularly in fragile and conflict-affected states. Rapid detection and response to small cholera clusters is ke...