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| Ingrid van den BroekSummaryAffiliation: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment Country: The Netherlands Publications
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Systematic selection of screening participants by risk score in a Chlamydia screening programme is feasible and effectiveIngrid V F van den Broek
Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, P O Box 1 nr 75, BA 3720, The Netherlands
Sex Transm Infect 88:205-11. 2012..The authors investigated this technique in a large-scale chlamydia screening programme in The Netherlands in one rural region where relatively low prevalence was expected (<2%)...
Efficacy of artesunate-amodiaquine for treating uncomplicated falciparum malaria in sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-centre analysisJulien Zwang
Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mae Sot, Thailand
Malar J 8:203. 2009..It was necessary to evaluate the efficacy of ACT, recently adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and deployed over 80 countries, in order to make an evidence-based drug policy...
Different methodological approaches to the assessment of in vivo efficacy of three artemisinin-based combination antimalarial treatments for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in African childrenElizabeth A Ashley
Epicentre, Paris, France
Malar J 7:154. 2008..Use of different methods for assessing the efficacy of artemisinin-based combination antimalarial treatments (ACTs) will result in different estimates being reported, with implications for changes in treatment policy...
Evaluation design of a systematic, selective, internet-based, Chlamydia screening implementation in the Netherlands, 2008-2010: implications of first results for the analysisIngrid V F van den Broek
Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
BMC Infect Dis 10:89. 2010..The evaluation aims to determine the effects of screening on the population prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis after multiple screening rounds...
Rationale, design, and results of the first screening round of a comprehensive, register-based, Chlamydia screening implementation programme in the NetherlandsJan E A M van Bergen
STI AIDS Netherlands, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
BMC Infect Dis 10:293. 2010..Here, we describe the rationale, design, and implementation of a Chlamydia screening demonstration programme...
Usefulness of primary care electronic networks to assess the incidence of chlamydia, diagnosed by general practitionersAnita W M Suijkerbuijk
Centre for Infectious Disease Control, RIVM National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
BMC Fam Pract 12:72. 2011..The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of electronic medical records for monitoring the incidence of chlamydia cases diagnosed in primary care in the Netherlands...
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in people living and working in pig farmsI V F VAN DEN Broek
Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit, Centre Infectious Disease Control, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment RIVM, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Epidemiol Infect 137:700-8. 2009..Working in pig stables with MRSA-positive pigs poses a high risk for acquiring MRSA, increasingly so when contact with live pigs is more intensive or long lasting...
Efficacy of three artemisinin combination therapies for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Republic of CongoIngrid van den Broek
Medecins Sans Frontieres, London, UK
Malar J 5:113. 2006..Presented here are the results of a comparative trial on the efficacy of three artemisinin-based combinations conducted from May to October 2004, in Pool Province, Republic of Congo...
Trends in sexually transmitted infections in the Netherlands, combining surveillance data from general practices and sexually transmitted infection centersIngrid V F van den Broek
Centre for Infectious Disease Control, RIVM National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
BMC Fam Pract 11:39. 2010..Data from a GP morbidity surveillance network were used to investigate the distribution in the provision of STI care and the usefulness of GP data in surveillance...
Paracheck-Pf accuracy and recently treated Plasmodium falciparum infections: is there a risk of over-diagnosis?Todd D Swarthout
Medecins Sans Frontieres, London, UK
Malar J 6:58. 2007..An assessment of the accuracy of Paracheck Pf, a malaria rapid diagnostic test (RDT) detecting histidine rich protein 2 was undertaken amongst children aged 6-59 months in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo...
Evaluation of three rapid tests for diagnosis of P. falciparum and P. vivax malaria in ColombiaIngrid van den Broek
Médecins sans Frontières MSF, London, UK
Am J Trop Med Hyg 75:1209-15. 2006..vivax cases as more acceptable than missing some cases of P. falciparum, we recommend careful implementation of NOW-malaria-ICT in areas where microscopy is lacking. The price is however still a constraint...
Efficacy of two artemisinin combination therapies for uncomplicated falciparum malaria in children under 5 years, Malakal, Upper Nile, SudanIngrid van den Broek
Manson s Unit, MSF UK, 67 74 Saffron Hill, London EC1N, UK
Malar J 4:14. 2005..Preceding the change, this study aimed to determine which artemisinin-based combination therapies is more effective to treat uncomplicated malaria in Malakal, Upper Nile, Sudan...
