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Estimates of child deaths prevented from malaria prevention scale-up in Africa 2001-2010Thomas P Eisele
Department of Global Health Systems and Development, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1440 Canal Street, Suite 2200, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
Malar J 11:93. 2012..abstract:..- Protective efficacy of malaria case management and intermittent preventive treatment for preventing malaria mortality in children: a systematic review for the Lives Saved ToolJulie Thwing
Malaria Branch, Malaria Branch, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
BMC Public Health 11:S14. 2011..However, for obvious ethical reasons, their protective efficacy (PE) compared to placebo is unknown and their impact on reducing malaria-attributable mortality has not been quantified... - Comparison of Lives Saved Tool model child mortality estimates against measured data from vector control studies in sub-Saharan AfricaDavid A Larsen
Department of International Health and Development, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
BMC Public Health 11:S34. 2011..We compared the percent reduction in all-cause child mortality estimated by LiST against measured reductions in all-cause child mortality from studies assessing the impact of vector control interventions in Africa... - Preventive zinc supplementation in developing countries: impact on mortality and morbidity due to diarrhea, pneumonia and malariaMohammad Yawar Yakoob
Division of Women and Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
BMC Public Health 11:S23. 2011.... - Health system barriers to strengthening vaccine-preventable disease surveillance and response in the context of decentralization: evidence from GeorgiaDavid R Hotchkiss
Department of International Health and Development, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
BMC Public Health 6:175. 2006.... - Malaria infection and anemia prevalence in Zambia's Luangwa District: an area of near-universal insecticide-treated mosquito net coverageThomas P Eisele
Department of International Health and Development, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 84:152-7. 2011.... - Protective efficacy of interventions for preventing malaria mortality in children in Plasmodium falciparum endemic areasThomas P Eisele
Department of International Health and Development, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
Int J Epidemiol 39:i88-101. 2010..While the impact of intermittent preventive therapy in pregnant women (IPTp) and ITNs in pregnancy for improving birth outcomes is also well established, their impact on preventing neonatal or child mortality has not been quantified... - Assessment of insecticide-treated bednet use among children and pregnant women across 15 countries using standardized national surveysThomas P Eisele
Department of International Health and Development, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 80:209-14. 2009..The gaps in ITN use and possession will likely persist in the absence of achieving a ratio of no more than two people per ITN... - Changes in risk behavior among HIV-positive patients during their first year of antiretroviral therapy in Cape Town South AfricaThomas P Eisele
Department of International Health and Development, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
AIDS Behav 13:1097-105. 2009..Findings suggest it is critical to start positive prevention to decrease risky sexual behavior prior to the start of ART within this setting... - Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum infection in rainy season, Artibonite Valley, Haiti, 2006Thomas P Eisele
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 13:1494-6. 2007..Results from PCR for 714 persons showed a prevalence of 3.1% for P. falciparum infection... - Evaluating the completeness of demographic surveillance of children less than five years old in western Kenya: a capture-recapture approachThomas P Eisele
Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 69:92-7. 2003..Assuming limitations of current methods are sufficiently addressed, capture-recapture appears to be a useful tool in evaluating DSS completeness and differential ascertainment of vital events... - High levels of risk behavior among people living with HIV Initiating and waiting to start antiretroviral therapy in Cape Town South AfricaThomas P Eisele
Department of International Health and Development, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1440 Canal Street, Suite 2200, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
AIDS Behav 12:570-7. 2008..50-3.84), respectively], were twice as likely to have had unprotected sex their last time. Results suggest an urgent need to strengthen prevention interventions among HIV-positive individuals on and about to start ART in this setting... - Effect of sustained insecticide-treated bed net use on all-cause child mortality in an area of intense perennial malaria transmission in western KenyaThomas P Eisele
Department of International Heath and Development, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 73:149-56. 2005..9%), after controlling for seasonality (AHR = 1.03, P = 0.834). We find no evidence that sustained ITN use increased the risk of mortality in older children in this area of intense perennial malaria transmission... - Interpreting household survey data intended to measure insecticide-treated bednet coverage: results from two surveys in EritreaThomas P Eisele
Department of International Health and Development, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70115, USA
Malar J 5:36. 2006..This paper examines methodological issues to using household surveys to measure core Roll Back Malaria coverage indicators of ITN possession and use... - A description of malaria-related knowledge, perceptions, and practices in the Artibonite Valley of Haiti: implications for malaria controlJoseph Keating
Department of International Health and Development, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 78:262-9. 2008..Results suggest malaria control in Haiti should focus on enhanced surveillance and case management, with expanded information campaigns about malaria prevention and treatment options... - Plasmodium falciparum parasite infection prevalence from a household survey in Zambia using microscopy and a rapid diagnostic test: implications for monitoring and evaluationJoseph Keating
Department of International Health and Development, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 70112, United States of America
Acta Trop 112:277-82. 2009..These data suggest microscopy should remain the gold standard for estimating malaria parasite point prevalence from household surveys for monitoring and evaluation purposes... - Antibody response against Anopheles albimanus (Diptera: Culicidae) salivary protein as a measure of mosquito bite exposure in HaitiBerlin L Londono-Renteria
Department of Tropical Medicine, SPHTM, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
J Med Entomol 47:1156-63. 2010..albimanus IgG and IgM antibody levels was observed. These results suggest that antibodies against An. albimanus saliva, especially IgG, are useful markers of mosquito bite exposure in Haiti... - Rolling out insecticide treated nets in Eritrea: examining the determinants of possession and use in malarious zones during the rainy seasonKate MacIntyre
Department of International Health and Development, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
Trop Med Int Health 11:824-33. 2006..We explore the differences between use of an ITN as a proportion of all households in the survey (the roll back malaria indicator), and use of an ITN as a proportion of those households who already own an ITN... - Sustainability of reductions in malaria transmission and infant mortality in western Kenya with use of insecticide-treated bednets: 4 to 6 years of follow-upKim A Lindblade
Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
JAMA 291:2571-80. 2004..Previous investigators have suggested that bednet use might paradoxically increase mortality in older children through delayed acquisition of immunity to malaria... - The impact of orphanhood on food security in the high-HIV context of Blantyre, MalawiJonathan Rivers
Department of International Health and Development, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Food Nutr Bull 31:S264-71. 2010..A 2004 UNICEF/UNAIDS/USAID survey in Blantyre, Malawi, examined methods to improve monitoring and evaluation of interventions aimed at orphans and vulnerable children... - Chloroquine-resistant haplotype Plasmodium falciparum parasites, HaitiBerlin L Londono
Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 15:735-40. 2009..These results indicate that CQ-resistant haplotype P. falciparum malaria parasites are present in Haiti... - Characterization of aquatic mosquito habitat, natural enemies, and immature mosquitoes in the Artibonite Valley, HaitiKevin A Caillouët
Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
J Vector Ecol 33:191-7. 2008..albimanus larvae in habitats while controlling for habitat distance and elevation. The results of this study provide baseline entomological information to inform vector control programs in the country... - Health systems barriers to effective use of infectious disease surveillance data in the context of decentralization in Georgia: a qualitative studyMamuka Djibuti
Curatio International Foundation, Tbilisi, Georgia
Health Policy 83:323-31. 2007....
Research Grants
- Plainning malaria training in Zambia Thomas Eisele; Fiscal Year: 2009..Tailoring a sustainable program using appropriate technology and a framework of collaboration in support of PMI activities will greatly increase the likelihood of controlling, and perhaps eventually eliminating, malaria in Zambia. ..