Feasibility and effectiveness of basic lymphedema management in Leogane, Haiti, an area endemic for bancroftian filariasisDavid G Addiss
Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, U S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 4:e668. 2010
..However, few studies have prospectively evaluated the effectiveness of basic lymphedema management or assessed the role of compressive bandaging for lymphedema in resource-poor settings...
Symptoms reported after mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis in Leogane, HaitiNatasha Hochberg
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Workforce and Career Development, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 75:928-32. 2006
..1%) were positive. After Leogane's fifth MDA, most symptomatic persons had undetectable levels of filarial antigen by ICT. Free symptomatic treatment may motivate some people to report symptoms and seek care...
- Clinical correlates of filarial infection in Haitian children: an association with interdigital lesions
Leanne M Fox
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Epidemiology Program Office, and Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341 3724, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 73:759-65. 2005
..01) and crural (P = 0.004) lymph node pathology and advanced pubertal stage (sexual maturity rating = 3-5) (P = 0.02). This is the first study to associate interdigital lesions with filarial infection in children...
Evaluation of antibacterial soap in the management of lymphoedema in Leogane, HaitiDavid G Addiss
Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 105:58-60. 2011
..Washing with soap, regardless of its antibacterial content, can help decrease ADLA incidence. (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier number NCT00139100.)...
- Participation in three consecutive mass drug administrations in Leogane, Haiti
Els Mathieu
Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341 3724, USA
Trop Med Int Health 11:862-8. 2006
..We wanted to know the drug coverage, the proportion of persons who were systematically non-compliant and factors associated with this behaviour...
- Residual spatial correlation between geographically referenced observations: a Bayesian hierarchical modeling approach
Heather A Boyd
Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Epidemiology 16:532-41. 2005
..We present a Bayesian hierarchical model (BHM) approach that accounts for spatial correlation, and illustrate its strengths and weaknesses by applying this modeling approach to data on Wuchereria bancrofti infection in Haiti...
- A survey of treatment practices and burden of lymphoedema in Togo
Stephanie A Richard
Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, MS F22, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 101:391-7. 2007
..04). The survey results demonstrate the need for a morbidity management programme that will increase the use of morbidity management techniques and decrease the physical and emotional burden of this disease...
- Frequency, severity, and costs of adverse reactions following mass treatment for lymphatic filariasis using diethylcarbamazine and albendazole in Leogane, Haiti, 2000
Steven I McLaughlin
Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 68:568-73. 2003
..Minor and moderate reactions are more commonly reported and their management represents a challenge to lymphatic filariasis elimination programs...
- Geographic distribution of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in Western Kenya: implications for anthelminthic mass treatment
Thomas Handzel
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Division of Applied Public Health Training, Epidemiology Program Office, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 69:318-23. 2003
..The separate distributions of schistosome and geohelminth infections have important implications for combined mass-treatment programs...
- Modeling survival data with informative cluster size
John M Williamson
Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Stat Med 27:543-55. 2008
..To illustrate the proposed approach, we analyze survival data from a lymphatic filariasis study in Recife, Brazil...
- Reactivity to bacterial, fungal, and parasite antigens in patients with lymphedema and elephantiasis
Jill B Baird
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 66:163-9. 2002
..In persons with lymphatic filariasis, immune reactivity is influenced by disease status as well as infection status...
