Andrea Angheben

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Affiliation: Sacro Cuore Hospital
Country: Italy

Publications

  1. ncbi Acute strongyloidiasis in Italian tourists returning from Southeast Asia
    Andrea Angheben
    Centre for Tropical Diseases, Hospital S Cuore Don Calabria, Negrar, Italy
    J Travel Med 18:138-40. 2011
  2. ncbi Randomized clinical trial on ivermectin versus thiabendazole for the treatment of strongyloidiasis
    Zeno Bisoffi
    Centre for Tropical Diseases, S Cuore Hospital, Negrar Verona, Italy
    PLoS Negl Trop Dis 5:e1254. 2011
  3. ncbi Strict adherence to malaria rapid test results might lead to a neglect of other dangerous diseases: a cost benefit analysis from Burkina Faso
    Zeno Bisoffi
    Centre for Tropical Diseases, S, Cuore Hospital, Negrar Verona, Italy
    Malar J 10:226. 2011
  4. ncbi Accuracy of a rapid diagnostic test on the diagnosis of malaria infection and of malaria-attributable fever during low and high transmission season in Burkina Faso
    Zeno Bisoffi
    Centre for Tropical Diseases, S, Cuore Hospital, 37024 Negrar, Verona, Italy
    Malar J 9:192. 2010
  5. ncbi Coccidioidomycosis: first imported case in Italy
    Federico Gobbi
    Centre for Tropical Diseases, Hospital Sacro Cuore Don Calabria, Negrar, Verone, Italy
    J Travel Med 19:192-4. 2012
  6. ncbi Case report: Loiasis with peripheral nerve involvement and spleen lesions
    Federico Gobbi
    Centro per le Malattie Tropicali, Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria, Negrar, Verona, Italy
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 84:733-7. 2011
  7. ncbi Imported strongyloidiasis: epidemiology, presentations, and treatment
    Dora Buonfrate
    Centre for Tropical Diseases CTD, Sacro Cuore Hospital, Via Sempreboni 5, Negrar, Verona, Italy
    Curr Infect Dis Rep 14:256-62. 2012
  8. ncbi Evaluation of an indirect immunofluorescence assay for strongyloidiasis as a tool for diagnosis and follow-up
    Marina Boscolo
    Centre for Tropical Diseases, Sacro Cuore Hospital, Via Sempreboni 5, 37024, Negrar, Verona, Italy
    Clin Vaccine Immunol 14:129-33. 2007
  9. ncbi Surveillance for West Nile, dengue, and chikungunya virus infections, Veneto Region, Italy, 2010
    Federico Gobbi
    Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria, Negrar, Verona, Italy
    Emerg Infect Dis 18:671-3. 2012
  10. ncbi Rapid malaria diagnostic tests vs. clinical management of malaria in rural Burkina Faso: safety and effect on clinical decisions. A randomized trial
    Zeno Bisoffi
    Centre for Tropical Diseases, Sacro Cuore Hospital, Negrar Verona, Italy
    Trop Med Int Health 14:491-8. 2009

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Publications10

  1. ncbi Acute strongyloidiasis in Italian tourists returning from Southeast Asia
    Andrea Angheben
    Centre for Tropical Diseases, Hospital S Cuore Don Calabria, Negrar, Italy
    J Travel Med 18:138-40. 2011
    ..This paper describes two cases of acute strongyloidiasis in travelers returning from Southeast Asia and highlights the need to take strongyloidiasis into account also among acute travel-related illnesses...
  2. ncbi Randomized clinical trial on ivermectin versus thiabendazole for the treatment of strongyloidiasis
    Zeno Bisoffi
    Centre for Tropical Diseases, S Cuore Hospital, Negrar Verona, Italy
    PLoS Negl Trop Dis 5:e1254. 2011
    ..Direct parasitologic exams are not sensitive enough to prove cure if negative. We used an indirect immune fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) along with direct methods for patient inclusion and efficacy assessment...
  3. ncbi Strict adherence to malaria rapid test results might lead to a neglect of other dangerous diseases: a cost benefit analysis from Burkina Faso
    Zeno Bisoffi
    Centre for Tropical Diseases, S, Cuore Hospital, Negrar Verona, Italy
    Malar J 10:226. 2011
    ..This paper aims at determining the costs and benefits of two competing strategies for the management of MAF: presumptive treatment for all or use of RDTs...
  4. ncbi Accuracy of a rapid diagnostic test on the diagnosis of malaria infection and of malaria-attributable fever during low and high transmission season in Burkina Faso
    Zeno Bisoffi
    Centre for Tropical Diseases, S, Cuore Hospital, 37024 Negrar, Verona, Italy
    Malar J 9:192. 2010
    ..This study aims at estimating the accuracy of a RDT for the diagnosis of both malaria infection and malaria - attributable fever, in a region of Burkina Faso with a typically seasonal malaria transmission pattern...
  5. ncbi Coccidioidomycosis: first imported case in Italy
    Federico Gobbi
    Centre for Tropical Diseases, Hospital Sacro Cuore Don Calabria, Negrar, Verone, Italy
    J Travel Med 19:192-4. 2012
    ..This disease should enter in the differential diagnosis of any febrile patient (especially if presenting with pulmonary symptoms, with or without hypereosinophilia) coming from Coccidioides immitis endemic areas...
  6. ncbi Case report: Loiasis with peripheral nerve involvement and spleen lesions
    Federico Gobbi
    Centro per le Malattie Tropicali, Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria, Negrar, Verona, Italy
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 84:733-7. 2011
    ..More information is needed to better characterize the protean manifestations of the disease in loiasis-endemic areas to evaluate the true incidence of loiasis...
  7. ncbi Imported strongyloidiasis: epidemiology, presentations, and treatment
    Dora Buonfrate
    Centre for Tropical Diseases CTD, Sacro Cuore Hospital, Via Sempreboni 5, Negrar, Verona, Italy
    Curr Infect Dis Rep 14:256-62. 2012
    ..In fact, delayed diagnosis and treatment has life-threatening consequences in patients with conditions predisposing to development of hyperinfection and dissemination...
  8. ncbi Evaluation of an indirect immunofluorescence assay for strongyloidiasis as a tool for diagnosis and follow-up
    Marina Boscolo
    Centre for Tropical Diseases, Sacro Cuore Hospital, Via Sempreboni 5, 37024, Negrar, Verona, Italy
    Clin Vaccine Immunol 14:129-33. 2007
    ..A titer of > or = 1:80, with virtually no false-positive result, is a reliable cutoff for a serological assessment of treatment efficacy and for inclusion in clinical trials...
  9. ncbi Surveillance for West Nile, dengue, and chikungunya virus infections, Veneto Region, Italy, 2010
    Federico Gobbi
    Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria, Negrar, Verona, Italy
    Emerg Infect Dis 18:671-3. 2012
    ..Surveillance highlighted the need to modify case definitions, train physicians, and when a case is identified, implement vector control measures...
  10. ncbi Rapid malaria diagnostic tests vs. clinical management of malaria in rural Burkina Faso: safety and effect on clinical decisions. A randomized trial
    Zeno Bisoffi
    Centre for Tropical Diseases, Sacro Cuore Hospital, Negrar Verona, Italy
    Trop Med Int Health 14:491-8. 2009
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