2024

Mackenzie CD, Kapa DR, Krishnasastry S, Douglass J, Hoerauf A, Ottesen EA.:

Managing Lymphedema Induced by Lymphatic Filariasis: Implementing and Improving Care at the Individual and Programmatic Levels

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Jul 30;111(4_Suppl):3-21. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0905.


Krishnasastry S, Ashok A, Devidas A, Sullivan S, Stephens M, Norman J, Paljug E, Deathe A, Majewski A, Horton J, Shott JP, Klarmann-Schulz U, Hoerauf A, Ottesen E, Mackenzie CD:

Efficacy and Safety of Adding 6 Weeks of Doxycycline to the Essential Package of Care to Treat Filarial Lymphedema: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Controlled Trial in Southern India.

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Oct 1;111(4_Suppl):83-93. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.24-0337.


Debrah LB, Klarmann-Schulz U, Osei-Mensah J, Kuehlwein JM, Mubarik Y, Nadal J, Ayisi-Boateng NK, Ricchiuto A, Opoku VS, Sullivan SM, Mensah DA, Horton J, Rahamani AA, Budge PJ, Gbedema S, Korir PJ, Opoku J, Pfarr K, Kontoh DB, Kellings A, Gyasi C, Obeng MA, Gruetzmacher B, Fordjour FA, Kroidl I, Horn S, Kuutiero EK, Wauschkuhn C, Ngenya A, Mackenzie C, Wanji S, Kalinga A, Ottesen EA, Hoerauf A, Debrah AY.:

Adherence to Hygiene Protocols and Doxycycline Therapy in Ameliorating Lymphatic Filariasis Morbidity in an Endemic Area Post-Interruption of Disease Transmission in Ghana.

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Oct 1;111(4_Suppl):66-82. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.24-0313


Ngenya A, Klarmann-Schulz U, John W, Korir PJ, Kamugisha M, Nadal J, Moshi D, Ricchiuto A, Oriyo N, Sullivan SM, Laizer R, Horton J, Demitrius M, Feichtner A, Marandu TF, Mgaya Y, Kellings A, Kroidl I, Ogondiek J, Kuehlwein JM, Masagati L, Mackenzie C, Mosoba M, Horn S, Kagya K, Wanji S, Mandara W, Debrah LB, Ottesen EA, Debrah AY, Mwingira U, Hoerauf A, Kalinga A.:

Efficacy of Intensified Hygiene Measures with or without the Addition of Doxycycline in the Management of Filarial Lymphedema: A Randomized Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial in Tanzania.

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Aug 27;111(4_Suppl):33-51. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.24-0049.


Yahathugoda TC, De Silva NL, Ruben J, Gunawardena S, Weerasooriya MV, Horton J, Budge P, Ottesen E, Sullivan SM, Stephens M, Shen J, Klarmann-Schulz U, Hoerauf A, Shott JP, Mackenzie C.:

LEDoxy-SL: A Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Randomized, 24-Month Trial of Six Weeks of Daily Doxycycline Plus Hygiene-Based Essential Care for Reducing Progression of Filarial Lymphedema in Sri Lanka.

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Jul 23;111(4_Suppl):52-65. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.24-0050­


Coulibaly YI, Diabate AF, Sangare M, Thera SO, Dolo H, Doumbia SS, Coulibaly SY, Diarra A, Diarra L, Tanapo D, Coulibaly ME, Soumaoro L, Diallo AA, Zeguime A, Sanogo Y, Berthe A, Konipo FDN, Mackenzie C, Stephens M, Shott JP, Norman J, Klarmann-Schulz U, Hoerauf A, Majewski A, Horton J, Sullivan S, Ottesen EA, Nutman TB.:

Effect of Adding a Six-Week Course of Doxycycline to Intensive Hygiene-Based Care for Improving Lymphedema in a Rural Setting of Mali: A Double-Blind, Randomized Controlled 24-Month Trial.

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Jul 16;111(4_Suppl):22-32. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0908.


 

2023

Neidhöfer C, Nkwetta DL, Fuen BR, Yenban NF, Mbiatong N, Nchanji GT, Korir P, Wetzig N, Sieber M, Thiele R, Parcina M, Klarmann-Schulz U, Hoerauf A, Wanji S, Ritter M.

Tropical leg lymphedema caused by podoconiosis is associated with increased colonisation by anaerobic bacteria.

Sci Rep. 2023 Aug 23;13(1):13785. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-40765-7.


Nkwetta DL, Fuen BR, Yenban NF, Mbiatong N, Nchanji GT, Bonekeh J, Ndzeshang BL, Gandjui NVT, Fombad FF, Klarmann-Schulz U, Esum ME, Njouendou AJ, Cho JF, Hoerauf A, Ritter M, Wanji S.

Phenotypical characterization, and antibiotics susceptibility patterns of skin bacteria found in podoconiosis patients in the North West Region of Cameroon.

BMC Microbiol. 2023 Jul 17;23(1):189. doi: 10.1186/s12866-023-02923-9.


Rahamani AA, Horn S, Ritter M, Feichtner A, Osei-Mensah J, Serwaa Opoku V, Batsa Debrah L, Marandu TF, Haule A, Mhidze J, Ngenya A, Demetrius M, Klarmann-Schulz U, Hoelscher M, Geldmacher C, Hoerauf A, Kalinga A, Debrah AY, Kroidl I.

Stage-Dependent Increase of Systemic Immune Activation and CCR5+CD4+ T Cells in Filarial Driven Lymphedema in Ghana and Tanzania.

Pathogens. 2023 Jun 7;12(6):809. doi: 10.3390/pathogens12060809.


Karunakaran I, Ritter M, Pfarr K, Klarmann-Schulz U, Debrah AY, Debrah LB, Katawa G, Wanji S, Specht S, Adjobimey T, Hübner MP, Hoerauf A.:

Filariasis research - from basic research to drug development and novel diagnostics, over a decade of research at the Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Bonn, Germany.

Front Trop Dis. 2023 Mar 2;4:1126173. doi: 10.3389/fitd.2023.1126173

2022

Adu Mensah D, Debrah LB, Gyamfi PA, Rahamani AA, Opoku VS, Boateng J, Obeng P, Osei-Mensah J, Kroidl I, Klarmann-Schulz U, Hoerauf A, Debrah AY.:

Occurrence of Lymphatic Filariasis infection after 15 years of mass drug administration in two hotspot districts in the Upper East Region of Ghana.

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022 Aug 4;16(8):e0010129. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010129


Kalinga A, Munga M, Ngenya A, John W, Kisoka W, Oriyo N, Mutalemwa P, Mandara W, Masagati L, Ogondiek J, Korir P, Klarmann-Schulz U, Horn S, Kroidl I, Debrah A, Hoerauf A, Mwingira U.:

The viability of utilising phone-based text messages in data capture and reporting morbidities due to lymphatic Filariasis by community health workers: a qualitative study in Kilwa district, Tanzania.

BMC Health Serv Res. 2022 Jul 19;22(1):924. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-08256-z.