Recurrence of microfilaraemia after triple-drug therapy for lymphatic filariasis in Samoa: Recrudescence or reinfection?

Authors: Helen J. Mayfield, Ramona Muttucumaru, Benn Sartorius, Sarah Sheridan, Selina Ward, Beatris Mario Martin, Shannon M. Hedtke, Robert Thomsen, Satupaitea Viali, Glen Fatupaito, Colleen L. Lau, Patricia M. Graves

Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 152, Iss , Pp 107809- (2025)

Subject Terms: Neglected tropical diseases, Lymphatic filariasis elimination, Mass drug administration, Ivermectin, Diethylcarbamazine, Albendazole, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971225000335; https://doaj.org/toc/1201-9712

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Molecular xenomonitoring as an indicator of microfilaraemia prevalence for lymphatic filariasis in Samoa in 2019

Authors: Maddison Howlett, Helen J. Mayfield, Brady McPherson, Lisa Rigby, Robert Thomsen, Steven A. Williams, Nils Pilotte, Shannon M. Hedtke, Patricia M. Graves, Therese Kearns, Take Naseri, Sarah Sheridan, Angus McLure, Colleen L. Lau

Source: Parasites & Vectors, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2024)

Subject Terms: Vector-borne disease, Surveillance, Lymphatic filariasis elimination, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1756-3305

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Field laboratory comparison of STANDARD Q Filariasis Antigen Test (QFAT) with Bioline Filariasis Test Strip (FTS) for the detection of Lymphatic Filariasis in Samoa, 2023.

Authors: Jessica L Scott, Helen J Mayfield, Jane E Sinclair, Beatris Mario Martin, Maddison Howlett, Ramona Muttucumaru, Kimberly Y Won, Robert Thomsen, Satupaitea Viali, Rossana Tofaeono-Pifeleti, Patricia M Graves, Colleen L Lau

Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 18, Iss 8, p e0012386 (2024)

Subject Terms: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727; https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735

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Epidemiology of Lymphatic Filariasis Antigen and Microfilaria in Samoa, 2019: 7–9 Months Post Triple-Drug Mass Administration

Authors: Helen J. Mayfield, Harriet Lawford, Benn Sartorius, Patricia M. Graves, Sarah Sheridan, Therese Kearns, Shannon M. Hedtke, Katherine Gass, Take Naseri, Robert Thomsen, Colleen L. Lau

Source: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vol 9, Iss 12, p 311 (2024)

Subject Terms: lymphatic filariasis elimination, disease surveillance, Pacific region, Wuchereria bancrofti, Medicine

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/9/12/311; https://doaj.org/toc/2414-6366

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Ongoing transmission of lymphatic filariasis in Samoa 4.5 years after one round of triple-drug mass drug administration.

Authors: Helen J Mayfield, Benn Sartorius, Sarah Sheridan, Maddison Howlett, Beatris Mario Martin, Robert Thomsen, Rossana Tofaeono-Pifeleti, Satupaitea Viali, Patricia M Graves, Colleen L Lau

Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 18, Iss 6, p e0012236 (2024)

Subject Terms: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727; https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735

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Global diversity and antimicrobial resistance of typhoid fever pathogens: Insights from a meta-analysis of 13,000 Salmonella Typhi genomes

Authors: Megan E Carey, Zoe A Dyson, Danielle J Ingle, Afreenish Amir, Mabel K Aworh, Marie Anne Chattaway, Ka Lip Chew, John A Crump, Nicholas A Feasey, Benjamin P Howden, Karen H Keddy, Mailis Maes, Christopher M Parry, Sandra Van Puyvelde, Hattie E Webb, Ayorinde Oluwatobiloba Afolayan, Anna P Alexander, Shalini Anandan, Jason R Andrews, Philip M Ashton, Buddha Basnyat, Ashish Bavdekar, Isaac I Bogoch, John D Clemens, Kesia Esther da Silva, Anuradha De, Joep de Ligt, Paula Lucia Diaz Guevara, Christiane Dolecek, Shanta Dutta, Marthie M Ehlers, Louise Francois Watkins, Denise O Garrett, Gauri Godbole, Melita A Gordon, Andrew R Greenhill, Chelsey Griffin, Madhu Gupta, Rene S Hendriksen, Robert S Heyderman, Yogesh Hooda, Juan Carlos Hormazabal, Odion O Ikhimiukor, Junaid Iqbal, Jobin John Jacob, Claire Jenkins, Dasaratha Ramaiah Jinka, Jacob John, Gagandeep Kang, Abdoulie Kanteh, Arti Kapil, Abhilasha Karkey, Samuel Kariuki, Robert A Kingsley, Roshine Mary Koshy, AC Lauer, Myron M Levine, Ravikumar Kadahalli Lingegowda, Stephen P Luby, Grant Austin Mackenzie, Tapfumanei Mashe, Chisomo Msefula, Ankur Mutreja, Geetha Nagaraj, Savitha Nagaraj, Satheesh Nair, Take K Naseri, Susana Nimarota-Brown, Elisabeth Njamkepo, Iruka N Okeke, Sulochana Putli Bai Perumal, Andrew J Pollard, Agila Kumari Pragasam, Firdausi Qadri, Farah N Qamar, Sadia Isfat Ara Rahman, Savitra Devi Rambocus, David A Rasko, Pallab Ray, Roy Robins-Browne, Temsunaro Rongsen-Chandola, Jean Pierre Rutanga, Samir K Saha, Senjuti Saha, Karnika Saigal, Mohammad Saiful Islam Sajib, Jessica C Seidman, Jivan Shakya, Varun Shamanna, Jayanthi Shastri, Rajeev Shrestha, Sonia Sia, Michael J Sikorski, Ashita Singh, Anthony M Smith, Kaitlin A Tagg, Dipesh Tamrakar, Arif Mohammed Tanmoy, Maria Thomas, Mathew S Thomas, Robert Thomsen, Nicholas R Thomson, Siaosi Tupua, Krista Vaidya, Mary Valcanis, Balaji Veeraraghavan, François-Xavier Weill, Jackie Wright, Gordon Dougan, Silvia Argimón, Jacqueline A Keane, David M Aanensen, Stephen Baker, Kathryn E Holt, Global Typhoid Genomics Consortium Group Authorship

Source: eLife, Vol 12 (2023)

Subject Terms: genomics, typhoid fever, antimicrobial resistance, typhoid conjugate vaccine, Medicine, Science, Biology (General), QH301-705.5

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Relation: https://elifesciences.org/articles/85867; https://doaj.org/toc/2050-084X

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Scabies prevalence after ivermectin-based mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis, Samoa 2018-2019.

Authors: Gabriela A Willis, Therese Kearns, Helen J Mayfield, Sarah Sheridan, Robert Thomsen, Take Naseri, Michael C David, Daniel Engelman, Andrew C Steer, Patricia M Graves, Colleen L Lau

Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 17, Iss 8, p e0011549 (2023)

Subject Terms: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0011549&type=printable; https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727; https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735

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Improving services for chronic non‐communicable diseases in Samoa: an implementation research study using the care cascade framework

Authors: Nicole Fraser‐Hurt, Leausa Take Naseri, Robert Thomsen, Athena Matalavea, Victoria Ieremia‐Faasili, Muagatutia Sefuiva Reupena, Nicola L. Hawley, Alysa Pomer, Anna C. Rivara, Dayo Carol Obure, Shuo Zhang

Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Vol 46, Iss 1, Pp 36-45 (2022)

Subject Terms: Pacific Island Countries, non‐communicable diseases, chronic care models, care cascade, primary healthcare, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1326-0200; https://doaj.org/toc/1753-6405

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Supporting elimination of lymphatic filariasis in Samoa by predicting locations of residual infection using machine learning and geostatistics

Authors: Helen J. Mayfield, Hugh Sturrock, Benjamin F. Arnold, Ricardo Andrade-Pacheco, Therese Kearns, Patricia Graves, Take Naseri, Robert Thomsen, Katherine Gass, Colleen L. Lau

Source: Scientific Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2020)

Subject Terms: Medicine, Science

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322

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Evaluating Molecular Xenomonitoring as a Tool for Lymphatic Filariasis Surveillance in Samoa, 2018–2019

Authors: Brady McPherson, Helen J. Mayfield, Angus McLure, Katherine Gass, Take Naseri, Robert Thomsen, Steven A. Williams, Nils Pilotte, Therese Kearns, Patricia M. Graves, Colleen L. Lau

Source: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vol 7, Iss 8, p 203 (2022)

Subject Terms: vector-borne disease, entomology, neglected tropical diseases, elephantiasis, molecular xenomonitoring, Medicine

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/7/8/203; https://doaj.org/toc/2414-6366

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Lymphatic filariasis epidemiology in Samoa in 2018: Geographic clustering and higher antigen prevalence in older age groups.

Authors: Colleen L Lau, Kelley Meder, Helen J Mayfield, Therese Kearns, Brady McPherson, Take Naseri, Robert Thomsen, Shannon M Hedtke, Sarah Sheridan, Katherine Gass, Patricia M Graves

Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 14, Iss 12, p e0008927 (2020)

Subject Terms: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727; https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735

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A community survey of coverage and adverse events following country-wide triple-drug mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis elimination, Samoa 2018.

Authors: Gabriela A Willis, Helen J Mayfield, Therese Kearns, Take Naseri, Robert Thomsen, Katherine Gass, Sarah Sheridan, Patricia M Graves, Colleen L Lau

Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 14, Iss 11, p e0008854 (2020)

Subject Terms: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727; https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735

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Triple-Drug Treatment Is Effective for Lymphatic Filariasis Microfilaria Clearance in Samoa

Authors: Patricia M. Graves, Sarah Sheridan, Jessica Scott, Filipina Amosa-Lei Sam, Take Naseri, Robert Thomsen, Christopher L. King, Colleen L. Lau

Source: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vol 6, Iss 2, p 44 (2021)

Subject Terms: lymphatic filariasis, Samoa, microfilaria, DEC, albendazole, ivermectin, Medicine

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/6/2/44; https://doaj.org/toc/2414-6366

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