Edridah M Tukahebwa
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Adriko M, Tinkitina B, Arinaitwe M, Tukahebwa E, Mubangizi A, Ortega J, et al.
Parasite Epidemiol Control
. 2025 Jan;
27:e00394.
PMID: 39758812
Uganda started implementing mass drug administration against schistosomiasis in 2003, with district used as an implementation unit. This resulted into misclassification of communities into wrong risk levels, under-or-over treatment and...
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Odoi P, Neema S, Vennervald B, Tukahebwa E, Wilson S
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
. 2024 Dec;
18(12):e0012002.
PMID: 39671426
Background: The WHO Neglected Tropical Disease Roadmap for 2021-2030 includes the goal of eliminating schistosomiasis as a public health problem in all endemic countries. Despite heightened efforts since 2012, critical...
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Guo X, Khalid M, Domingos I, Michala A, Adriko M, Rowell C, et al.
Nat Electron
. 2024 Dec;
4(8):615-624.
PMID: 39651407
In infectious disease diagnosis, results need to be rapidly communicated to doctors once testing has been completed, in order for care pathways to be implemented. This is a challenge when...
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Extensive transmission and variation in a functional receptor for praziquantel resistance in endemic
Berger D, Park S, Crellen T, Vianney T, Kabatereine N, Cotton J, et al.
bioRxiv
. 2024 Sep;
PMID: 39257780
Mass-drug administration (MDA) of human populations using praziquantel monotherapy has become the primary strategy for controlling and potentially eliminating the major neglected tropical disease schistosomiasis. To understand how long-term MDA...
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Harding-Esch E, Burgert-Brucker C, Jimenez C, Bakhtiari A, Willis R, Bejiga M, et al.
Ophthalmic Epidemiol
. 2023 Dec;
30(6):544-560.
PMID: 38085791
Purpose: Population-based prevalence surveys are essential for decision-making on interventions to achieve trachoma elimination as a public health problem. This paper outlines the methodologies of Tropical Data, which supports work...
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Sullivan K, Harding-Esch E, Batcho W, Issifou A, Lopes M, Szwarcwald C, et al.
Int Health
. 2023 Dec;
15(Supplement_2):ii58-ii67.
PMID: 38048383
Background: Trachomatous trichiasis (TT) is a painful, potentially blinding eye condition that can be managed through epilation or surgery. Women are affected by TT approximately twice as often as men...
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Oettle R, Dickinson H, Fitzsimmons C, Sacko M, Tukahebwa E, Chalmers I, et al.
PLoS Pathog
. 2023 May;
19(5):e1011037.
PMID: 37228019
Schistosoma haematobium is the most prevalent of the human-infecting schistosome species, causing significant morbidity in endemically exposed populations. Despite this, it has been relatively understudied compared to its fellow species,...
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Clark J, Moses A, Nankasi A, Faust C, Adriko M, Ajambo D, et al.
Front Trop Dis
. 2022 Jul;
3:825721.
PMID: 35784267
Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease affecting over 240-million people. World Health Organization (WHO) targets for Schistosoma mansoni elimination are based on Kato-Katz egg counts, without translation to the widely used,...
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Trienekens S, Faust C, Besigye F, Pickering L, Tukahebwa E, Seeley J, et al.
Parasit Vectors
. 2022 Jan;
15(1):15.
PMID: 34991702
Background: Annual mass drug administration with praziquantel has reduced schistosomiasis transmission in some highly endemic areas, but areas with persistent high endemicity have been identified across sub-Saharan Africa, including Uganda....
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Kokaliaris C, Garba A, Matuska M, Bronzan R, Colley D, Dorkenoo A, et al.
Lancet Infect Dis
. 2021 Dec;
22(1):136-149.
PMID: 34863336
Background: Over the past 20 years, schistosomiasis control has been scaled up. Preventive chemotherapy with praziquantel is the main intervention. We aimed to assess the effect of preventive chemotherapy on...