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J H Richardus

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Meundi A, Richardus J
Public Health Action . 2023 Dec; 13(4):142-147. PMID: 38077727
Setting: India has the highest number of new TB cases worldwide. The participation of private providers (PPs) in the National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) has remained suboptimal. Objective: To explore...
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Taal A, Barreto J, Santos de Sousa G, da Rocha A, Lima Ferreira N, Menezes da Silva J, et al.
BMC Infect Dis . 2023 Oct; 23(1):662. PMID: 37853318
Background: Fortaleza (Brazil) is high endemic for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), tuberculosis (TB) and leprosy. These three diseases share respiratory droplets through coughing or sneezing as the main mode of...
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Taal A, Blok D, Handito A, Wibowo S, Sumarsono , Wardana A, et al.
BMC Infect Dis . 2022 Feb; 22(1):131. PMID: 35130867
Background: Leprosy incidence remained at around 200,000 new cases globally for the last decade. Current strategies to reduce the number of new patients include early detection and providing post-exposure prophylaxis...
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Teesing G, de Graaf M, Petrignani M, Erasmus V, Klaassen C, Schapendonk C, et al.
Infect Prev Pract . 2021 Aug; 3(2):100129. PMID: 34368746
Background: Little is known about the presence of infections in nursing home residents, the causative micro-organisms, how hand hygiene (HH) influences the presence of infections in residents, and the extent...
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Teesing G, Richardus J, Nieboer D, Petrignani M, Erasmus V, Verduijn-Leenman A, et al.
Antimicrob Resist Infect Control . 2021 May; 10(1):80. PMID: 34016156
Background: The primary goal of hand hygiene is to reduce infectious disease rates. We examined if a nursing home's participation in a hand hygiene intervention resulted in residents having fewer...
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Kaguthi G, Nduba V, Rabuogi P, Okelloh D, Ouma S, Blatner G, et al.
BMC Public Health . 2020 Jun; 20(1):999. PMID: 32586316
Tuberculosis is the deadliest infection of our time. In contrast, about 11,000 people died of Ebola between 2014 and 2016. Despite this manifest difference in mortality, there is now a...
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Koopsen J, van Steenbergen J, Richardus J, Prins M, Op de Coul E, Croes E, et al.
Epidemiol Infect . 2019 Mar; 147:e147. PMID: 30869044
Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections are usually asymptomatic for decades, thus targeted screening can prevent liver disease by timely diagnosis and linkage to care....
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Lekkerkerk W, Haenen A, van der Sande M, Leenstra T, de Greeff S, Timen A, et al.
PLoS One . 2017 Dec; 12(11):e0188502. PMID: 29190731
Objectives: To elucidate new risk factors for MRSA carriers without known risk factors (MRSA of unknown origin; MUO). These MUO carriers are neither pre-emptively screened nor isolated as normally dictated...
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Tiwari A, Mieras L, Dhakal K, Arif M, Dandel S, Richardus J
BMC Health Serv Res . 2017 Oct; 17(1):684. PMID: 28962564
Background: Leprosy has a wide range of clinical and socio-economic consequences. India, Indonesia and Nepal contribute significantly to the global leprosy burden. After integration, the health systems are pivotal in...
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Hofman R, Nusselder W, Veldhuijzen I, Richardus J
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd . 2016 Oct; 160:D511. PMID: 27734776
Objective: To estimate mortality due to chronic hepatitis B-virus (HBV) and hepatitis C-virus (HCV) infections in the Netherlands from 2002 to 2015. Design: A cross-sectional analysis based on cause-of-death statistics....