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Michael V DAmbrosio

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Coulibaly J, Silue K, Armstrong M, de Leon Derby M, DAmbrosio M, Fletcher D, et al.
Am J Trop Med Hyg . 2022 Dec; 108(1):41-43. PMID: 36509050
Schistosomiasis infections continue to impact African settings disproportionately, and there is an urgent need for novel tools to evaluate infection control and elimination strategies at the community level. Mobile phone...
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Armstrong M, Harris A, DAmbrosio M, Coulibaly J, Essien-Baidoo S, Ephraim R, et al.
Am J Trop Med Hyg . 2022 Mar; PMID: 35344927
Schistosoma haematobium continues to pose a significant public health burden despite ongoing global control efforts. One of several barriers to sustained control (and ultimately elimination) is the lack of access...
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Fozouni P, Son S, de Leon Derby M, Knott G, Gray C, DAmbrosio M, et al.
Cell . 2020 Dec; 184(2):323-333.e9. PMID: 33306959
The December 2019 outbreak of a novel respiratory virus, SARS-CoV-2, has become an ongoing global pandemic due in part to the challenge of identifying symptomatic, asymptomatic, and pre-symptomatic carriers of...
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Skandarajah A, Sunny S, Gurpur P, Reber C, DAmbrosio M, Raghavan N, et al.
PLoS One . 2017 Nov; 12(11):e0188440. PMID: 29176904
Oral cancer is the most common type of cancer among men in India and other countries in South Asia. Late diagnosis contributes significantly to this mortality, highlighting the need for...
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Kamgno J, Pion S, Chesnais C, Bakalar M, DAmbrosio M, Mackenzie C, et al.
N Engl J Med . 2017 Nov; 377(21):2044-2052. PMID: 29116890
Background: Implementation of an ivermectin-based community treatment strategy for the elimination of onchocerciasis or lymphatic filariasis has been delayed in Central Africa because of the occurrence of serious adverse events,...
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Coulibaly J, Ouattara M, DAmbrosio M, Fletcher D, Keiser J, Utzinger J, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis . 2016 Jun; 10(6):e0004768. PMID: 27348755
Background: Handheld light microscopy using compact optics and mobile phones may improve the quality of health care in resource-constrained settings by enabling access to prompt and accurate diagnosis. Methodology: Laboratory...
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Phillips Z, DAmbrosio M, Tian L, Rulison J, Patel H, Sadras N, et al.
PLoS One . 2015 May; 10(5):e0124938. PMID: 25969980
We demonstrate the design and application of an add-on device for improving the diagnostic and research capabilities of CellScope--a low-cost, smartphone-based point-of-care microscope. We replace the single LED illumination of...
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DAmbrosio M, Bakalar M, Bennuru S, Reber C, Skandarajah A, Nilsson L, et al.
Sci Transl Med . 2015 May; 7(286):286re4. PMID: 25947164
Parasitic helminths cause debilitating diseases that affect millions of people in primarily low-resource settings. Efforts to eliminate onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis in Central Africa through mass drug administration have been...
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Ephraim R, Duah E, Cybulski J, Prakash M, DAmbrosio M, Fletcher D, et al.
Am J Trop Med Hyg . 2015 Apr; 92(6):1253-6. PMID: 25918211
We evaluated two novel, portable microscopes and locally acquired, single-ply, paper towels as filter paper for the diagnosis of Schistosoma haematobium infection. The mobile phone-mounted Foldscope and reversed-lens CellScope had...
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Ribeiro S, DAmbrosio M, Vale R
Mol Biol Cell . 2014 Oct; 25(24):3861-9. PMID: 25273555
Focal adhesions are dynamic structures that interact with the extracellular matrix on the cell exterior and actin filaments on the cell interior, enabling cells to adhere and crawl along surfaces....