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Philippe Brasseur

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Raccurt C, Brasseur P, Ciceron M, Parke D, Zervos M, Boncy J
Malar J . 2017 Aug; 16(1):313. PMID: 28778206
Background: Malaria is considered a public health priority in Haiti, with a goal to eliminate by year 2020. Chloroquine is the first-line treatment recommended by the Ministry of Public Health...
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Boncy P, Adrien P, Lemoine J, Existe A, Henry P, Raccurt C, et al.
Malar J . 2015 Jun; 14:237. PMID: 26043728
Haiti and the Dominican Republic, which share the island of Hispaniola, are the last locations in the Caribbean where malaria still persists. Malaria is an important public health concern in...
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Faust C, Zelner J, Brasseur P, Vaillant M, Badiane M, Cisse M, et al.
Am J Trop Med Hyg . 2015 May; 93(1):159-167. PMID: 25962776
Malaria treatment policy has changed from presumptive treatment to targeted "test and treat" (T&T) with malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) and artemisinin combination therapy (ACT). This transition involves changing behavior...
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Adjuik M, Allan R, Anvikar A, Ashley E, Ba M, Barennes H, et al.
BMC Med . 2015 Apr; 13:66. PMID: 25888957
Background: Artesunate-amodiaquine (AS-AQ) is one of the most widely used artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) to treat uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Africa. We investigated the impact of different dosing strategies...
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Raccurt C, Brasseur P, Boncy J
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz . 2014 Oct; 109(6):709-11. PMID: 25317697
Reported in Haiti as early as 1923, Mansonella ozzardi is still a neglected disease ignored by the health authorities of the country. This review is an update on the geographic...
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Raccurt C, Brasseur P, Ciceron M, Boncy J
Am J Trop Med Hyg . 2014 Apr; 90(6):1167-9. PMID: 24710617
An epidemiologic (cross-sectional study) survey on 462 inhabitants in Corail, Haiti showed that 16.5% were infected with Mansonella ozzardi. This finding was determined from a single 20-μL sample of finger...
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Zwang J, Dorsey G, Martensson A, DAlessandro U, Ndiaye J, Karema C, et al.
Malar J . 2014 Mar; 13:114. PMID: 24666562
Background: Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) is the recommended first-line therapy for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria worldwide but decreased artemisinin susceptibility, phenotypically characterized as slow parasite clearance time (PCT), has now...
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Balthazard-Accou K, Fifi U, Agnamey P, Casimir J, Brasseur P, Emmanuel E
Chemosphere . 2013 Dec; 103:114-20. PMID: 24359923
The physico-chemical behavior of Cryptosporidium oocysts was investigated during their transfer through an alluvial formation from Les Cayes (Haiti) via batch tests. Five approximately 3 kg soil samples were collected...
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Gharbi M, Flegg J, Pradines B, Berenger A, Ndiaye M, Djimde A, et al.
PLoS One . 2013 Nov; 8(10):e77775. PMID: 24204960
Introduction: There are growing concerns about the emergence of resistance to artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs). Since the widespread adoption of ACTs, there has been a decrease in the systematic surveillance...
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Pratt-Riccio L, Chehuan Y, Siqueira M, das Gracas Alecrim M, Bianco-Junior C, Druilhe P, et al.
Malar J . 2013 Aug; 12:281. PMID: 23937727
Background: The emergence and spread of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax resistance to available anti-malarial drugs represents a major drawback in the control of malaria and its associated morbidity and...