Raymond Paru
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Recent Articles
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Mitja O, Godornes C, Houinei W, Kapa A, Paru R, Abel H, et al.
Lancet
. 2018 Feb;
391(10130):1599-1607.
PMID: 29428183
Background: Yaws is a substantial cause of chronic disfiguring ulcers in children in at least 14 countries in the tropics. WHO's newly adopted strategy for yaws eradication uses a single...
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Mitja O, Gonzalez-Beiras C, Godornes C, Kolmau R, Houinei W, Abel H, et al.
Lancet Glob Health
. 2017 Nov;
5(12):e1268-e1274.
PMID: 29107621
Background: Treatment of latent yaws is a crucial component of the WHO yaws eradication strategy to prevent relapse and the resulting transmission to uninfected children. We assessed the effectiveness of...
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Gonzalez-Beiras C, Kapa A, Vall-Mayans M, Paru R, Gavilan S, Houinei W, et al.
Clin Infect Dis
. 2017 Oct;
65(12):2085-2090.
PMID: 29020192
Background: Haemophilus ducreyi (HD) and Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue (TP) are major causative agents of cutaneous ulcer (CU) in the tropics. Azithromycin is recommended to treat sexually transmitted HD infections...
4.
Houinei W, Godornes C, Kapa A, Knauf S, Mooring E, Gonzalez-Beiras C, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
. 2017 May;
11(5):e0004958.
PMID: 28489855
Background: Haemophilus ducreyi and Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue are major causes of leg ulcers in children in Africa and the Pacific Region. We investigated the presence of DNA (PCR positivity)...
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Mitja O, Houinei W, Moses P, Kapa A, Paru R, Hays R, et al.
N Engl J Med
. 2015 Feb;
372(8):703-10.
PMID: 25693010
Background: Mass treatment with azithromycin is a central component of the new World Health Organization (WHO) strategy to eradicate yaws. Empirical data on the effectiveness of the strategy are required...
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Ayove T, Houniei W, Wangnapi R, Bieb S, Kazadi W, Luke L, et al.
Lancet Glob Health
. 2014 Aug;
2(7):e415-21.
PMID: 25103395
Background: To eradicate yaws, national control programmes use the Morges strategy (initial mass treatment and biannual resurveys). The resurvey component is designed to actively detect and treat remaining yaws cases...
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Mitja O, Paru R, Selve B, Betuela I, Siba P, de Lazzari E, et al.
Malar J
. 2013 Mar;
12:98.
PMID: 23497296
Background: Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum malaria remain highly endemic in the Pacific Islands including Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea. Lihir Gold Limited is conducting mining activities and funded an...
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Mitja O, Hays R, Ipai A, Penias M, Paru R, Fagaho D, et al.
Lancet
. 2012 Jan;
379(9813):342-7.
PMID: 22240407
Background: Yaws--an endemic treponematosis and, as such, a neglected tropical disease--is re-emerging in children in rural, tropical areas. Oral azithromycin is effective for syphilis. We assessed the efficacy of azithromycin...
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Mitja O, Paru R, Hays R, Griffin L, Laban N, Samson M, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
. 2011 Sep;
5(8):e1286.
PMID: 21886851
Background: Annual mass drug administration (MDA) over five years is the WHO's recommended strategy to eliminate lymphatic filariasis (LF). Some experts, however, consider that longer periods of treatment might be...
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Mitja O, Hays R, Ipai A, Gubaila D, Lelngei F, Kirara M, et al.
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2011 Jul;
17(6):1083-5.
PMID: 21749808
To estimate failure rates after treatment with benzathine penicillin and to identify determinants of failure that affected outcomes for yaws, we conducted a cohort study of 138 patients; treatment failed...