Tamsyn Derrick
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Recent Articles
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Barton A, Faal N, Ramadhani A, Derrick T, Mafuru E, Mtuy T, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
. 2023 Oct;
17(10):e0011689.
PMID: 37862368
Background: Trachoma is a neglected tropical disease caused by ocular infection with Chlamydia trachomatis, where repeated infections and chronic inflammation can ultimately result in scarring, trichiasis and blindness. While scarring...
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Derrick T, Habtamu E, Tadesse Z, Callahan E, Worku A, Gashaw B, et al.
Wellcome Open Res
. 2023 Jul;
4:130.
PMID: 37426632
: Surgery to correct trichiasis is a key component of the World Health Organisation trachoma control strategy, however unfavourable outcomes such as eyelid contour abnormalities (ECA) following surgery are relatively...
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Barton A, Ramadhani A, Mafuru E, Mtuy T, Massae P, Malissa A, et al.
Hum Immunol
. 2022 Nov;
84(2):67-68.
PMID: 36335052
Locus-specific amplicon sequencing was used to HLA type 336 participants of Maasai ethnicity at the HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1, -DQB1 and -DPB1 loci. Participants were recruited from three study villages...
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Pickering H, Ramadhani A, Massae P, Mafuru E, Malisa A, Mbuya K, et al.
Front Public Health
. 2022 Nov;
10:1015714.
PMID: 36324475
Background: Trachoma, caused by ocular infection with , is a neglected tropical disease that can lead to blinding pathology. Current trachoma control programmes have successfully used mass drug administration (MDA)...
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Derrick T, Ramadhani A, Macleod D, Massae P, Mafuru E, Aiweda M, et al.
Infect Immun
. 2020 Jan;
88(4).
PMID: 31964744
Trachoma is initiated during childhood following repeated conjunctival infection with , which causes a chronic inflammatory response in some individuals that leads to scarring and in-turning of the eyelids in...
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Pickering H, Palmer C, Houghton J, Makalo P, Joof H, Derrick T, et al.
Front Cell Infect Microbiol
. 2019 Sep;
9:297.
PMID: 31552195
Trachoma, a neglected tropical disease, is the leading infectious cause of blindness and visual impairment worldwide. Host responses to ocular chlamydial infection resulting in chronic inflammation and expansion of non-chlamydial...
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Ramadhani A, Derrick T, Macleod D, Massae P, Mafuru E, Malisa A, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
. 2019 Aug;
13(8):e0007638.
PMID: 31412025
Background: Trachoma is a progressive blinding disease initiated by infection of the conjunctiva with Chlamydia trachomatis. Repeated infections are thought to cause chronic inflammation, which drives scarring, leading to in-turning...
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Ramadhani A, Derrick T, Macleod D, Massae P, Malisa A, Mbuya K, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
. 2019 Jul;
13(7):e0007559.
PMID: 31306419
Background: Trachoma, caused by Chlamydia trachomatis, remains the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. Persistence and progression of the resulting clinical disease appears to be an immunologically mediated process. Azithromycin,...
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Giraud E, Lestinova T, Derrick T, Martin O, Dillon R, Volf P, et al.
PLoS Pathog
. 2018 Jan;
14(1):e1006794.
PMID: 29352310
Leishmania parasites are transmitted to vertebrate hosts by female phlebotomine sand flies as they bloodfeed by lacerating the upper capillaries of the dermis with their barbed mouthparts. In the sand...
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Ramadhani A, Derrick T, Macleod D, Massae P, Mtuy T, Jeffries D, et al.
Front Cell Infect Microbiol
. 2017 Oct;
7:406.
PMID: 28966918
Trachoma, caused by , is the world's leading infectious cause of blindness and remains a significant public health problem. Much of trachomatous disease pathology is thought to be caused indirectly...