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Medical ResearchMedical data and research from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) field operations are regularly published in the peer-reviewed literature. Below is a selection of recently published MSF medical research articles. For copies or to search all MSF research publications, please visit the MSF Field Research website, or contact Dr. Patricia Kahn, Medical Editor, patricia.kahn[at]newyork.msf.org.
MSF research articles on Neglected DiseasesAugust 11, 2010Challenges in mass drug administration for treating lymphatic filariasis in Papua, Indonesia
Navneet Bhullar, Jacob Maikere
November 1, 2009Treatment and seroconversion in a cohort of children suffering from recent chronic Chagas infection in Yoro, Honduras
Josep M Escribà, Elisa Ponce, Alberto de Dios Romero, Pedro Albajar Viñas, Andrea Marchiol, Glòria Bassets, Pedro Pablo Palma, M Angeles Lima, Concepción Zúniga, Carlos Ponce
September 1, 2009Natural history of a visceral leishmaniasis outbreak in highland Ethiopia
Mercè Herrero, Giannos Orfanos, Daniel Argaw, Abate Mulugeta, Pilar Aparicio, Fernando Parreño, Oscar Bernal, Daniel Rubens, Jaime Pedraza, Maria Angeles Lima, Laurence Flevaud, Pedro Pablo Palma, Seife Bashaye, Jorge Alvar, Caryn Bern
July 7, 2009Feasibility, drug safety, and effectiveness of etiological treatment programs for Chagas disease in Honduras, Guatemala, and Bolivia: 10-year experience of Médecins Sans Frontières
Oliver Yun, M. Angeles Lima, Tom Ellman, Wilma Chambi, Sandra Castillo, Laurence Flevaud, Paul Roddy, Fernando Parreño, Pedro Albajar Viñas, Pedro Pablo Palma Bolivia, Chagas Disease, Guatemala, Honduras, Neglected Diseases
June 24, 2009Nifurtimox-eflornithine combination therapy for second-stage African Trypanosoma brucei gambiense trypanosomiasis: A multicentre, randomised, phase III, non-inferiority trial
Gerardo Priotto, Serena Kasparian, Wilfried Mutombo, Daniel Ngouama, Sara Ghorashian, Ute Arnold, Salah Ghabri, Elisabeth Baudin, Vincent Buard, Serge Kazadi-Kyanza, Médard Ilunga, Willy Mutangala, Gabriele Pohlig, Caecilia Schmid, Unni Karunakara, Els Torreele, Victor Kande Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Neglected Diseases, Sleeping Sickness
June 23, 2009Prevalence of buruli ulcer in Akonolinga health district, Cameroon: Results of a cross sectional surveyKlaudia Porten, Karen Sailor, Eric Comte, Adelaide Njikap, Agnes Sobry, Francois Sihom, Abanda Meva'a, Sarah Eyangoh, Mark Myatt, Fabienne Nackers, Rebecca F. Grais
June 22, 2009Risk factors for in-hospital mortality of visceral leishmaniasis patients in eastern Uganda
Yolanda Mueller, Dawson B. Mbulamberi, Peter Odermatt, Axel Hoffmann, Louis Loutan, François Chappuis
February 18, 2009Risk factors for Buruli ulcer in Côte d’Ivoire: results of a case-control study, August 2001Laurence Ahoua, Aka N. Guetta, Euloge Ekaza, Samir Bouzid, Raymond N’Guessan, Mireille Dosso
October 22, 2008Effectiveness of melarsoprol and eflornithine as first-line regimens for gambiense sleeping sickness in nine Médecins Sans Frontières programmes
Manica Balasegaram, Heather Young, François Chappuis, Gerardo Priotto, Marie-Eve Raguenaud, Francesco Checchi
June 1, 2008International meeting: New diagnostic tests are urgently needed to treat patients with Chagas disease
Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines, Médecins Sans Frontières
April 17, 2008Concordant HIV infection and visceral leishmaniasis in Ethiopia: The influence of antiretroviral treatment and other factors on outcomeRachel ter Horst, Simon M. Collin, Koert Ritmeijer, Adey Bogale, Robert N. Davidson
April 9, 2008Field evaluation of a rapid immunochromatographic assay for Trypanosoma cruzi infection using whole blood in Sucre, Bolivia
Paul Roddy, Javier Goiri, Laurence Flevaud, Pedro Pablo Palma, Silvia Morote, Nines Lima, Luis Villa, Faustino Torrico, Pedro Albajar-Viñas
March 5, 2008Safety and effectiveness of first line eflornithine for Trypanosoma brucei gambiense sleeping sickness in Sudan: Cohort studyGerardo Priotto, Loretxu Pinoges, Isaac Badi Fursa, Barbara Burke, Nathalie Nicolay, Guillaume Grillet, Cathy Hewison, Manica Balasegaram
February 8, 2008Estimates of the duration of the early and late stage of gambiense sleeping sicknessFrancesco Checchi, Joao A.N. Filipe, Daniel T. Haydon, Daniel Chandramohan, Francois Chappuis
February 1, 2008Eflornithine is a cost-effective alternative to melarsoprol for the treatment of second-stage human West African trypanosomiasis in Caxito, AngolaJ Robays, ME Raguenaud, T Josenando, M Boelaert
January 9, 2008Risk factors of visceral leishmaniasis in East Africa: A case-control study in Pokot territory of Kenya and UgandaJan H Kolaczinski, Richard Reithinger, Dagemlidet T Worku, Andrew Ocheng, John Kasimiro, Narcis Kabatereine, Simon Brooker
January 1, 2008Safety and effectiveness of amphotericin B deoxycholate for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in UgandaY Mueller, A Nguimfack, P Cavailler, S Couffignal, JB Rwakimari, L Loutan, F Chappuis
November 7, 2007Nifurtimox plus eflornithine for late-stage sleeping sickness in Uganda: A case seriesFrancesco Checchi, Patrice Piola, Harriet Ayikoru, Florence Thomas, Dominique Legros, Gerardo Priotto
October 31, 2007Epidemiology and clinical features of patients with visceral leishmaniasis treated by an MSF clinic in Bakool Region, Somalia, 2004–2006Marie-Eve Raguenaud et al.
October 22, 2007Nifurtimox-eflornithine combination therapy for second-stage Trypanosoma brucei gambiense sleeping sickness: A randomized clinical trial in CongoGerardo Priotto et al.
July 1, 2007Treatment of kala-azar in southern Sudan using a 17-day regimen of sodium stibogluconate combined with paromomycin: A retrospective comparison with 30-day sodium stibogluconate monotherapyYosef Melaku, Simon M. Collin, Kees Keus, Francis Gatluak, Koert Ritmeijer, Robert N. Davidson
April 1, 2007Utility of lymph node aspiration in the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in SudanZahir O. Babiker, Robert Davidson, Charles Mazinda, Sammy Kipngetich, Koert Ritmeijer
March 1, 2007Kala-azar control, Uganda [letter]Jan H. Kolaczinski, Dagemlidet Tesfaye Worku, François Chappuis, Richard Reithinger, Narcis Kabatereine, Ambrose Onapa, Simon Brooker
March 1, 2007Evaluation of a mass distribution programme for fine-mesh impregnated bednets against visceral leishmaniasis in eastern SudanKoert Ritmeijer, Clive Davies, Ruth van Zorge, Shr-Jie Wang, Judy Schorscher, Salah Ibrahim Dongu'du, Robert N. Davidson
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