Publications by authors named "Robert Akpata"
rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP and Ad26.ZEBOV, MVA-BN-Filo are WHO-prequalified vaccination regimens against Ebola virus disease (EVD). Challenges associated with measuring long-term clinical protection warrant the evaluation of immune response kinetics after vaccination.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Tuberculosis Sentinel Research Network (TB-SRN) of the International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA): protocol for a prospective cohort study in Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America.
BMJ Open
January 2024
Article Synopsis
- - Tuberculosis (TB) is a major global health issue, especially for people living with HIV, who face high rates of TB-related illness and death, and survivors may experience post-TB lung disease.
- - The TB Sentinel Research Network (TB-SRN) is set to conduct a study involving 2600 individuals aged 15 and older, both with and without HIV, to evaluate TB treatment outcomes across 16 sites in 11 countries, collecting extensive health-related data over 12 months.
- - The study has received ethical approval, ensuring participant safety and informed consent procedures, and aims to share its findings with national TB programs to shape future TB policies and practices globally.
Parasitic diseases are relatively rarely diagnosed and treated in Europe. Therefore, European clinicians are not familiar with their clinical and imaging features. In an era of increased human migration, it is fundamental for clinicians to be able to identify such diseases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAfter malaria, schistosomiasis remains the most important tropical parasitic disease in large parts of the world. Schistosomiasis has recently re-emerged in Southern Europe. Intestinal schistosomiasis is caused by most Schistosoma (S.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn 2000, the World Health Organization (WHO) published an ultrasound field protocol for assessing morbidity due to schistosomiasis. The present study aims to review the acceptance of the WHO protocol for Schistosoma haematobium. A PubMed literature research using the keywords "ultrasound OR ultrasonography (US) AND schistosomiasis," "US AND S.
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