Re-emergence of yaws after single mass azithromycin treatment followed by targeted treatment: A longitudinal study

Authors: Abel H, Barry AE, Bassat Q, Bieb SV, Godornes C, González-Beiras C, Houinei W, Kapa A, Lukehart SA, Mitjà O, Paru R, Sanz S, Wangi J
Publication Year: 2018
Journal: The Lancet
Link: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(18)30204-6/fulltext%20

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 round of mass azithromycin treatment followed by targeted treatment programmes, and data from pilot studies have shown a short-term significant reduction of yaws. We assessed […]
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Respiratory microbiota and lower respiratory tract disease

Authors: Bassat Q, Lanaspa M, Medeiros MM, Muñoz-Almagro C
Publication Year: 2017
Journal: Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy
Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14787210.2017.1349609?journalCode=ierz20

The respiratory airways harbor a complex succession of ecological niches with distinct but related bacterial communities. Particular challenges of respiratory microbiome research have led to limited scientific output compared to other human microbiomes. Areas covered: In this review, we summarize the current state of knowledge of the bacterial respiratory microbiome, with a particular focus on […]
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Multicentre study highlighting clinical relevance of new high-throughput methodologies in molecular epidemiology of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia

Authors: Antunes F, Badura R, Bassat Q, Calderon EJ, de Armas Y, de Sousa B, Esteves F, Huang L, Maltez F, Matos O
Publication Year: 2016
Journal: Clinical microbiology and infection
Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27021425

Pneumocystis jirovecii causes severe interstitial pneumonia (PcP) in immunosuppressed patients. This multicentre study assessed the distribution frequencies of epidemiologically relevant genetic markers of P. jirovecii in different geographic populations from Portugal, the USA, Spain, Cuba and Mozambique, and the relationship between the molecular data and the geographical and clinical information, based on a multifactorial approach. The […]
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Filling gaps on ivermectin knowledge: effects on the survival and reproduction of Anopheles aquasalis, a Latin American malaria vector

Authors: Bassat Q, Beltrán TP, Guerra M, Kobylinski KC, Lacerda MV, Lima JBP, Melo GC, Monteiro WM, Pimenta P, Rodriguez I, Sampaio VS, Silva SGM, Silveira H
Publication Year: 2016
Journal: Malaria Journal
Link: https://malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12936-016-1540-y

Background Strategies designed to advance towards malaria elimination rely on the detection and treatment of infections, rather than fever, and the interruption of malaria transmission between mosquitoes and humans. Mass drug administration with anti-malarials directed at eliminating parasites in blood, either to entire populations or targeting only those with malaria infections, are considered useful strategies […]
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Re-emergence of yaws after single mass azithromycin treatment followed by targeted treatment: A longitudinal study

Respiratory microbiota and lower respiratory tract disease

Multicentre study highlighting clinical relevance of new high-throughput methodologies in molecular epidemiology of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia

Filling gaps on ivermectin knowledge: effects on the survival and reproduction of Anopheles aquasalis, a Latin American malaria vector

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