Wolbachia endobacteria depletion by doxycycline as antifilarial therapy has macrofilaricidal activity in onchocerciasis: a randomized placebo-controlled study A Hoerauf, S Specht, M Büttner, K Pfarr, S Mand, R Fimmers, ... Medical microbiology and immunology 197, 295-311, 2008 | 317 | 2008 |
Doxycycline reduces plasma VEGF-C/sVEGFR-3 and improves pathology in lymphatic filariasis AY Debrah, S Mand, S Specht, Y Marfo-Debrekyei, L Batsa, K Pfarr, ... PLoS pathogens 2 (9), e92, 2006 | 250 | 2006 |
Macrofilaricidal effect of 4 weeks of treatment with doxycycline on Wuchereria bancrofti AY Debrah, S Mand, Y Marfo‐Debrekyei, L Batsa, K Pfarr, M Buttner, ... Tropical medicine & international health 12 (12), 1433-1441, 2007 | 146 | 2007 |
Efficacy of 5-week doxycycline treatment on adult Onchocerca volvulus A Hoerauf, S Specht, Y Marfo-Debrekyei, M Büttner, AY Debrah, S Mand, ... Parasitology research 104, 437-447, 2009 | 142 | 2009 |
Doxycycline improves filarial lymphedema independent of active filarial infection: a randomized controlled trial S Mand, AY Debrah, U Klarmann, L Batsa, Y Marfo-Debrekyei, ... Clinical Infectious Diseases 55 (5), 621-630, 2012 | 133 | 2012 |
Plasma vascular endothelial growth Factor-A (VEGF-A) and VEGF-A gene polymorphism are associated with hydrocele development in lymphatic filariasis AY Debrah, S Mand, MR Toliat, Y Marfo-Debrekyei, L Batsa, P Nürnberg, ... American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 77 (4), 601, 2007 | 94 | 2007 |
Doxycycline Leads to Sterility and Enhanced Killing of Female Onchocerca volvulus Worms in an Area With Persistent Microfilaridermia After Repeated Ivermectin … AY Debrah, S Specht, U Klarmann-Schulz, L Batsa, S Mand, ... Clinical Infectious Diseases 61 (4), 517-526, 2015 | 84 | 2015 |
Reduction in levels of plasma vascular endothelial growth factor-A and improvement in hydrocele patients by targeting endosymbiotic Wolbachia sp. in Wuchereria bancrofti with … AY Debrah, S Mand, Y Marfo-Debrekyei, L Batsa, K Pfarr, B Lawson, ... The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 80 (6): 956-63, 2009 | 82 | 2009 |
Elevated Adaptive Immune Responses Are Associated with Latent Infections of Wuchereria bancrofti K Arndts, S Deininger, S Specht, U Klarmann, S Mand, T Adjobimey, ... PLoS neglected tropical diseases 6 (4), e1611, 2012 | 78 | 2012 |
Hyperreactive onchocerciasis is characterized by a combination of Th17-Th2 immune responses and reduced regulatory T cells G Katawa, LE Layland, AY Debrah, C von Horn, L Batsa, A Kwarteng, ... PLoS neglected tropical diseases 9 (1), e3414, 2015 | 72 | 2015 |
Developing a community-led SMS reporting tool for the rapid assessment of lymphatic filariasis morbidity burden: case studies from Malawi and Ghana MC Stanton, SZ Mkwanda, AY Debrah, L Batsa, NK Biritwum, A Hoerauf, ... BMC infectious diseases 15, 1-13, 2015 | 69 | 2015 |
Macrofilaricidal Activity in Wuchereria bancrofti after 2 Weeks Treatment with a Combination of Rifampicin plus Doxycycline AY Debrah, S Mand, Y Marfo-Debrekyei, L Batsa, A Albers, S Specht, ... Journal of parasitology research 2011 (1), 201617, 2011 | 61 | 2011 |
Comparison of doxycycline, minocycline, doxycycline plus albendazole and albendazole alone in their efficacy against onchocerciasis in a randomized, open-label, pilot trial U Klarmann-Schulz, S Specht, AY Debrah, L Batsa, NK Ayisi-Boateng, ... PLoS neglected tropical diseases 11 (1), e0005156, 2017 | 60 | 2017 |
Frequent detection of worm movements in onchocercal nodules by ultrasonography S Mand, Y Marfo-Debrekyei, A Debrah, M Buettner, L Batsa, K Pfarr, ... Filaria journal 4, 1-11, 2005 | 47 | 2005 |
The efficacy of doxycycline treatment on Mansonella perstans infection: an open-label, randomized trial in Ghana LB Debrah, RO Phillips, K Pfarr, U Klarmann-Schulz, VS Opoku, ... The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 101 (1), 84, 2019 | 40 | 2019 |
An isothermal DNA amplification method for detection of Onchocerca volvulus infection in skin biopsies O Lagatie, M Merino, L Batsa Debrah, AY Debrah, LJ Stuyver Parasites & vectors 9, 1-9, 2016 | 40 | 2016 |
Wuchereria bancrofti-infected individuals harbor distinct IL-10-producing regulatory B and T cell subsets which are affected by anti-filarial treatment M Ritter, J Osei-Mensah, LB Debrah, A Kwarteng, Y Mubarik, AY Debrah, ... PLoS neglected tropical diseases 13 (5), e0007436, 2019 | 39 | 2019 |
Immunoepidemiological profiling of onchocerciasis patients reveals associations with microfilaria loads and ivermectin intake on both individual and community levels K Arndts, S Specht, AY Debrah, F Tamarozzi, U Klarmann Schulz, S Mand, ... PLoS neglected tropical diseases 8 (2), e2679, 2014 | 36 | 2014 |
Reliable and frequent detection of adult Wuchereria bancrofti in Ghanaian women by ultrasonography S Mand, A Debrah, L Batsa, O Adjei, A Hoerauf Tropical Medicine & International Health 9 (10), 1111-1114, 2004 | 34 | 2004 |
The role of ultrasonography in the differentiation of the various types of filaricele due to bancroftian filariasis S Mand, AY Debrah, U Klarmann, S Mante, A Kwarteng, L Batsa, ... Acta tropica 120, S23-S32, 2011 | 33 | 2011 |