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Umberto D'Alessandro
Researcher at University of London
Publications - 289
Citations - 13619
Umberto D'Alessandro is an academic researcher from University of London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Malaria & Population. The author has an hindex of 58, co-authored 278 publications receiving 11996 citations. Previous affiliations of Umberto D'Alessandro include Medical Research Council & University of Antwerp.
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A community effectiveness trial of strategies promoting intermittent preventive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in pregnant women in rural Burkina Faso.
Sabine Gies,Sheick Oumar Coulibaly,Florence Tiemegna Ouattara,Clotilde Ky,Bernard J. Brabin,Umberto D'Alessandro +5 more
TL;DR: The promotional campaign resulted in a major increase in IPTp-coverage, with two thirds of women at delivery having received ≥ 2 SP, and provides evidence that, as with immunization programmes, extremely high coverage is essential for effectiveness.
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Baseline data of parasite clearance in patients with falciparum malaria treated with an artemisinin derivative: an individual patient data meta-analysis
Salim Abdulla,Elizabeth A. Ashley,Quique Bassat,Delia Bethell,Anders Björkman,Steffen Borrmann,Umberto D'Alessandro,Prabin Dahal,Nicholas P. J. Day,Mahamadou Diakite,Abdoulaye Djimde,Arjen M. Dondorp,Socheat Duong,Michael D. Edstein,Rick M. Fairhurst,M. Abul Faiz,Catherine O. Falade,Jennifer A. Flegg,Carole Fogg,Raquel González,Brian Greenwood,Philippe J Guerin,Jean-Paul Guthmann,Kamal Hamed,Tran Tinh Hien,Ye Htut,Elizabeth Juma,Pharath Lim,Andreas Mårtensson,Mayfong Mayxay,Olugbenga A. Mokuolu,Clarissa Moreira,Paul N. Newton,Harald Noedl,François Nosten,Bernhards Ogutu,Marie A. Onyamboko,Seth Owusu-Agyei,Aung Pyae Phyo,Zul Premji,Ric N. Price,Sasithon Pukrittayakamee,Michael Ramharter,Issaka Sagara,Youry Se,Seila Suon,Kasia Stepniewska,Stephen A. Ward,Nicholas J. White,P. A. Winstanley +49 more
TL;DR: In western Cambodia, the region with the highest prevalence of artemisinin resistance, there was no evidence for increasing PC1/2 since 2007 and the relationships between parasite clearance and risk of recrudescence during follow-up were assessed.
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Nationwide survey of bednet use in rural Gambia
TL;DR: Investigation of the use of bednets in rural areas of the Gambia found use was higher among target groups than among the general population, and reached a level of over 90% in these groups in the Central Region.
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Injections, cocktails and diviners: therapeutic flexibility in the context of malaria elimination and drug resistance in Northeast Cambodia.
Charlotte Gryseels,Sambunny Uk,Annette Erhart,René Gerrets,Vincent Sluydts,Lies Durnez,Joan Muela Ribera,Susanna Hausmann Muela,Didier Menard,Somony Heng,Tho Sochantha,Umberto D'Alessandro,Marc Coosemans,Marc Coosemans,Koen Peeters Grietens +14 more
TL;DR: The common use and under-dosage of anti-malaria monotherapy in the private sector represents a threat not only for individual case management, but also for the regional plan of drug resistance containment and malaria elimination.
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Entomological evaluation of the Gambia's National Impregnated Bednet Programme
Madeleine C. Thomson,J.H. Adiamah,Stephen J. Connor,Musa Jawara,Steve Bennett,Umberto D'Alessandro,M. L. Quiñones,P. Langerock,Brian Greenwood +8 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that, on a national scale, the nets provide an exceptionally high level of personal rather than community protection, and the mechanisms underlying the personal protection are still unclear.