Element flux to the environment of the passively degassing crater lake-hosting Kawah Ijen volcano, Indonesia, and implications for estimates of the global volcanic flux

The full datasets of water and fumarole gas chemical analyse

2017: The Oz Mammals Genomics initiative: mammal genomics, evolution and conservation at a continental scale

Slides from a talk at the Australasian Genomic Technologies Association conference, Hobart, 2017

Successful Control of Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis in School Age Children in Burkina Faso and an Example of Community-Based Assessment via Lymphatic Filariasis Transmission Assessment Survey

<div><p>Background</p><p>Burkina Faso is endemic with soil-transmitted helminth infections. Over a decade of preventive chemotherapy has been implemented through annual lymphatic filariasis (LF) mass drug administration (MDA) for population aged five years and over, biennial treatment of school age children with albendazole together with schistosomiasis MDA and biannual treatment of pre-school age children through Child Health Days. Assessments were conducted to evaluate the current situation and to determine the treatment strategy for the future.</p><p>Methodology/Principal Findings</p><p>A cross-sectional assessment was conducted in 22 sentinel sites across the country in 2013. In total, 3,514 school age children (1,748 boys and 1,766 girls) were examined by the Kato-Katz method. Overall, soil-transmitted helminth prevalence was 1.3% (95% CI: 1.0–1.8%) in children examined. Hookworm was the main species detected, with prevalence of 1.2% (95% CI: 0.9–1.6%) and mean egg counts of 2.1 epg (95% CI: 0–4.2 epg). Among regions, the Centre Ouest region had the highest hookworm prevalence of 3.4% (95% CI: 1.9–6.1%) and mean egg counts of 14.9 epg (95% CI: 3.3–26.6 epg). A separate assessment was conducted in the Centre Nord region in 2014 using community-based cluster survey design during an LF transmission assessment survey (TAS). In this assessment, 351 children aged 6–7 years and 345 children aged 10–14 years were examined, with two cases (0.6% (95% CI: 0.2–2.1%)) and seven cases (2.0% (95% CI: 1.0–4.1%)) of hookworm infection was identified respectively. The results using both age groups categorized the region to be 2% to <10% in STH prevalence according to the pre-defined cut-off values.</p><p>Conclusions/Significance</p><p>Through large-scale preventive chemotherapy, Burkina Faso has effectively controlled STH in school age children in the country. Research should be conducted on future strategies to consolidate the gain and to interrupt STH transmission in Burkina Faso. It is also demonstrated that LF TAS provides one feasible and efficient platform to assess the STH situation for post LF MDA decision making.</p></div

Results of STH infections in school age children from the 22 sentinel sites in Burkina Faso in 2013.

<p>Results of STH infections in school age children from the 22 sentinel sites in Burkina Faso in 2013.</p

Distribution of positive STH cases in surveyed clusters in the Centre Nord EU from the LF TAS-STH assessment in 2014.

<p>A) 6–7 years old, B) 10–14 years old.</p

Prevalence of STH infections among school age children in 22 schistosomiasis sentinel sites, Burkina Faso from sentinel site surveys in 2008 and 2013.

<p>Prevalence of STH infections among school age children in 22 schistosomiasis sentinel sites, Burkina Faso from sentinel site surveys in 2008 and 2013.</p

Deworming activities through different platforms in Burkina Faso.

<p>Deworming activities through different platforms in Burkina Faso.</p

Results of STH assessment during LF TAS and school-based survey in Centre Nord in Burkina Faso in 2014.

<p>Results of STH assessment during LF TAS and school-based survey in Centre Nord in Burkina Faso in 2014.</p

Additional file 1. of Novel and rare functional genomic variants in multiple autoimmune syndrome and Sjögren’s syndrome

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