Catherine Plichart
Smith College
18 Papers
269 Citations
Catherine Plichart is an academic researcher from Smith College. The author has contributed to research in topics: Wuchereria bancrofti & Brugia malayi. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 18 publications.
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Papers
Development and standardization of a rapid, PCR-based method for the detection of Wuchereria bancrofti in mosquitoes, for xenomonitoring the human prevalence of bancroftian filariasis.
Steven A. Williams,Sandra J. Laney,LouAnn Bierwert,Lori Saunders,Daniel A. Boakye,Peter Fischer,David Goodman,Hanan Helmy,S.L. Hoti,V. Vasuki,Patrick J. Lammie,Catherine Plichart,Reda M. R. Ramzy,Eric A. Ottesen +13 more
TL;DR: The first round of testing was designed to test the four most promising methods for DNA extraction from pools of mosquitoes and two of the four methods stood out as clearly the best and these will be now optimised and evaluated in two further rounds of testing.
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Reduction of Wuchereria bancrofti Adult Worm Circulating Antigen after Annual Treatments of Diethylcarbamazine Combined with Ivermectin in French Polynesia
TL;DR: Continuous reduction of CFA level after repeated treatments shows that elimination of W. bancrofti infection, monitored by CFA clearance, might be achieved within a few years with annual treatments of DEC combined with ivermectin.
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A polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of Wuchereria bancrofti in blood samples from French Polynesia
Steven A. Williams,Steven A. Williams,Luc Nicolas,Michelle Lizotte-Waniewski,Michelle Lizotte-Waniewski,Catherine Plichart,Patrick Luquiaud,L.N. Nguyen,J.P. Moulia-Pelat +8 more
TL;DR: Results showed that the PCR assay closely paralleled the presence or absence of microfilariae in the blood and that no increase in the DNA level was seen immediately following drug treatment, and the sensitivity increased from 60% to 84% when using the larger volume of blood.
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Wuchereria bancrofti filariasis in French Polynesia: age-specific patterns of microfilaremia, circulating antigen, and specific IgG and IgG4 responses according to transmission level.
S. Chanteau,P. Glaziou,Catherine Plichart,P. Luquiaud,J.P. Moulia-Pelat,L.N. Nguyen,J.L. Cartel +6 more
TL;DR: The age-specific patterns of microfilaremia, Og4C3 antigenemia, anti-Brugia malayi IgG and IgG4 were assessed in 3 villages of low, medium and high transmission level for Wuchereria bancrofti filariasis and the prevalence rates were clearly age dependent.
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Evaluation of traps and lures for mosquito vectors and xenomonitoring of Wuchereria bancrofti infection in a high prevalence Samoan Village
Limb K. Hapairai,Catherine Plichart,Take Naseri,Ualesi Silva,Lameko Tesimale,Paulo Pemita,Hervé Bossin,Thomas R. Burkot,Scott A. Ritchie,Patricia M. Graves,Wayne Melrose,Hayley Joseph,Hayley Joseph +12 more
TL;DR: The use of the BGS trap is a suitable and safer alternative to HBC for sampling Ae.