Pierre Dorny
Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp
414 Papers
2.6K Citations
Pierre Dorny is an academic researcher from Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp. The author has contributed to research in topics: Taenia solium & Cysticercosis. The author has an hindex of 55, co-authored 389 publications. Previous affiliations of Pierre Dorny include Addis Ababa University & University of Antwerp.
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Papers
Gastrointestinal nematode infections of first-grazing season calves in Western Europe: general patterns and the effect of chemoprophylaxis
TL;DR: Analysis of 85 studies involving over 2000 first grazing season (FGS) calves put onto pasture for at least 4 months from late spring/early summer over a 26-year period in 13 countries in Western Europe indicates that on heavily infected pastures, chemoprophylaxis will prevent PGE, but calves will still suffer production losses.
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A seroepidemiological study of human cysticercosis in West Cameroon.
Jean-Pierre Nguekam,André Pagnah Zoli,P. O. Zogo,A. C. T. Kamga,Niko Speybroeck,Pierre Dorny,Jef Brandt,Bertrand Losson,Sabine Geerts +8 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that T. solium cysticercosis is an endemic, but overlooked public health problem in West Cameroon.
Control of Taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis: The best way forward for sub-Saharan Africa?
Sarah Gabriël,Pierre Dorny,Kabemba E. Mwape,Chiara Trevisan,Uffe Christian Braae,Pascal Magnussen,SĂŠverine Thys,Carol Bulaya,Isaac K. Phiri,C.S. Sikasunge,Chitwambi Makungu,Sónia Afonso,Q Nicolau,Maria Vang Johansen +13 more
TL;DR: This manuscript looks critically into currently existing control options and provides suggestions on which (combination of) tools would be most effective in the control of T. solium taeniasis/cysticercosis in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Strongyle infections in sheep and goats under the traditional husbandry system in peninsular Malaysia.
TL;DR: The faecal egg counts of sheep and goats were apparently not influenced by the small seasonal climatic variations and a periparturient rise in strongyle egg counts was observed in both animal species.
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Assessment of routine inspection methods for porcine cysticercosis in Zambian village pigs
Ik Phiri,Pierre Dorny,Sarah Gabriël,A. L. Willingham,C.S. Sikasunge,Seter Siziya,Jozef Vercruysse +6 more
TL;DR: While the specificity of tongue palpation and meat inspection was 100%, these tests failed to detect the infection in 83.9% and 61.3% of infected pigs, respectively.