Take Naseri
National Health Service
6 Papers
22 Citations
Take Naseri is an academic researcher from National Health Service. The author has contributed to research in topics: Lymphatic filariasis & Population. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 6 publications.
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Papers
Epidemiological assessment of continuing transmission of lymphatic filariasis in Samoa
TL;DR: Overall, antibody prevalence in children appeared to reflect the transmission dynamics in the villages and, in Siufaga, identified an area of ongoing transmission.
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.
A community survey of coverage and adverse events following country-wide triple-drug mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis elimination, Samoa 2018.
Gabriela A. Willis,Helen Mayfield,Therese Kearns,Take Naseri,Robert Thomsen,Katherine Gass,Sarah Sheridan,Patricia M. Graves,Colleen L. Lau +8 more
TL;DR: This study following the 2018 triple-drug MDA in Samoa demonstrated a high reported program awareness and reach of 90.8% and 89.0%, respectively, which showed that MDA was well accepted and well tolerated by the community.
Tenacious Endemic Typhoid Fever in Samoa
Michael J. Sikorski,Sachin N Desai,Siaosi Tupua,Robert Thomsen,Jane Han,Savitra Rambocus,Susana Nimarota-Brown,Linatupu Punimata,Salesa Tusitala,Michelle Sialeipata,Seth A Hoffman,J. Kathleen Tracy,Ellen E. Higginson,Sharon M. Tennant,Jillian S Gauld,Daniel J. Klein,Susan A Ballard,Roy M. Robins-Browne,Gordon Dougan,Eric J. Nilles,Benjamin P Howden,John A. Crump,Take Naseri,Myron M. Levine +23 more
TL;DR: Typhoid fever has been endemic on the island nation of Samoa since the 1960s and has persisted through 2019, despite economic development and improvements in water supply and sanitation, with enhanced surveillance in 2019 detected 4 deaths among 140 cases.
Application of the Filariasis CELISA Antifilarial IgG(4) Antibody Assay in Surveillance in Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Programmes in the South Pacific.
Hayley Joseph,Fuatai Maiava,Take Naseri,Fasihah Taleo,Malakai ‘Ake,Corinne Capuano,Wayne Melrose +6 more
TL;DR: In conclusion, CFA testing in children alone was not useful for identifying areas of residual endemicity in Samoa and it would be beneficial to include antibody serology in the PICT surveillance strategy.
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