Time for a diagnostic sea-change: Rethinking neglected tropical disease diagnostics to achieve elimination.

by Katherine Gass
Published 2020-12-01

Exploring the relationship between access to water, sanitation and hygiene and soil-transmitted helminth infection: a demonstration of two recursive partitioning tools.

by Katherine Gass, David G Addiss, Matthew C Freeman
Published 2014-06-01

Pilot assessment of soil-transmitted helminthiasis in the context of transmission assessment surveys for lymphatic filariasis in Benin and Tonga.

by Brian K Chu, Katherine Gass, Wilfrid Batcho, Malakai 'Ake, Améyo M Dorkenoo, Elvire Adjinacou, 'Eva Mafi, David G Addiss
Published 2014-02-01

Potential strategies for strengthening surveillance of lymphatic filariasis in American Samoa after mass drug administration: Reducing 'number needed to test' by targeting older ag...

by Colleen L Lau, Meru Sheel, Katherine Gass, Saipale Fuimaono, Michael C David, Kimberly Y Won, Sarah Sheridan, Patricia M Graves
Published 2020-12-01

A community survey of coverage and adverse events following country-wide triple-drug mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis elimination, Samoa 2018.

by Gabriela A Willis, Helen J Mayfield, Therese Kearns, Take Naseri, Robert Thomsen, Katherine Gass, Sarah Sheridan, Patricia M Graves, Colleen L Lau
Published 2020-11-01

Review of MDA registers for Lymphatic Filariasis: Findings, and potential uses in addressing the endgame elimination challenges.

by Dziedzom K de Souza, Katherine Gass, Joseph Otchere, Ye Min Htet, Odame Asiedu, Benjamin Marfo, Nana-Kwadwo Biritwum, Daniel A Boakye, Collins S Ahorlu
Published 2020-05-01

Identifying residual transmission of lymphatic filariasis after mass drug administration: Comparing school-based versus community-based surveillance - American Samoa, 2016.

by Meru Sheel, Sarah Sheridan, Katherine Gass, Kimberly Won, Saipale Fuimaono, Martyn Kirk, Amor Gonzales, Shannon M Hedtke, Patricia M Graves, Colleen L Lau
Published 2018-07-01

Supporting elimination of lymphatic filariasis in Samoa by predicting locations of residual infection using machine learning and geostatistics

by Helen J. Mayfield, Hugh Sturrock, Benjamin F. Arnold, Ricardo Andrade-Pacheco, Therese Kearns, Patricia Graves, Take Naseri, Robert Thomsen, Katherine Gass, Colleen L. Lau
Published 2020-11-01

Lymphatic filariasis epidemiology in Samoa in 2018: Geographic clustering and higher antigen prevalence in older age groups.

by Colleen L Lau, Kelley Meder, Helen J Mayfield, Therese Kearns, Brady McPherson, Take Naseri, Robert Thomsen, Shannon M Hedtke, Sarah Sheridan, Katherine Gass, Patricia M Graves
Published 2020-12-01

Comparison of antigen and antibody responses in repeat lymphatic filariasis transmission assessment surveys in American Samoa.

by Kimberly Y Won, Keri Robinson, Katy L Hamlin, Joseph Tufa, Margaret Seespesara, Ryan E Wiegand, Katherine Gass, Joseph Kubofcik, Thomas B Nutman, Patrick J Lammie, Saipale Fuimaono
Published 2018-03-01

Longitudinal monitoring of the development of antifilarial antibodies and acquisition of Wuchereria bancrofti in a highly endemic area of Haiti.

by Katy L Hamlin, Delynn M Moss, Jeffrey W Priest, Jacquelin Roberts, Joseph Kubofcik, Katherine Gass, Thomas G Streit, Thomas B Nutman, Mark L Eberhard, Patrick J Lammie
Published 2012-01-01

A multicenter evaluation of diagnostic tools to define endpoints for programs to eliminate bancroftian filariasis.

by Katherine Gass, Madsen V E Beau de Rochars, Daniel Boakye, Mark Bradley, Peter U Fischer, John Gyapong, Makoto Itoh, Nese Ituaso-Conway, Hayley Joseph, Dominique Kyelem, Sandra J Laney, Anne-Marie Legrand, Tilaka S Liyanage, Wayne Melrose, Khalfan Mohammed, Nils Pilotte, Eric A Ottesen, Catherine Plichart, Kapa Ramaiah, Ramakrishna U Rao, Jeffrey Talbot, Gary J Weil, Steven A Williams, Kimberly Y Won, Patrick Lammie
Published 2012-01-01

Transmission assessment surveys (TAS) to define endpoints for lymphatic filariasis mass drug administration: a multicenter evaluation.

by Brian K Chu, Michael Deming, Nana-Kwadwo Biritwum, Windtaré R Bougma, Améyo M Dorkenoo, Maged El-Setouhy, Peter U Fischer, Katherine Gass, Manuel Gonzalez de Peña, Leda Mercado-Hernandez, Dominique Kyelem, Patrick J Lammie, Rebecca M Flueckiger, Upendo J Mwingira, Rahmah Noordin, Irene Offei Owusu, Eric A Ottesen, Alexandre Pavluck, Nils Pilotte, Ramakrishna U Rao, Dilhani Samarasekera, Mark A Schmaedick, Sunil Settinayake, Paul E Simonsen, Taniawati Supali, Fasihah Taleo, Melissa Torres, Gary J Weil, Kimberly Y Won
Published 2013-01-01