| Wolbachia endobacteria depletion by doxycycline as antifilarial therapy has macrofilaricidal activity in onchocerciasis: a randomized placebo-controlled study A Hoerauf, S Specht, M Büttner, K Pfarr, S Mand, R Fimmers, ... Medical microbiology and immunology 197, 295-311, 2008 | 307 | 2008 |
| Doxycycline reduces plasma VEGF-C/sVEGFR-3 and improves pathology in lymphatic filariasis AY Debrah, S Mand, S Specht, Y Marfo-Debrekyei, L Batsa, K Pfarr, ... PLoS pathogens 2 (9), e92, 2006 | 238 | 2006 |
| Doxycycline as a novel strategy against bancroftian filariasis—depletion of Wolbachia endosymbionts from Wuchereria bancrofti and stop of microfilaria production A Hoerauf, S Mand, K Fischer, T Kruppa, Y Marfo-Debrekyei, AY Debrah, ... Medical microbiology and immunology 192, 211-216, 2003 | 231 | 2003 |
| Filariasis and lymphoedema KM Pfarr, AY Debrah, S Specht, A Hoerauf Parasite immunology 31 (11), 664-672, 2009 | 208 | 2009 |
| Filariasis in Africa—treatment challenges and prospects A Hoerauf, K Pfarr, S Mand, AY Debrah, S Specht Clinical Microbiology and Infection 17 (7), 977-985, 2011 | 170 | 2011 |
| Macrofilaricidal effect of 4 weeks of treatment with doxycycline on Wuchereria bancrofti AY Debrah, S Mand, Y Marfo‐Debrekyei, L Batsa, K Pfarr, M Buttner, ... Tropical Medicine & International Health 12 (12), 1433-1441, 2007 | 147 | 2007 |
| Efficacy of 5-week doxycycline treatment on adult Onchocerca volvulus A Hoerauf, S Specht, Y Marfo-Debrekyei, M Büttner, AY Debrah, S Mand, ... Parasitology research 104, 437-447, 2009 | 142 | 2009 |
| A Randomized, Double-Blind Clinical Trial of a 3-Week Course of Doxycycline plus Albendazole and Ivermectin for the Treatment of Wuchereria bancrofti Infection JD Turner, S Mand, AY Debrah, J Muehlfeld, K Pfarr, HF McGarry, O Adjei, ... Clinical Infectious Diseases 42 (8), 1081-1089, 2006 | 140 | 2006 |
| Doxycycline improves filarial lymphedema independent of active filarial infection: a randomized controlled trial S Mand, AY Debrah, U Klarmann, L Batsa, Y Marfo-Debrekyei, ... Clinical Infectious Diseases 55 (5), 621-630, 2012 | 122 | 2012 |
| Efficacy of 2- and 4-week rifampicin treatment on the Wolbachia of Onchocerca volvulus S Specht, S Mand, Y Marfo-Debrekyei, AY Debrah, P Konadu, O Adjei, ... Parasitology research 103, 1303-1309, 2008 | 113 | 2008 |
| Plasma vascular endothelial growth Factor-A (VEGF-A) and VEGF-A gene polymorphism are associated with hydrocele development in lymphatic filariasis AY Debrah, S Mand, MR Toliat, Y Marfo-Debrekyei, L Batsa, P Nürnberg, ... American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 77 (4), 601, 2007 | 92 | 2007 |
| Macrofilaricidal activity and amelioration of lymphatic pathology in bancroftian filariasis after 3 weeks of doxycycline followed by single-dose diethylcarbamazine S Mand, K Pfarr, PK Sahoo, AK Satapathy, S Specht, U Klarmann, ... The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2009 | 91 | 2009 |
| Doxycycline Leads to Sterility and Enhanced Killing of Female Onchocerca volvulus Worms in an Area With Persistent Microfilaridermia After Repeated Ivermectin … AY Debrah, S Specht, U Klarmann-Schulz, L Batsa, S Mand, ... Clinical Infectious Diseases 61 (4), 517-526, 2015 | 85 | 2015 |
| Reduction in levels of plasma vascular endothelial growth factor-A and improvement in hydrocele patients by targeting endosymbiotic Wolbachia sp. in Wuchereria bancrofti with … AY Debrah, S Mand, Y Marfo-Debrekyei, L Batsa, K Pfarr, B Lawson, ... The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 80 (6): 956-63, 2009 | 81 | 2009 |
| Elevated Adaptive Immune Responses Are Associated with Latent Infections of Wuchereria bancrofti K Arndts, S Deininger, S Specht, U Klarmann, S Mand, T Adjobimey, ... PLoS neglected tropical diseases 6 (4), e1611, 2012 | 75 | 2012 |
| Onchocerciasis Control: Vision for the Future from a Ghanian perspective MJ Taylor, K Awadzi, MG Basáñez, N Biritwum, D Boakye, B Boatin, ... Parasites & vectors 2, 1-7, 2009 | 75 | 2009 |
| Hyperreactive onchocerciasis is characterized by a combination of Th17-Th2 immune responses and reduced regulatory T cells G Katawa, LE Layland, AY Debrah, C von Horn, L Batsa, A Kwarteng, ... PLoS neglected tropical diseases 9 (1), e3414, 2015 | 72 | 2015 |
| Developing a community-led SMS reporting tool for the rapid assessment of lymphatic filariasis morbidity burden: case studies from Malawi and Ghana MC Stanton, SZ Mkwanda, AY Debrah, L Batsa, NK Biritwum, A Hoerauf, ... BMC infectious diseases 15, 1-13, 2015 | 64 | 2015 |
| Macrofilaricidal activity in Wuchereria bancrofti after 2 weeks treatment with a combination of rifampicin plus doxycycline AY Debrah, S Mand, Y Marfo-Debrekyei, L Batsa, A Albers, S Specht, ... Journal of parasitology research 2011, 2011 | 62 | 2011 |
| Comparison of doxycycline, minocycline, doxycycline plus albendazole and albendazole alone in their efficacy against onchocerciasis in a randomized, open-label, pilot trial U Klarmann-Schulz, S Specht, AY Debrah, L Batsa, NK Ayisi-Boateng, ... PLoS neglected tropical diseases 11 (1), e0005156, 2017 | 60 | 2017 |
Achim HoeraufProfessor für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Parasitologie, Unversitätsklinikum BonnVerified email at uni-bonn.de
