Eric A. Ottesen

The Task Force for Global Health — United States

Medicine · Health Sciences

69h-index16.6kcitations255works4.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment(170), Parasites and Host Interactions(117), Parasite Biology and Host Interactions(52), Insects and Parasite Interactions(37), Mosquito-borne diseases and control(23)

Publications252 total

Efficacy and Safety of Adding 6 Weeks of Doxycycline to the Essential Package of Care to Treat Filarial Lymphedema: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Controlled Trial in Southern India
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Adherence to Hygiene Protocols and Doxycycline Therapy in Ameliorating Lymphatic Filariasis Morbidity in an Endemic Area Post-Interruption of Disease Transmission in Ghana
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Efficacy of Intensified Hygiene Measures with or without the Addition of Doxycycline in the Management of Filarial Lymphedema: A Randomized Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial in Tanzania
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Managing Lymphedema Induced by Lymphatic Filariasis: Implementing and Improving Care at the Individual and Programmatic Levels
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene·2024· 7 citedOpen Access
Effect of Adding a Six-Week Course of Doxycycline to Intensive Hygiene-Based Care for Improving Lymphedema in a Rural Setting of Mali: A Double-Blind, Randomized Controlled 24-Month Trial
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
LEDoxy-SL: A Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Randomized, 24-Month Trial of Six Weeks of Daily Doxycycline Plus Hygiene-Based Essential Care for Reducing Progression of Filarial Lymphedema in Sri Lanka
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Optimized strategy for real-time qPCR detection of Onchocerca volvulus DNA in pooled Simulium sp. blackfly vectors
PLoS neglected tropical diseases·2023· 11 citedOpen Access
A refined and updated health impact assessment of the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (2000–2020)
Parasites & Vectors·2022· 16 citedOpen Access
Towards Accelerating Tool Development for Global Health
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene·2022Open Access
Baseline Mapping of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Africa: The Accelerated WHO/AFRO Mapping Project
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene·2021· 9 citedOpen Access
Corrigendum to: Medicine donation programmes supporting the global drive to end the burden of neglected tropical diseases
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene·2021Open Access
Medicine donation programmes supporting the global drive to end the burden of neglected tropical diseases
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene·2020· 49 citedOpen Access
Towards a comprehensive research and development plan to support the control, elimination and eradication of neglected tropical diseases
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene·2020· 5 citedOpen Access
Evolution of the monitoring and evaluation strategies to support the World Health Organization's Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis
International Health·2020· 9 citedOpen Access
Setting the stage for a Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis: the first 125 years (1875–2000)
International Health·2020· 16 citedOpen Access
The design and development of a multicentric protocol to investigate the impact of adjunctive doxycycline on the management of peripheral lymphoedema caused by lymphatic filariasis and podoconiosis
Parasites & Vectors·2020· 28 citedOpen Access
The Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Case Study Exemplifying How Foreign Assistance Funding Can Be Catalytic in Reducing the Burden of Major Global Health Conditions
Clinical Infectious Diseases·2019· 10 citedOpen Access
The Health and Economic Burdens of Lymphatic Filariasis Prior to Mass Drug Administration Programs
Clinical Infectious Diseases·2019· 62 citedOpen Access
Elimination of lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem from the Cook Islands
Tropical Medicine and Health·2018· 10 citedOpen Access
Transitioning from river blindness control to elimination: steps toward stopping treatment
International Health·2018· 26 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Thomas B. Nutman(10), V. Kumaraswami(6), R Hussain(6), Pamela J. Hooper(3), Mark Bradley(3), J S Abrams(3), Robert W. Poindexter(3), Patrick J. Lammie(3), Gary J. Weil(3), Peter J. Hotez(2), David Molyneux(2), Alan Fenwick(2), M Karam(2), Gautam Biswas(2), Siddhartha Mahanty(2), Kunthala Jayaraman(2), K. D. Ramaiah(2), Srikanth Tripathy(2), Peter F. Weller(2), John O. Gyapong(2)