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Hunting and consumption of rodents by children in the Lassa fever endemic area of Faranah, Guinea
As a consequence of the Ebola outbreak, human-animal contact has gained importance for zoonotic transmission surveillance. In Faranah (Upper Guinea), …
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Dog ownership practices and responsibilities for children’s health in terms of rabies control and prevention in rural communities in Tanzania
Interventions tackling zoonoses require an understanding of healthcare patterns related to both human and animal hosts. The control of dog-mediated …
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Control of cystic echinococcosis in the Middle Atlas, Morocco: Field evaluation of the EG95 vaccine in sheep and cesticide treatment in dogs
BACKGROUND: Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is an important cause of human morbidity and mortality worldwide, particularly in Morocco and other North …
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Sporadic outbreaks of crimean-congo haemorrhagic fever in Uganda, July 2018-January 2019
INTRODUCTION: Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a tick-borne, zoonotic viral disease that causes haemorrhagic symptoms. Despite having eight confirmed outbreaks …
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Community-directed distributors—The “foot soldiers” in the fight to control and eliminate neglected tropical diseases
The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect hundreds of millions of people, predominantly in rural, often difficult-to-access areas, poorly served by …
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Serological evidence of single and mixed infections of Rift Valley fever virus, Brucella spp. and Coxiella burnetii in dromedary camels in Kenya
Camels are increasingly becoming the livestock of choice for pastoralists reeling from effects of climate change in semi-arid and arid …
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Impact of recent climate extremes on mosquito-borne disease transmission in Kenya
Climate change and variability influence temperature and rainfall, which impact vector abundance and the dynamics of vector-borne disease transmission. Climate …
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Comparative genomic and phenotypic characterization of invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella isolates from Siaya, Kenya
Non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) is a major global health concern that often causes bloodstream infections in areas of the world affected …
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Abdominal ultrasound in the diagnostic work-up of visceral leishmaniasis and for detection of complications of spleen aspiration
INTRODUCTION: Abdominal ultrasound (US) is increasingly used in the diagnostic work-up of infectious diseases, but studies on its diagnostic value …
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Indigenous knowledge of Rift Valley Fever among Somali nomadic pastoralists and its implications on public health delivery approaches in Ijara sub-County, North Eastern Kenya
Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is a zoonotic disease whose outbreak results in heavy economic and public health burdens. In East …
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Epidemiology of dengue fever in Gabon: Results from a health facility-based fever surveillance in Lambaréné and its surroundings
BACKGROUND: In Africa, information on dengue is limited to outbreak reports and focused on some countries with continuing transmission in …
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The intersection of land use and human behavior as risk factors for zoonotic pathogen exposure in Laikipia County, Kenya
A majority of emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) are zoonotic, mainly caused through spillover events linked to human-animal interactions. We conducted …
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Progress towards onchocerciasis elimination in Côte d’Ivoire: A geospatial modelling study
BACKGROUND: Côte d'Ivoire has had 45 years of intervention for onchocerciasis by vector control (from 1975 to 1991), ivermectin mass …
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A hotspot of Toxoplasma gondii Africa 1 lineage in Benin: How new genotypes from West Africa contribute to understand the parasite genetic diversity worldwide
Through international trades, Europe, Africa and South America share a long history of exchanges, potentially of pathogens. We used the …
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Afrotropical sand fly-host plant relationships in a leishmaniasis endemic area, Kenya
The bioecology of phlebotomine sand flies is intimately linked to the utilization of environmental resources including plant feeding. However, plant …
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Establishment of an in vitro culture system to study the developmental biology of Onchocerca volvulus with implications for anti-Onchocerca drug discovery and screening
BACKGROUND: Infections with Onchocerca volvulus nematodes remain a threat in Sub-Saharan Africa after three decades of ivermectin mass drug administration. …
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Examining the Ugandan health system’s readiness to deliver rheumatic heart disease-related services
BACKGROUND: In 2018, the World Health Assembly mandated Member States to take action on rheumatic heart disease (RHD), which persists …
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High incidence of human brucellosis in a rural Pastoralist community in Kenya, 2015
BACKGROUND: Brucellosis occurs globally with highly variable incidence in humans from very low in North America and Western Europe to …
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A family-based intervention for prevention and self-management of disabilities due to leprosy, podoconiosis and lymphatic filariasis in Ethiopia: A proof of concept study
A key issue for persons with leprosy-, lymphatic filariasis- and podoconiosis-related disabilities is the life-long need to practice self-management routines. …
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Fully automated point-of-care differential diagnosis of acute febrile illness
BACKGROUND: In this work, a platform was developed and tested to allow to detect a variety of candidate viral, bacterial …