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Patients’ costs, socio-economic and health system aspects associated with malaria in pregnancy in an endemic area of Colombia
Malaria in pregnancy threatens birth outcomes and the health of women and their newborns. This is also the case in …
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Development of a single-tube one-step RT-LAMP assay to detect the Chikungunya virus genome
BACKGROUND: A single-tube one-step real-time reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) assay for rapid detection of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) targeting …
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A serologic study of dengue in northwest Ethiopia: Suggesting preventive and control measures
BACKGROUND: Dengue is one of the most serious and rapidly spreading arboviral diseases in the world. Despite many acute febrile …
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Skin disease prevalence study in schoolchildren in rural Côte d'Ivoire: Implications for integration of neglected skin diseases (skin NTDs)
BACKGROUND: Early detection of several skin-related neglected tropical diseases (skin NTDs)-including leprosy, Buruli ulcer, yaws, and scabies- may be achieved …
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Prevalence and risk factors of Rift Valley fever in humans and animals from Kabale district in Southwestern Uganda, 2016
BACKGROUND: Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a zoonotic disease caused by Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) found in Africa and …
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Microdeletion on chromosome 8p23.1 in a familial form of severe Buruli ulcer
Buruli ulcer (BU), the third most frequent mycobacteriosis worldwide, is a neglected tropical disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. We report …
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Gene target selection for loop-mediated isothermal amplification for rapid discrimination of Treponema pallidum subspecies
We show proof of concept for gene targets (polA, tprL, and TP_0619) that can be used in loop-mediated isothermal amplification …
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Kampala manifesto: Building community-based One Health approaches to disease surveillance and response—The Ebola Legacy—Lessons from a peer-led capacity-building initiative
OVERVIEW: International activities to respond to the Ebola crisis in West Africa were mainly developed and focussed around the biomedical …
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Genetic profiling of Mycobacterium bovis strains from slaughtered cattle in Eritrea
Mycobacterium bovis (M.bovis) is the main causative agent for bovine tuberculosis (BTB) and can also be the cause of zoonotic …
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Community knowledge, attitudes and practices on Yellow fever in South Omo area, Southern Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Yellow fever (Yf) outbreak was recently reported in South Omo of Southern Ethiopia. This area was also highly affected …
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Metabolite profiling for biomarkers in Schistosoma haematobium infection and associated bladder pathologies
BACKGROUND: Metabolic fingerprinting analysis can offer insights into underlying reactions in a biological system; hence it is crucial to the …
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Hepatitis B and hepatitis D virus infections in the Central African Republic, twenty-five years after a fulminant hepatitis outbreak, indicate continuing spread in asymptomatic young adults
Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) increases morbidity in Hepatitis B virus (HBV)-infected patients. In the mid-eighties, an outbreak of HDV fulminant …
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Dynamics of cholera epidemics from Benin to Mauritania
BACKGROUND: The countries of West Africa are largely portrayed as cholera endemic, although the dynamics of outbreaks in this region …
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The impact of school water, sanitation, and hygiene improvements on infectious disease using serum antibody detection
BACKGROUND: Evidence from recent studies assessing the impact of school water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions on child health has …
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RETRACTED: Body lice of homeless people reveal the presence of several emerging bacterial pathogens in northern Algeria
BACKGROUND: Human lice, Pediculus humanus, are obligate blood-sucking parasites. Body lice, Pediculus h. humanus, occur in two divergent mitochondrial clades …
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Enhanced surveillance for Rift Valley Fever in livestock during El Niño rains and threat of RVF outbreak, Kenya, 2015-2016
BACKGROUND: In mid-2015, the United States' Pandemic Prediction and Forecasting Science and Technical Working Group of the National Science and …
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Review of the 2017 WHO Guideline: Preventive chemotherapy to control soil-transmitted helminth infections in at-risk population groups. An opportunity lost in translation
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Paradoxical worsening of Emergomyces africanus infection in an HIV-infected male on itraconazole and antiretroviral therapy
A 42-year-old male from an urban informal settlement in Cape Town, South Africa, was seen at a tertiary-care hospital for …
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Results of the first mapping of soil-transmitted helminths in Benin: Evidence of countrywide hookworm predominance
BACKGROUND: National mapping of soil-transmitted helminth infections (STH) was conducted for the first time in all of the 77 districts …
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Report of a series of 82 cases of Buruli ulcer from Nigeria treated in Benin, from 2006 to 2016
BACKGROUND: Nigeria is one of the countries endemic for Buruli ulcer (BU) in West Africa but did not have a …