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Interleukin-4 receptor alpha is still required after Th2 polarization for the maintenance and the recall of protective immunity to Nematode infection
There is currently no vaccine against parasitic nematodes and the knowledge on the mechanisms by which protective immunity against this …
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First evidence of lymphatic filariasis transmission interruption in Cameroon: Progress towards elimination
BACKGROUND: Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is among the 10 neglected tropical diseases targeted for control or elimination by 2020. For LF …
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Burden of trachoma in five counties of Eastern Equatoria state, South Sudan: Results from population-based surveys
BACKGROUND: In order to decrease the prevalence of trachoma within the country, the Republic of South Sudan has implemented components …
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South African Ebola diagnostic response in Sierra Leone: A modular high biosafety field laboratory
BACKGROUND: In August 2014, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) in South Africa established a modular high-biosafety field Ebola …
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Ebola virus disease contact tracing activities, lessons learned and best practices during the Duport Road outbreak in Monrovia, Liberia, November 2015
BACKGROUND: Contact tracing is one of the key response activities necessary for halting Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) transmission. Key elements …
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Development of ELISAs for diagnosis of acute typhoid fever in Nigerian children
Improved serodiagnostic tests for typhoid fever (TF) are needed for surveillance, to facilitate patient management, curb antibiotic resistance, and inform …
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Challenges in preparing and implementing a clinical trial at field level in an Ebola emergency: A case study in Guinea, West Africa
During the large Ebola outbreak that affected West Africa in 2014 and 2015, studies were launched to evaluate potential treatments …
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Esperanza Window Traps for the collection of anthropophilic blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Uganda and Tanzania
There is an increasing need to evaluate the impact of chemotherapeutic and vector-based interventions as onchocerciasis affected countries work towards …
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Minimal genetic change in Vibrio cholerae in Mozambique over time: Multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis and whole genome sequencing
Although cholera is a major public health concern in Mozambique, its transmission patterns remain unknown. We surveyed the genetic relatedness …
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Post-dengue acute disseminated encephalomyelitis: A case report and meta-analysis
BACKGROUND: Dengue is one of the most common infectious diseases. The aim of this study was to systematically review acute …
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Introducing the TrypanoGEN biobank: A valuable resource for the elimination of human African trypanosomiasis
BackgroundHuman African trypanosomiasis (HAT), or sleeping sickness, is a disease caused by 2 subspecies of the protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma brucei …
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Neighborhood-targeted and case-triggered use of a single dose of oral cholera vaccine in an urban setting: Feasibility and vaccine coverage
INTRODUCTION: In June 2015, a cholera outbreak was declared in Juba, South Sudan. In addition to standard outbreak control measures, …
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Cryptococcal meningitis: A neglected NTD?
Although HIV/AIDS has been anything but neglected over the last decade, opportunistic infections (OIs) are increasingly overlooked as large-scale donors …
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Sterol 14α-demethylase mutation leads to amphotericin B resistance in Leishmania mexicana
Amphotericin B has emerged as the therapy of choice for use against the leishmaniases. Administration of the drug in its …
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Prevalence of depression and associated clinical and socio-demographic factors in people living with lymphatic filariasis in Plateau State, Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Lymphatic filariasis is a chronic, disabling and often disfiguring condition that principally impacts the world's poorest people. In addition …
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Estimating the number of secondary Ebola cases resulting from an unsafe burial and risk factors for transmission during the West Africa Ebola epidemic
BACKGROUND: Safely burying Ebola infected individuals is acknowledged to be important for controlling Ebola epidemics and was a major component …
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Incidence and mortality due to snakebite in the Americas
BACKGROUND: Better knowledge of the epidemiological characteristics of snakebites could help to take measures to improve their management. The incidence …
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Health beliefs of school-age rural children in podoconiosis-affected families: A qualitative study in Southern Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Several studies have suggested investigation of health beliefs in children to be an important pre-condition for primary prevention of …
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First-time detection and identification of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex members in extrapulmonary tuberculosis clinical samples in south Tunisia by a single tube tetraplex real-time PCR assay
INTRODUCTION: Tunisia has one of the highest burdens of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) among tuberculosis (TB) cases but the contribution of …
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A pilot study to delimit tsetse target populations in Zimbabwe
BACKGROUND: Tsetse (Glossina sensu stricto) are cyclical vectors of human and animal trypanosomoses, that are presently targeted by the Pan …