Geospatial distribution of intestinal parasitic infections in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and its association with social determinants.

abstract：:The potential use of clinically approved beta-lactams for Buruli ulcer (BU) treatment was investigated with representative classes analyzed in vitro for activity against Mycobacterium ulcerans. Beta-lactams tested were effective alone and displayed a strong synergistic profile in combination with antibiotics currently...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Arenaz-Callao MP,González Del Río R,Lucía Quintana A,Thompson CJ,Mendoza-Losana A,Ramón-García S

更新日期：2019-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Envenoming by viper snakes constitutes an important public health problem in Brazil and other developing countries. Local hemorrhage is an important symptom of these accidents and is correlated with the action of snake venom metalloproteinases (SVMPs). The degradation of vascular basement membrane has been p...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Baldo C,Jamora C,Yamanouye N,Zorn TM,Moura-da-Silva AM

更新日期：2010-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human African trypanosomiasis is a severely neglected vector-borne disease that is always fatal if untreated. In Tanzania it is highly focalised and of major socio-economic and public health importance in affected communities. OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to estimate the public health burden of rhodesiense H...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Matemba LE,Fèvre EM,Kibona SN,Picozzi K,Cleaveland S,Shaw AP,Welburn SC

更新日期：2010-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently developed a superhydrophobic cone-based method for the collection of mosquito excreta/feces (E/F) for the molecular xenomonitoring of vector-borne parasites showing higher throughput compared to the traditional approach. To test its field applicability, we used this platform to detect the presence of filar...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Minetti C,Pilotte N,Zulch M,Canelas T,Tettevi EJ,Veriegh FBD,Osei-Atweneboana MY,Williams SA,Reimer LJ

更新日期：2020-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)/Cas9 technology has rapidly emerged as a very effective tool for gene editing. Although great advances on gene editing in the medical entomology field have arisen, no attempts of gene editing have been reported in sand flies, the vectors of L...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Martin-Martin I,Aryan A,Meneses C,Adelman ZN,Calvo E

更新日期：2018-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dog-bites and rabies are under-reported in developing countries such as Pakistan and there is a poor understanding of the disease burden. We prospectively collected data utilizing mobile phones for dog-bite and rabies surveillance across nine emergency rooms (ER) in Pakistan, recording patient health-seeking...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Zaidi SM,Labrique AB,Khowaja S,Lotia-Farrukh I,Irani J,Salahuddin N,Khan AJ

更新日期：2013-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) have acute and chronic manifestations, and can result in lifetime morbidity. Disease burden is difficult to quantify, yet quantitative evidence is required to justify large-scale deworming programmes. A recent Cochrane systematic review, which influences Global Burden of Dise...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Campbell SJ,Nery SV,Doi SA,Gray DJ,Soares Magalhães RJ,McCarthy JS,Traub RJ,Andrews RM,Clements AC

更新日期：2016-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on 4 patients (1 immunocompetent, 3 immunosuppressed) in whom visceral leishmaniasis had become unresponsive to (or had relapsed after) treatment with appropriate doses of liposomal amphotericin B. Under close follow-up, full courses of pentavalent antimony were administered without life-threatening adverse ...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Morizot G,Jouffroy R,Faye A,Chabert P,Belhouari K,Calin R,Charlier C,Miailhes P,Siriez JY,Mouri O,Yera H,Gilquin J,Tubiana R,Lanternier F,Mamzer MF,Legendre C,Peyramond D,Caumes E,Lortholary O,Buffet P

更新日期：2016-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Buruli ulcer (BU), caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, is currently treated with a daily combination of rifampin and either injectable streptomycin or oral clarithromycin. An intermittent oral regimen would facilitate treatment supervision. We first evaluated the bactericidal activity of newer antimicrobials against M. ...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Chauffour A,Robert J,Veziris N,Aubry A,Pethe K,Jarlier V

更新日期：2020-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hookworm disease is one of the most common infections and cause of a high disease burden in the tropics and subtropics. Remotely sensed ecological data and model-based geostatistics have been used recently to identify areas in need for hookworm control. METHODOLOGY:Cross-sectional interview data and stool s...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Riess H,Clowes P,Kroidl I,Kowuor DO,Nsojo A,Mangu C,Schüle SA,Mansmann U,Geldmacher C,Mhina S,Maboko L,Hoelscher M,Saathoff E

更新日期：2013-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Food and water-borne illness caused by ingestion of (oo)cysts of Cryptosporidium and Giardia is one of the major health problems globally. Several methods are available to detect Giardia cyst and Cryptosporidium oocyst in food and water. Most of the available methods require a good laboratory facility and we...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Shrestha R,Duwal R,Wagle S,Pokhrel S,Giri B,Neupane BB

更新日期：2020-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Our knowledge and control of the pathogenesis induced by the filariae remain limited due to experimental obstacles presented by parasitic nematode biology and the lack of selective prophylactic or curative drugs. Here we thought to investigate the role of neutrophils in the host innate immune response to the infection...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Pionnier N,Brotin E,Karadjian G,Hemon P,Gaudin-Nomé F,Vallarino-Lhermitte N,Nieguitsila A,Fercoq F,Aknin ML,Marin-Esteban V,Chollet-Martin S,Schlecht-Louf G,Bachelerie F,Martin C

更新日期：2016-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent for melioidosis, has become a public health problem in India and across the world. Melioidosis can be difficult to diagnose because of the inconsistent clinical presentations of the disease. This study aims to determine the genetic diversity among the clinical i...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Balaji V,Perumalla S,Perumal R,Inbanathan FY,Rajamani Sekar SK,Paul MM,Sahni RD,Prakash JAJ,Iyadurai R

更新日期：2018-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrini is classified as a class I carcinogen due to the association between cholangiocarcinoma and chronic O. viverrini infection. During its feeding activity within the bile duct, the parasite secretes several cathepsin F cysteine proteases that may induce or contribute to th...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Pinlaor P,Kaewpitoon N,Laha T,Sripa B,Kaewkes S,Morales ME,Mann VH,Parriott SK,Suttiprapa S,Robinson MW,To J,Dalton JP,Loukas A,Brindley PJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Entamoeba histolytica infection may have various clinical manifestations. Nine out of ten E. histolytica infections remain asymptomatic, while the remainder become invasive and cause disease. The most common form of invasive infection is amebic diarrhea and colitis, whereas the most common extra-intestinal disease is ...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Ali IK,Solaymani-Mohammadi S,Akhter J,Roy S,Gorrini C,Calderaro A,Parker SK,Haque R,Petri WA Jr,Clark CG

更新日期：2008-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leptospirosis is often difficult to diagnose because of its nonspecific symptoms. The drawbacks of direct isolation and serological tests have led to the increased development of nucleic acid-based assays, which are more rapid and accurate. A meta-analysis was performed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Lam JY,Low GK,Chee HY

更新日期：2020-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a major public health concern in Turkey and Sanliurfa represents the most endemic city in Turkey. Although children are most commonly affected by CL, detailed studies of pediatric CL in Turkey are lacking. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS:In this report we retrospectively evalu...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Aksoy M,Doni N,Ozkul HU,Yesilova Y,Ardic N,Yesilova A,Ahn-Jarvis J,Oghumu S,Terrazas C,Satoskar AR

更新日期：2016-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Trachoma, caused by Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct), is the leading infectious blinding disease worldwide. Chronic conjunctival inflammation develops in childhood and leads to eyelid scarring and blindness in adulthood. The immune response to Ct provides only partial protection against re-infection, which can be frequent. ...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Hu VH,Holland MJ,Burton MJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The clinical syndrome associated with secondary syphilis (SS) reflects the propensity of Treponema pallidum (Tp) to escape immune recognition while simultaneously inducing inflammation. METHODS:To better understand the duality of immune evasion and immune recognition in human syphilis, herein we used a comb...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Cruz AR,Ramirez LG,Zuluaga AV,Pillay A,Abreu C,Valencia CA,La Vake C,Cervantes JL,Dunham-Ems S,Cartun R,Mavilio D,Radolf JD,Salazar JC

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel strategies are required to control mosquitoes and the pathogens they transmit. One attractive approach involves maternally inherited endosymbiotic Wolbachia bacteria. After artificial infection with Wolbachia, many mosquitoes become refractory to infection and transmission of diverse pathogens. We evaluated the ...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Dodson BL,Hughes GL,Paul O,Matacchiero AC,Kramer LD,Rasgon JL

更新日期：2014-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:BALB/c mice are highly susceptible while C57BL/6 are relatively resistant to experimental Trypanosoma congolense infection. Although regulatory T cells (Tregs) have been shown to regulate the pathogenesis of experimental T. congolense infection, their exact role remains controversial. We wished to determine ...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Okwor I,Onyilagha C,Kuriakose S,Mou Z,Jia P,Uzonna JE

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosoma cruzi has been subdivided into seven Discrete Typing Units (DTUs), TcI-TcVI and Tcbat. Two major evolutionary models have been proposed to explain the origin of hybrid lineages, but while it is widely accepted that TcV and TcVI are the result of genetic exchange between TcII and TcIII strains, the origin o...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Ramírez JC,Torres C,Curto MLA,Schijman AG

更新日期：2017-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Area-wide integrated pest management strategies that include a sterile insect technique component have been successfully used to eradicate tsetse fly populations in the past. To ensure the success of the sterile insect technique, the released males must be adequately sterile and be able to compete with their...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： de Beer CJ,Moyaba P,Boikanyo SN,Majatladi D,Yamada H,Venter GJ,Vreysen MJ

更新日期：2017-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Andes virus (ANDV) is the etiological agent of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome in Chile. In this study, we evaluated the profile of the pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-1β, IL-12p70, IL-21, TNF-α, IFN-γ, IL-10 and IL-6 in serum samples of ANDV-infected patients at the time of hospitalization. The mean levels of circu...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Angulo J,Martínez-Valdebenito C,Marco C,Galeno H,Villagra E,Vera L,Lagos N,Becerra N,Mora J,Bermúdez A,Díaz J,Ferrés M,López-Lastra M

更新日期：2017-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies have assessed the burden of Chagas disease in non-endemic countries and most of them are based on prevalence estimates from Latin American (LA) countries that likely differ from the prevalence in migrants living in Europe. The aim of this study was to systematically review the existing data infor...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Requena-Méndez A,Aldasoro E,de Lazzari E,Sicuri E,Brown M,Moore DA,Gascon J,Muñoz J

更新日期：2015-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diagnosis of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) remains a challenge both for active screening, which is critical in control of the disease, and in the point-of-care scenario where early and accurate diagnosis is essential. Recently, the first field deployment of a lateral flow rapid diagnostic test (RDT) fo...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Sternberg JM,Gierliński M,Biéler S,Ferguson MA,Ndung'u JM

更新日期：2014-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The history of Chagas disease control in Peru and many other nations is marked by scattered and poorly documented vector control campaigns. The complexities of human migration and sporadic control campaigns complicate evaluation of the burden of Chagas disease and dynamics of Trypanosoma cruzi transmission. ...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Delgado S,Castillo Neyra R,Quispe Machaca VR,Ancca Juárez J,Chou Chu L,Verastegui MR,Moscoso Apaza GM,Bocángel CD,Tustin AW,Sterling CR,Comrie AC,Náquira C,Cornejo del Carpio JG,Gilman RH,Bern C,Levy MZ

更新日期：2011-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:African trypanosomosis, primarily transmitted by tsetse flies, remains a serious public health and economic challenge in sub-Saharan Africa. Interventions employing natural repellents from non-preferred hosts of tsetse flies represent a promising management approach. Although zebras have been identified as n...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Olaide OY,Tchouassi DP,Yusuf AA,Pirk CWW,Masiga DK,Saini RK,Torto B

更新日期：2019-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Endemic mycoses are systemic fungal infections. Histoplasmosis is endemic in all temperate areas of the world; coccidioidomycosis and paracoccidioidomycosis are only present in the American continent. These pathogens are not present in Spain, but in the last years there has been an increase of reported cases due to mi...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Molina-Morant D,Sánchez-Montalvá A,Salvador F,Sao-Avilés A,Molina I

更新日期：2018-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The World Health Organization identified Uganda as one of the 10 highly endemic countries for schistosomiasis. Annual mass drug administration (MDA) with praziquantel has led to a decline in intensity of Schistosoma mansoni infections in several areas. However, as hotspots with high (re)infection rates remai...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Trienekens SCM,Faust CL,Meginnis K,Pickering L,Ericsson O,Nankasi A,Moses A,Tukahebwa EM,Lamberton PHL

更新日期：2020-05-13 00:00:00