Technology innovation for infectious diseases in the developing world.

abstract：CORRECTION:After publication of this article [1] it came to our attention that the affiliation of Jun Chen and Hong-zhou Lu were incorrectly shown.Jun Chen's affiliation should have been given as Department of Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.Hong-zhou Lu sh...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Cai RT,Yu FX,Tao Z,Qian XQ,Chen J,Lu HZ

更新日期：2017-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ethiopia is one of the African countries where Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax co-exist. Monitoring and evaluation of current malaria transmission status is an important component of malaria control as it is a measure of the success of ongoing interventions and guides the planning of future control and el...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Taffese HS,Hemming-Schroeder E,Koepfli C,Tesfaye G,Lee MC,Kazura J,Yan GY,Zhou GF

更新日期：2018-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatitis A (HepA) vaccination and economic transitions can change the epidemiology of HepA. China's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita was known to be inversely associated with the incidence of HepA, but a deeper understanding of the epidemiology of HepA in different socio-economic regions is lacking. ...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Sun XJ,Zhang GM,Zhou RJ,Zheng H,Miao N,Yin ZD,Wang FZ

更新日期：2019-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) led to the outbreak of pneumonia in Wuhan. The virus is highly infectious. Patients with cancer might be susceptible to the viral infection because of the immunosuppressive state cause by therapies on tumors. CASE PRESENTATION:We present the c...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Song SH,Chen TL,Deng LP,Zhang YX,Mo PZ,Gao SC,Hu WJ,Xiong Y,Ma ZY

更新日期：2020-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Control of snail intermediate hosts has been proved to be a fast and efficient approach for interrupting the transmission of schistosomiasis. Some plant extracts have shown obvious molluscicidal activity, and a new compound Luo-Wei, also named tea-seed distilled saponin (TDS), was developed based on the sapo...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Jia TW,Wang W,Sun LP,Lv S,Yang K,Zhang NM,Huang XB,Liu JB,Liu HC,Liu RH,Gawish FA,Habib MR,El-Emam MA,King CH,Zhou XN

更新日期：2019-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Echinococcosis is a parasitic zoonosis caused by Echinococcus larvae parasitism causing high mortality. The Tibetan Region of Sichuan Province is a high prevalence area for echinococcosis in China. Understanding the geographic distribution pattern is necessary for precise control and prevention. In this stud...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Liu L,Guo B,Li W,Zhong B,Yang W,Li SC,Wang Q,Zhao X,Xu KJ,Qin SC,Huang Y,Yu WJ,He W,Liao S,Wang Q

更新日期：2018-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Schistosomiasis japonica is still endemic in the People's Republic of China (P.R. China) in five provinces of lake and marshland regions and in two provinces of mountainous regions. Studies elucidated that individual and community perception, attitudes towards schistosomiasis, and hygiene behaviors were cruc...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Liu L,Yang GJ,Zhu HR,Yang K,Ai L

更新日期：2014-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is one of the most infamous quotes in the history of biomedicine: "It is time to close the book on infectious diseases, and declare the war against pestilence won." Long attributed to the United States Surgeon General, Dr. William H. Stewart (1965-1969), the statement is frequently used as a foil by scien...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Spellberg B,Taylor-Blake B

更新日期：2013-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) of China is an extensive pastoral and semi-pastoral area, and because of poverty and bad hygiene conditions, Brucella is highly prevalent in this region. In order to adequately prevent this disease in the QTP region it is important to determine the identity of Brucella species...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Ma JY,Wang H,Zhang XF,Xu LQ,Hu GY,Jiang H,Zhao F,Zhao HY,Piao DR,Qin YM,Cui BY,Lin GH

更新日期：2016-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The damage inflicted by the coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic upon humanity is and will continue to be considerable. Unprecedented progress made in global health over the past 20 years has reverted and economic growth has already evaporated, giving rise to a global recession, the likes of which w...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Ehrenberg JP,Utzinger J,Fontes G,da Rocha EMM,Ehrenberg N,Zhou XN,Steinmann P

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A high prevalence of epilepsy has been observed in onchocerciasis endemic areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). With this study we aimed to investigate whether Onchocerca volvulus infection is a risk factor for developing epilepsy in onchocerciasis endemic regions in the DRC. METHODS:Between Octo...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Mandro M,Suykerbuyk P,Tepage F,Rossy D,Ngave F,Hasan MN,Hotterbeekx A,Mambandu G,Kashama JM,Laudisoit A,Colebunders R

更新日期：2018-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The livestock industry plays a vital role in the economy of Nigeria. It serves as a major source of income and livelihood for majority of Nigerians who are rural settlers and contributes about 5.2% to the National Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Helminths however, cause economic losses due to reductions in mil...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Karshima SN,Maikai BV,Kwaga JKP

更新日期：2018-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leprosy can be cured, but physical disability (PD) as a result of the infection can progress in the post-release from treatment phase. This study evaluated the likelihood of, and factors associated with, the progression of the PD grade post-release from treatment among leprosy patients treated in Cáceres-MT,...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Dos Santos AR,Silva PRS,Steinmann P,Ignotti E

更新日期：2020-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecohealth is a comprehensive approach to understanding health at its human, animal and environmental interface in a socio-ecological systems context. This approach was introduced widely in Southeast Asia (SEA) by the Canadian International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in the late 2000s. Aimed at addressing the p...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Nguyen-Viet H,Doria S,Tung DX,Mallee H,Wilcox BA,Grace D

更新日期：2015-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The development and spread of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Greater Mekong Subregion has created impetus for continuing global monitoring of efficacy of artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs). This post analyses is aimed to evaluate changes in early treatment response markers...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Sowunmi A,Ntadom G,Akano K,Ibironke FO,Ayede AI,Agomo C,Folarin OA,Gbotosho GO,Happi C,Oguche S,Okafor HU,Meremikwu M,Agomo P,Ogala W,Watila I,Mokuolu O,Finomo F,Ebenebe JC,Jiya N,Ambe J,Wammanda R,Emechebe G,

更新日期：2019-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:China is facing challenges of the shifting presentation of tuberculosis (TB) from younger to elderly due to an ageing population, longer life expectancy and reactivation disease. However, the burden of elderly TB and influence factors are not yet clear. To fill the gap, we generated a cohort study to measure...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Cheng J,Sun YN,Zhang CY,Yu YL,Tang LH,Peng H,Peng Y,Yao YX,Hou SY,Li JW,Zhao JM,Xia L,Xu L,Xia YY,Zhao F,Wang LX,Zhang H

更新日期：2020-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past six decades, the Chinese government made parasitoses with a high disease burden, including soil-transmitted nematode infections, malaria, leishmaniasis, filariasis, and schistosomiasis, a public health priority because they were seen to be crucial impediments to the development of rural areas. As a resul...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Song LG,Zheng XY,Lin DT,Wang GX,Wu ZD

更新日期：2017-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Given that increase in temperature may alter host-parasite relationships, the anticipated rise in temperature due to global warming might change transmission patterns of certain diseases. However, the extent to which this will happen is not well understood. METHODS:Using a host-parasite system involving Bul...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Kalinda C,Chimbari MJ,Mukaratirwa S

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Swaziland has the highest national incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in the world, with treatment success rates well below the 85 % international target. Treatment support as part of comprehensive TB services is a core component of the Stop TB Strategy. This study investigated the effects of financial incentive...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Kliner M,Canaan M,Ndwandwe SZ,Busulwa F,Welfare W,Richardson M,Walley J,Wright J

更新日期：2015-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Following the West Africa Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak (2013-2016), WHO developed a preparedness checklist for its member states. This checklist is currently being applied for the first time on a large and systematic scale to prepare for the cross border importation of the ongoing EVD outbreak in the D...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Olu OO,Lako R,Wamala JF,Ramadan PO,Ryan C,Udenweze I,Berta K,Guyo AG,Sokemawu A,Tukuru M,Gray HJ,Chimbaru A

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Kyasanur Forest disease (KFD) is a febrile illness characterized by hemorrhages, and is reported endemic in the Shimoga district in Karnataka state, India. It is caused by the KFD virus (KFDV) of the family Flaviviridae, and is transmitted to monkeys and humans by Haemaphysalis ticks. FINDINGS:We investigat...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Tandale BV,Balakrishnan A,Yadav PD,Marja N,Mourya DT

更新日期：2015-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last sixty years advances have been made in the control of schistosomiasis in P.R. China. There are, however, difficult challenges still to be met. This paper looks at the extent to which the health system offers a positive environment for the control of the disease. It starts by tracing three phases in schis...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Collins C,Xu J,Tang S

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insecticide-based tools remain critical for controlling vector-borne diseases in Uganda. Securing public support from targeted populations for such tools is an important component in sustaining their long-run effectiveness. Yet little quantitative evidence is available on the perceived benefits and costs of ...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Brown ZS,Kramer RA,Ocan D,Oryema C

更新日期：2016-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In order to achieve the goal of malaria elimination, the Chinese government launched the National Malaria Elimination Programme in 2010. However, as a result of increasing cross-border population movements, the risk of imported malaria cases still exists at the border areas of China, resulting in a potential...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Shi B,Zheng J,Qiu H,Yang GJ,Xia S,Zhou XN

更新日期：2017-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the Guadeloupe and Saint Martin islands, Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are the only recognized vectors of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika viruses. For around 40 years, malathion was used as a mosquito adulticide and temephos as a larvicide. Since the European Union banned the use of these two insecticide molecul...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Goindin D,Delannay C,Gelasse A,Ramdini C,Gaude T,Faucon F,David JP,Gustave J,Vega-Rua A,Fouque F

更新日期：2017-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A recent study in the Logo and Rethy health zones in the Ituri Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) reported that the majority of the persons with epilepsy (PWE) had not been treated with anti-epileptic medication (AEM) or had stopped treatment. Prior to the implementation of an epilepsy treatm...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Dolo H,Mandro M,Wonya'Rossi D,Ngave F,Fraeyman J,Siewe JN,Suykerbuyk P,Colebunders R

更新日期：2018-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Unfortunately, the original article [1] contained some errors. The table title of Tables 4, 5, 6, 7 were interchanged by mistake and displayed incorrectly in the article. The correct table titles of Tables 4, 5, 6, 7 can be found below. ...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： M'bondoukwé NP,Kendjo E,Mawili-Mboumba DP,Lengongo JVK,Mbouoronde CO,Nkoghe D,Touré F,Bouyou-Akotet MK

更新日期：2018-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:To further enhance dialogue and promote cross-strait cooperation in the prevention and control of parasitic diseases, this paper reviewed the progress and current challenges in the cross-strait control and research of parasitic infections, based on three cross-strait meetings on parasitological research in the last de...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Shin JW,Chen JX,Zhang DH,Lin WC,Shen B,Ji MJ

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, several epidemiological studies performed in Onchocerca volvulus-endemic regions have suggested that onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy (OAE) may constitute an important but neglected public health problem in many countries where onchocerciasis is still endemic. MAIN TEXT:On October 12-14th 2017, ...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Colebunders R,Mandro M,Njamnshi AK,Boussinesq M,Hotterbeekx A,Kamgno J,O'Neill S,Hopkins A,Suykerbuyk P,Basáñez MG,Post RJ,Pedrique B,Preux PM,Stolk WA,Nutman TB,Idro R

更新日期：2018-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The transmission of infectious diseases is a dynamic process determined by multiple factors originating from disease pathogens and/or parasites, vector species, and human populations. These factors interact with each other and demonstrate the intrinsic mechanisms of the disease transmission temporally, spatially, and ...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Xia S,Zhou XN,Liu J

更新日期：2017-09-11 00:00:00