A case of human infection with a novel Babesia species in China.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaria surveillance system strengthening is essential in the progress towards malaria elimination. In Nigeria, more attention is being given to this recently as the country is striving towards achieving elimination. However, the surveillance system performance is fraught with challenges including poor data ...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Visa TI,Ajumobi O,Bamgboye E,Ajayi I,Nguku P

更新日期：2020-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of infection with Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) in humans has been increasing in China due to the growing number of cats in the country. Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is a serious public health issue in China and still one of the leading causes of child mortality. However, little is know...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Wang S,Lan C,Zhang L,Zhang H,Yao Z,Wang D,Ma J,Deng J,Liu S

更新日期：2015-12-10 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:Strongyloidiasis is a gastrointestinal infection caused by the parasitic nematode Strongyloides stercoralis. It is estimated to infect up to 370 million people globally and is predominately found in tropical and subtropical areas of socioeconomic disadvantage. MAIN BODY:This systematic literature review ide...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Terefe Y,Ross K,Whiley H

更新日期：2019-06-14 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:The data on hepatitis b virus (HBV) infection in immigrants population are scanty. The porpoise of this study was to define the demographic, virological, and clinical characteristics of subjects infected with HBV chronic infection in a cohort of immigrants living in Naples, Italy. METHODS:A screening for HB...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Coppola N,Alessio L,Gualdieri L,Pisaturo M,Sagnelli C,Minichini C,Di Caprio G,Starace M,Onorato L,Signoriello G,Macera M,Angelillo IF,Pasquale G,Sagnelli E

更新日期：2017-02-09 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:Plasmodium falciparum malaria is endemic in the southern sahelian zone of Mauritania where intense internal and trans-border human and livestock movement occurs. The risk of importation and spread of drug-resistant parasites need to be regularly assessed in this region. The objective of the study was to asse...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Diallo SM,Bogreau H,Papa Mze N,Ould Ahmedou Salem MS,Ould Khairy ML,Parola P,Basco L,Ould Mohamed Salem Boukhary A

更新日期：2020-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanisms and outcomes of host-parasite interactions during malaria co-infections with gastrointestinal helminths are reasonably understood. In contrast, very little is known about such mechanisms in cases of malaria co-infections with tissue-dwelling parasites. This is lack of knowledge is exacerbated by misdiagnosi...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Onkoba NW,Chimbari MJ,Mukaratirwa S

更新日期：2015-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, the mortality of 240 causes in China including a subnational analysis during 1990-2013 was published in The Lancet. This comprehensive analysis will undoubtedly impact policymaking regarding public health in China. However, it is unfavourable in some degree to neglected tropical diseases, which is the subjec...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Qian MB

更新日期：2017-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Brucellosis is a major public health issue in China, while its temporal and spatial distribution have not been studied in depth. This study aims to better understand the epidemiology of brucellosis in the mainland of China, by investigating the human, temporal and spatial distribution and clustering characte...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Liang PF,Zhao Y,Zhao JH,Pan DF,Guo ZQ

更新日期：2020-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As part of an ongoing program that aims to use early detection and timely treatment to improve the control of echinococcosis, especially in younger age groups, we undertook a series of active surveys among Qinghai-Tibetan children in the Qinghai Province of Northwestern China in 2011 and 2012. The significan...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Han XM,Cai QG,Wang W,Wang H,Zhang Q,Wang YS

更新日期：2018-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused substantial disruptions to health services in the low and middle-income countries with a high burden of other diseases, such as malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of this study is to assess the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on malaria trans...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Shi B,Zheng J,Xia S,Lin S,Wang X,Liu Y,Zhou XN,Liu J

更新日期：2021-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases has rapidly increased all over the world. Specific information about immunity in non-survivors with COVID-19 is scarce. This study aimed to analyse the clinical characteristics and abnormal immunity of the confirmed COVID-19 non-survivors. METHODS:In t...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Zhao Y,Nie HX,Hu K,Wu XJ,Zhang YT,Wang MM,Wang T,Zheng ZS,Li XC,Zeng SL

更新日期：2020-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past five months, success in control the national epidemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been witnessed in China. The implementation of public health measures accounts for the success which include different interventions in the early or later stages of the outbreak. It is clear that although not a...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Yu XY,Xu C,Wang HW,Chang RJ,Dong YQ,Tsamlag L,Zhang SX,Yu YL,Long RS,Wang H,Cai Y

更新日期：2020-10-12 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:Malaria is a major world health issue and its continued burden is due, in part, to difficulties in the diagnosis of the illness. The World Health Organization recommends confirmatory testing using microscopy-based techniques or rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) for all cases of suspected malaria. In regions where...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Parsel SM,Gustafson SA,Friedlander E,Shnyra AA,Adegbulu AJ,Liu Y,Parrish NM,Jamal SA,Lofthus E,Ayuk L,Awasom C,Henry CJ,McArthur CP

更新日期：2017-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidermal parasitic skin diseases (EPSD) occur in most countries and cause a considerable health and economic burden, particularly in the tropics and subtropics. The aim of this study was to assess and analyse peer-reviewed literature on EPSD in humans. The results of this study serve as an indicator of the ...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Sweileh WM

更新日期：2018-08-06 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: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：BACKGROUND:The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic met coincidentally with massive migration before Lunar New Year in China in early 2020. This study is to investigate the relationship between the massive migration and the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic in China. METHODS:The epidemic data betwee...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Song WY,Zang P,Ding ZX,Fang XY,Zhu LG,Zhu Y,Bao CJ,Chen F,Wu M,Peng ZH

更新日期：2020-08-10 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：BACKGROUND:There is accumulating evidence supporting the use of ivermectin as a malaria control tool. Recent findings from the repeat ivermectin mass drug administrations for control of malaria trial demonstrated a reduced incidence of malaria in villages which received repeated ivermectin mass drug administration (MDA...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Siewe Fodjo JN,Kugler M,Hotterbeekx A,Hendy A,Van Geertruyden JP,Colebunders R

更新日期：2019-08-23 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:Before 2014 (the year of closure of the two largest needle exchange programs in Hungary, which halved the number of available syringes in the country despite increased injecting risk practices) no HIV was reportedly acquired in Hungary among people who inject drugs (PWIDs) who were not also men who had sex w...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Ortutay A,Gyarmathy VA,Marjanek Z,Nagy K,Rácz J,Barcs I

更新日期：2017-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A high epilepsy prevalence has been reported in several onchocerciasis-endemic villages along the Mbam and Sanaga river valleys in Cameroon, including Bilomo and Kelleng. We sought to determine the prevalence of epilepsy in these two villages following more than 13 years of community-directed treatment with ...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Siewe Fodjo JN,Tatah G,Tabah EN,Ngarka L,Nfor LN,Chokote SE,Mengnjo MK,Dema F,Sitouok AT,Nkoro G,Ntone FE,Bissek AZ,Chesnais CB,Boussinesq M,Colebunders R,Njamnshi AK

更新日期：2018-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The number of cumulative confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States has risen sharply since March 2020. A county health ranking and roadmaps program has been established to identify factors associated with disparity in mobility and mortality of COVID-19 in all counties in the United States. The risk fa...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Tian T,Zhang J,Hu L,Jiang Y,Duan C,Li Z,Wang X,Zhang H

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious diseases of poverty, a collective term coined for infections known to be particularly prevalent amongst poor populations, is increasingly used for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) with special transmission routes, such as depending on vectors and/or intermediate hosts. The journal Infectious Diseases of P...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Zhou XN

更新日期：2012-10-25 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:The recent development of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) enables elimination programmes to decentralise serological screening services to frontline health facilities. However, patients must still undertake multiple onwards referral steps to either be confirmed or discou...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Lee SJ,Palmer JJ

更新日期：2018-08-18 00:00:00