Effective mitigation strategy in early stage of COVID-19 pandemic in China.

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:Cystic echinococcosis (CE) and alveolar echinococcosis (AE) are highly endemic in Xiji County of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (NHAR) in China where the control campaign based on dog de-worming with praziquantel has been undertaken over preceding decades. This study is to determine the current prevalence of ...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Liu CN,Xu YY,Cadavid-Restrepo AM,Lou ZZ,Yan HB,Li L,Fu BQ,Gray DJ,Clements AA,Barnes TS,Williams GM,Jia WZ,McManus DP,Yang YR

更新日期：2018-08-09 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:Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) has become an emerging infectious disease in China in the last decade. There has been evidence that meteorological factors can influence the HFMD incidence, and understanding the mechanisms can help prevent and control HFMD. METHODS:HFMD incidence data and meteorological...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Qi H,Chen Y,Xu D,Su H,Zhan L,Xu Z,Huang Y,He Q,Hu Y,Lynn H,Zhang Z

更新日期：2018-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa between 2014 and 2015 was the largest EDV epidemic since the identification of Ebola virus (EBOV) in 1976, and the countries most strongly affected were Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia. FINDINGS:The Sierra Leone-China Friendship Biological Safety La...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Wang Q,Zhou WM,Zhang Y,Wang HY,Du HJ,Nie K,Song JD,Xiao K,Lei WW,Guo JQ,Wei HJ,Cai K,Wang YH,Wu J,Kamara G,Kamara I,Wei Q,Liang MF,Wu GZ,Dong XP

更新日期：2016-06-23 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:Health workers (HWs) are at increased risk for severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and a possible source of nosocomial transmission clusters. Despite the increased risk, the best surveillance strategy and management of exposed HWs are not yet well known. The aim of this rev...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Calò F,Russo A,Camaioni C,De Pascalis S,Coppola N

更新日期：2020-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2012, an estimated 35.3 million people lived with HIV, while approximately two million new HIV infections were reported. Community-based interventions (CBIs) for the prevention and control of HIV allow increased access and ease availability of medical care to population at risk, or already infected with, HIV. This ...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Salam RA,Haroon S,Ahmed HH,Das JK,Bhutta ZA

更新日期：2014-08-01 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Trachoma is a disease of the eye, caused by the bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis, which can lead to blindness if left untreated. Ethiopia is one of the most trachoma-affected countries in the world. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of and associated risk factors for active trachoma a...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Tadesse B,Worku A,Kumie A,Yimer SA

更新日期：2017-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:National tuberculosis (TB) programs increasingly engage with international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), especially to provide TB care in complex settings where community involvement might be required. In Myanmar, however, there is limited data on how such INGO community-based programs are organize...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Soe KT,Saw S,van Griensven J,Zhou S,Win L,Chinnakali P,Shah S,Mon MM,Aung ST

更新日期：2017-03-24 00:00:00

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: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: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：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: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：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：:Shenzhen is a city of 22 million people in south China that serves as a financial and trade center for East Asia. The city has extensive ties to Hubei Province, the first reported epicenter of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in the world. Initial predictions suggested Shenzhen would experience a high ...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Zou H,Shu Y,Feng T

更新日期：2020-07-10 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：: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:Tuberculosis (TB) patients face numerous difficulties adhering to the long-term, rigorous TB treatment regimen. Findings on TB patients' treatment adherence vary across existing literature and official reports. The present study attempted to determine the actual treatment adherence of new TB patients and to ...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Lei X,Huang K,Liu Q,Jie YF,Tang SL

更新日期：2016-05-05 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: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:Over half the world's human populations are currently at risk from vector-borne diseases (VBDs), and the heaviest burden is borne by the world's poorest people, communities, and countries. The aim of this study was to conduct a review on VBD interventions relevant to housing and hygiene (including sanitation...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Degroote S,Zinszer K,Ridde V

更新日期：2018-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tuberculosis infection still places a great burden on HIV-infected individuals in China and other developing countries. Knowledge of the survival of HIV-infected patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) would provide important insights for the clinical management of this population, which remains to be wel...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Ji YJ,Liang PP,Shen JY,Sun JJ,Yang JY,Chen J,Qi TK,Wang ZY,Song W,Tang Y,Liu L,Zhang RF,Shen YZ,Lu HZ

更新日期：2018-03-24 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: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：BACKGROUND:Aedes borne viral diseases, notably dengue, are increasingly reported in Cameroon with Aedes aegypti being a major vector. Data on insecticide resistance of this vector and underlying mechanisms needed for outbreak preparedness remain scarce in Cameroon. Here, we present the nationwide distribution of insect...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： Yougang AP,Kamgang B,Bahun TAW,Tedjou AN,Nguiffo-Nguete D,Njiokou F,Wondji CS

更新日期：2020-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Enabling innovation and access to health technologies remains a key strategy in combating infectious diseases in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, a gulf between paying markets and the endemicity of such diseases has contributed to the dearth of R&D in meeting these public health needs. While the phar...

journal_title：Infectious diseases of poverty

authors： So AD,Ruiz-Esparza Q

更新日期：2012-10-25 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