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Enhancing communication strategies in controlling neglected tropical diseases in Nigeria
Public Health Challenges, Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2023., 2023 Abstract Neglected tropical diseases (NTD), a broad set of infectious diseases prevalent in tropical and subtropical environments, are widely known to affect individuals with limited resources in underserved communities. Nigeria is one of the countries with the highest cases of NTD, with an estimated 100 million people in the country at risk for at ...
Aishat Bisoye Durojaye +6 more
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COVID‐19 and neglected tropical diseases among refugees: Plight of a vulnerable population in Africa
Public Health Challenges, Volume 2, Issue 1, March 2023., 2023 Abstract Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are widespread in tropical and subtropical climates and caused by bacteria, fungi, parasites, and viruses. These infections have devastating physical, social, and economic impacts worldwide, especially in underveloped communities.
Isaac Olushola Ogunkola +3 more
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American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 178, Issue S74, Page 256-291, August 2022., 2022 Abstract Biological anthropologists are ideally suited for the study of pandemics given their strengths in human biology, health, culture, and behavior, yet pandemics have historically not been a major focus of research. The COVID‐19 pandemic has reinforced the need to understand pandemic causes and unequal consequences at multiple levels.
Jessica Dimka +2 more
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Assessing the risk of human‐to‐wildlife pathogen transmission for conservation and public health
Ecology Letters, Volume 25, Issue 6, Page 1534-1549, June 2022., 2022 Human‐to‐wildlife pathogen transmission has played an important role in the epidemiology of a number of pathogens in the past, and is likely continuing to play an important role in the Anthropocene. Despite much concern surrounding the transmission of human pathogens into animal populations, particularly during the SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic, there has been ...
Anna C. Fagre +10 more
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Toward Elimination of Infectious Diseases with Mobile Screening Teams: HAT in the DRC
Production and Operations Management, Volume 30, Issue 10, Page 3408-3428, October 2021., 2021 In pursuit of Sustainable Development Goal 3 “Ensure healthy lives and promote well‐being for all at all ages,” considerable global effort is directed toward elimination of infectious diseases in general and Neglected Tropical Diseases in particular. For various such diseases, the deployment of mobile screening teams forms an important instrument to ...
Harwin de Vries +2 more
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Ecological Applications, Volume 31, Issue 5, July 2021., 2021 Abstract Variation in the spatial ecology of animals influences the transmission of infections and so understanding host behavior can improve the control of diseases. Despite the global distribution of free‐ranging domestic dogs Canis familiaris and their role as reservoirs for zoonotic diseases, little is known about the dynamics of their space use ...
Jared K. Wilson‐Aggarwal +6 more
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Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Volume 68, Issue 2, Page 531-542, March 2021., 2021 Abstract The global programme for the eradication of Guinea worm disease, caused by the parasitic nematode Dracunculus medinensis, has been successful in driving down human cases, but infections in non‐human animals, particularly domestic dogs (Canis familiaris), now present a major obstacle to further progress. Dog infections have mainly been found in
Jared K. Wilson‐Aggarwal +11 more
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International Journal of Chemical Engineering, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021 In this study, the efficiencies of the use of rice husk, cypress, and Eucalyptus leaves biocoagulants as alternative to alum as chemical coagulant in reducing turbidity and stabilizing the pH of slaughterhouse wastewater and three other local drinking water sources were investigated.
Cornelius Tsamo +4 more
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Canine Dracunculus Nematode Infection, Toledo, Spain
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020 A fragment of a Dracunculus-like worm was extracted from the hind limb of a 2-year-old dog from Toledo, Spain. Cytochrome oxidase I and rRNA sequences confirmed an autochthonous mammalian Dracunculus worm infection in Europe.
Irina Diekmann +10 more
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International Journal of Medical Students, 2023 Poliomyelitis is one of such diseases as measles and dracunculiasis that can be eradicated, because it meets the criteria for eradicable diseases: being infectious, having humans as major host, effective vaccines or treatment available for their control,
Samuel Amo-Tachie
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