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An economic evaluation of expanding hookworm control strategies to target the whole community
Parasites & Vectors, 2015 Background The WHO treatment guidelines for the soil-transmitted helminths (STH) focus on targeting children for the control of morbidity induced by heavy infections.
Hugo C. Turner +7 more
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Burden of disease from inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene in low- and middle-income settings: a retrospective analysis of data from 145 countries [PDF]
, 2014 objective To estimate the burden of diarrhoeal diseases from exposure to inadequate water, sanitation and hand hygiene in low- and middle-income settings and provide an overview of the impact on other diseases. methods For estimating the impact of water,
Bartram, Jamie +20 more
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WikiJournal of Medicine, 2019 Lassa fever is a viral hemorrhagic fever caused by Lassa virus (Lassa mammarenavirus), a negative-sense single-stranded RNA virus of the Arenaviridae family. In most cases Lassa virus infection is asymptomatic (presenting no symptom). When symptomatic it
Abdulmutalab Musa
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Genital manifestations of tropical diseases [PDF]
, 2004 Genital symptoms in tropical countries and among returned travellers can arise from a variety of bacterial, protozoal, and helminthic infections which are not usually sexually transmitted.
Richens, J
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Recombinant snakebite antivenoms: A cost-competitive solution to a neglected tropical disease?
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017 Snakebite envenoming is a major public health burden in tropical parts of the developing world. In sub-Saharan Africa, neglect has led to a scarcity of antivenoms threatening the lives and limbs of snakebite victims.
A. H. Laustsen +3 more
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Use of recombinant virus replicon particles for vaccination against Mycobacterium ulcerans disease [PDF]
, 2015 Buruli ulcer, caused by infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans, is a necrotizing disease of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, which is most prevalent in rural regions of West African countries.
Bolz, Miriam +3 more
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International Health, 2016 The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have emerged as a global pledge to ‘leave no one behind’. Under SDG 3, ‘Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all’, target 3.3 extends the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) beyond HIV, TB and malaria to
C. Fitzpatrick, D. Engels
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017 This year PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (PLOS NTDs) celebrates its tenth anniversary following the publication of the first issue in 2007 [1]. When PLOS NTDs was founded, the framework of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) as an alternative to ...
P. Hotez, S. Aksoy
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Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2012 Patrick Manson, a clinician-scientist serving in China (1866–1889), discovered that many tropical infectious diseases require a vector peculiar to warm climate for person to person transmission.
Kelvin KW To, Kwok-Yung Yuen
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The impact of neglected tropical diseases on women and girl refugees: A call for increased awareness and strategic intervention [PDF]
, 2022 Megan M. Duffey +6 more
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