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Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:115
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Correction to: The role of personality, social economic and prevention strategy effects on health-related quality of life among people living with HIV/AIDS
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Epidemiological characterization of imported recurrent Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium ovale in China, 2013–2020
China has reached important milestones in the elimination of malaria. However, the numbers of imported recurrent cases of Plasmodium vivax and P. ovale are gradually increasing, which increases the risk of malari...
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Characterization of SARS-CoV-2 worldwide transmission based on evolutionary dynamics and specific viral mutations in the spike protein
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is pandemic. However, the origins and global transmission pattern of SARS-CoV-2 remain lar...
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HIV screening and retention in care in people who use drugs in Madrid, Spain: a prospective study
The burden of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in people who use drugs (PWUD) is significant. We aimed to screen HIV infection among PWUD and describe their retention in HIV care. Besides, we also ...
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Ecological and behavioural risk factors of scrub typhus in central Vietnam: a case-control study
The risk factors for scrub typhus in Vietnam remain unknown. Scrub typhus caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi often presents as an undifferentiated febrile illness and remains under appreciated due to the limited av...
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Mental health and quality of life burden in Buruli ulcer disease patients in Ghana
Buruli ulcer disease (BUD) is a necrotic skin neglected tropical disease (NTD) that has both a mental and physical health impact on affected individuals. Although there is increasing evidence suggesting a stro...
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Identification and attribute analysis of key stakeholders who influence multidrug-resistant tuberculosis prevention and control in China
There could be various stakeholders who influencing multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) policy development and implementation, yet their attributes and roles remain unclear in practice. This study aimed ...
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Impact of vaccine supplies and delays on optimal control of the COVID-19 pandemic: mapping interventions for the Philippines
Around the world, controlling the COVID-19 pandemic requires national coordination of multiple intervention strategies. As vaccinations are globally introduced into the repertoire of available interventions, i...
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Determinants of the uptake of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with sulphadoxine pyrimethamine in Sabatia Sub County, Western Kenya
Annually, 125.2 million pregnant women worldwide risk contracting malaria, including 30.3 million and 1.5 million in Sub-Saharan Africa and Kenya respectively. At least three doses of sulphadoxine pyrimethamin...
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Assessment of CareStart G6PD rapid diagnostic test and CareStart G6PD biosensor in Mauritania
The elimination of Plasmodium vivax malaria requires 8-aminoquinolines, which are contraindicated in patients with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency due to the risk of acute haemolytic anaemia. ...
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The role of personality, social economic and prevention strategy effects on health-related quality of life among people living with HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS has transformed into a chronic controllable but not yet curable infectious disease as other chronic diseases to some extent. The additional of so called fourth 90% that included the improved health-re...
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Determinants of self-management behaviors among pulmonary tuberculosis patients: a path analysis
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top 10 causes of death in the world. Since Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) as a core strategy for the global TB control are not applicable to all types of TB patients, and self-...
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Multi-level determinants of failure to receive timely and complete measles vaccinations in Southwest China: a mixed methods study
Measles outbreaks re-emerged in 2013–2014 in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China, where measles immunisation coverage is high. The discrepancy between the vaccination coverage and outbreaks indicates tha...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:102 -
Malaria: elimination tale from Yunnan Province of China and new challenges for reintroduction
Eradication of infectious disease is the sanctified public health and sustainable development goal around the world.
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:101 -
Preventive behaviours and family inequalities during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study in China
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is an international public health threat, and people's participation in disease-related preventive behaviours is the key to controlling infectious diseases. Thi...
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Characteristics of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis detection in China, 2015–2019
The very high burden of rifampicin resistance tuberculosis (RR-TB) and the very low detection of RR-TB cases are a major challenge that China has been facing. This study analyzed the characteristics of RR-TB d...
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China declared malaria-free: a milestone in the world malaria eradication and Chinese public health
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COVID-19 pandemic in BRICS countries and its association with socio-economic and demographic characteristics, health vulnerability, resources, and policy response
Little attention has been paid to the comparison of COVID-19 pandemic responses and related factors in BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) countries. We aimed at evaluating the association o...
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The relationship between time to a high COVID-19 response level and timing of peak daily incidence: an analysis of governments’ Stringency Index from 148 countries
The transmission dynamics and severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is different across countries or regions. Differences in governments’ policy responses may explain some of these differenc...
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Determinants of household catastrophic costs for drug sensitive tuberculosis patients in Kenya
Despite free diagnosis and treatment for tuberculosis (TB), the costs during treatment impose a significant financial burden on patients and their households. The study sought to identify the determinants for ...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:95 -
Safety of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Various modalities of vaccines against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), based on different platforms and immunization procedures, have been successively approved for marketing worldwide. A comprehensive re...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:94 -
The global and regional prevalence of hepatitis C and B co-infections among prisoners living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections are common among individuals with human immune deficiency virus (HIV) infection worldwide. In this study, we did a systematic review and meta-anal...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:93 -
Access to quality diagnosis and rational treatment for tuberculosis: real-world evidence from China–Gates Tuberculosis Control Project Phase III
China has successfully reduced tuberculosis (TB) incidence rate over the past three decades, however, challenges remain in improving the quality of TB diagnosis and treatment. In this paper, we assess the effe...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:92 -
Feasibility of controlling hepatitis E in Jiangsu Province, China: a modelling study
Hepatitis E, an acute zoonotic disease caused by the hepatitis E virus (HEV), has a relatively high burden in developing countries. The current research model on hepatitis E mainly uses experimental animal mod...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:91 -
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome with re-infection in China: a case report
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), an emerging tickborne infectious disease caused by a novel banyangvirus (SFTS virus, SFTSV), was endemic in several Asian countries with a high mortality up ...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:90 -
A 12-year follow-up of intestinal schistosomiasis in pre-school-aged children in Assoni Village, Eastern Senegal
To monitor the prevalence of schistosomiasis in school-aged children (SAC), the National Bilharzia Control Program (PNLB) was set up by the Senegalese authorities; however, geographically isolated Bedik ethnic...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:89 -
Identification of the high-risk area for schistosomiasis transmission in China based on information value and machine learning: a newly data-driven modeling attempt
Schistosomiasis control is striving forward to transmission interruption and even elimination, evidence-lead control is of vital importance to eliminate the hidden dangers of schistosomiasis. This study attemp...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:88 -
Prevalence of intestinal schistosomiasis in pre-school aged children: a pilot survey in Marolambo District, Madagascar
School-aged children (SAC) have a considerable burden of intestinal schistosomiasis in Madagascar yet its burden in pre-school aged children (PSAC) is currently overlooked. To assess the at-risk status of PSAC...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:87 -
Spatial–temporal pattern of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a vector-borne disease classified by the World Health Organization as one of the most neglected tropical diseases. Brazil has the highest incidence of CL in America and is one o...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:86 -
The control of soil-transmitted helminthiases in the Philippines: the story continues
Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections have long been an important public health concern in the Philippines. In this review, we describe the current status of STH infections there and highlight the control...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:85 -
Patented technologies for schistosomiasis control and prevention filed by Chinese applicants
Many valuable and productive patented technologies have been developed to control schistosomiasis in China in the past 70 years. We conducted a research to analyse patented technologies for schistosomiasis con...
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Biogeographical characteristics of Schistosoma mansoni endemic areas in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta analysis
In Ethiopia, schistosomiasis is caused by Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium with the former being widespread and more than 4 million people are estimated to be infected by S. mansoni annually with 35 million...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:83 -
Prevalence and spatial distribution patterns of human echinococcosis at the township level in Sichuan Province, China
Echinococcosis is a global zoonotic parasitic disease caused by Echinococcus larvae. This disease is highly endemic in Sichuan Province, China. This study investigates the prevalence and spatial distribution char...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:82 -
Correction to: Risk factors for developing severe COVID-19 in China: an analysis of disease surveillance data
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:81 -
Operational research capacity building through the Structured Operational Research Training Initiative (SORT-IT) in China: implementation, outcomes and challenges
Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) introduced the Structured Operational Research Training Initiative (SORT IT) into China to build a special capacity and equip public health profess...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:80 -
Cost-effectiveness analysis of the integrated control strategy for schistosomiasis japonica in a lake region of China: a case study
Schistosomiasis japonica remains an important public health concern due to its potential to cause severe outcomes and long-term sequelae. An integrated control strategy implemented in the Peoples’ Republic of ...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:79 -
Evaluation of the effect of the capitation compensation mechanism among pulmonary tuberculosis patients with a full period of treatment
PTB is an infectious disease, which not only seriously affects people’s health, but also causes a heavier disease economic burden on patients. At present, reform of the medical insurance payment can be an effe...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:78 -
Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum isolates lacking the histidine rich protein 2 gene among symptomatic malaria patients in Kwilu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Malaria rapid diagnostic tests have become a primary and critical tool for malaria diagnosis in malaria-endemic countries where Plasmodium falciparum Histidine Rich Protein 2-based rapid diagnostic tests (PfHRP2-...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:77 -
Control programs for strongyloidiasis in areas of high endemicity: an economic analysis of different approaches
Implementation of control programmes for Strongyloides stercoralis infection is among the targets of the World Health Organization Roadmap to 2030. Aim of this work was to evaluate the possible impact in terms of...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:76 -
Comparison of conventional and non-invasive diagnostic tools for detecting Plasmodium falciparum infection in southwestern Cameroon: a cross-sectional study
Malaria remains a significant health challenge in sub-Saharan Africa, with early diagnosis critical to reducing its morbidity and mortality. Despite the increasing Plasmodium spp. diagnostic capabilities, access ...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:75 -
Infestation risk of the intermediate snail host of Schistosoma japonicum in the Yangtze River Basin: improved results by spatial reassessment and a random forest approach
Oncomelania hupensis is only intermediate snail host of Schistosoma japonicum, and distribution of O. hupensis is an important indicator for the surveillance of schistosomiasis. This study explored the feasibilit...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:74 -
Lymphatic filariasis elimination endgame in an urban Indian setting: the roles of surveillance and residual microfilaremia after mass drug administration
To secure the gains of lymphatic filariasis (LF) elimination programs, attention is needed to the ‘residual microfilaremia phase’, in which high-risk populations may be crucial. The present study documents the...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:73 -
The effectiveness of E-learning in continuing medical education for tuberculosis health workers: a quasi-experiment from China
Given the context of rapid technological change and COIVD-19 pandemics, E-learning may provide a unique opportunity for addressing the challenges in traditional face-to-face continuing medical education (CME)....
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:72 -
Tocilizumab treatment for COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has killed over 2.5 million people worldwide, but effective care and therapy have yet to be discovered. We conducted this analysis to better understand tocilizumab treatment...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:71 -
The World Health Organization road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021–2030: implications for onchocerciasis elimination programs
In its new roadmap for neglected tropical diseases, the World Health Organization proposes three important strategic shifts: (i) Stronger accountability which shifting from process to impact indicators; (ii) I...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:70 -
Mindfulness-based online intervention on mental health and quality of life among COVID-19 patients in China: an intervention design
COVID-19 can lead to increased psychological symptoms such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety among patients with COVID-19. Based on the previous mindfulness-based interventions ...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:69 -
Chronic political instability and HIV/AIDS response in Guinea-Bissau: a qualitative study
The Republic of Guinea-Bissau in West Africa has a high HIV/AIDS disease burden and has experienced political instability in the recent past. Our study used qualitative methods to better understand key stakeho...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:68 -
Identifying contextual determinants of problems in tuberculosis care provision in South Africa: a theory-generating case study
Despite progress towards End TB Strategy targets for reducing tuberculosis (TB) incidence and deaths by 2035, South Africa remains among the top ten high-burden tuberculosis countries globally. A large challen...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:67 -
Epidemiology and evolution of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, 2012–2020
The ongoing transmission of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in the Middle East and its expansion to other regions are raising concerns of a potential pandemic. An in-depth analysis ...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:66
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