Infectious Diseases of Poverty

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Is tuberculosis care more affordable for the poor?

Joseph N. F. Siewe

Outcome of 20-year ivermectin treatment against onchocerciasis

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Content type: Commentary
| 18 April 2019

Health and immunisation services for the urban poor in selected countries of Asia

Authors: John Grundy, Xiaojun Wang, Kunihiko Chris Hirabayashi, Richard Duncan, Dexter Bersonda, Abu Obeida Eltayeb, Godwin Mindra and Robin Nandy
Content type: Short Report
| 1 April 2019

Progress towards universal HIV testing among TB patients in Viet Nam: a retrospective cohort evaluation of TB/HIV surveillance, 2011–2017

Authors: Nguyen Binh Hoa and Nguyen Viet Nhung
Content type: Research Article
| 31 March 2019

Molluscicidal effectiveness of Luo-Wei, a novel plant-derived molluscicide, against Oncomelania hupensis, Biomphalaria alexandrina and Bulinus truncatus

Authors: Tie-Wu Jia, Wei Wang, Le-Ping Sun, Shan Lv, Kun Yang, Neng-Min Zhang, Xi-Bao Huang, Jian-Bing Liu, Han-Cheng Liu, Rui-Hua Liu, Fathia A. Gawish, Mohamed R. Habib, Mohamed A. El-Emam, Charles H. King and Xiao-Nong Zhou
Content type: Research Article
| 29 March 2019

Distribution pattern of the snail intermediate host of schistosomiasis japonica in the Poyang Lake region of China

Authors: Fei Hu, Jun Ge, Shang-Biao Lv, Yi-Feng Li, Zhao-Jun Li, Min Yuan, Zhe Chen, Yue-Ming Liu, Yue-Sheng Li, Allen G. Ross and Dan-Dan Lin
Content type: Research Article
| 28 March 2019

Spatiotemporal characteristics and primary influencing factors of typical dengue fever epidemics in China

Authors: Lan Zheng, Hong-Yan Ren, Run-He Shi and Liang Lu

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Content type: Scoping Review
| 1 August 2014

Community based interventions for the prevention and control of tuberculosis

Authors: Ahmed Arshad, Rehana A Salam, Zohra S Lassi, Jai K Das, Imama Naqvi and Zulfiqar A Bhutta
Content type: Research Article
| 25 October 2012

Infectious disease emergence and global change: thinking systemically in a shrinking world

Authors: Colin D Butler
Content type: Scoping Review
| 8 January 2014

Control of malaria and other vector-borne protozoan diseases in the tropics: enduring challenges despite considerable progress and achievements

Authors: Denis Zofou, Raymond B Nyasa, Dickson S Nsagha, Fidele Ntie-Kang, Henry D Meriki, Jules Clement N Assob and Victor Kuete
Content type: Research Article
| 30 August 2013

Factors associated with risk of malaria infection among pregnant women in Lagos, Nigeria

Authors: Chimere O Agomo and Wellington A Oyibo
Content type: Letter to the Editor
| 5 August 2014

Need of surveillance response systems to combat Ebola outbreaks and other emerging infectious diseases in African countries

Authors: Ernest Tambo, Emmanuel Chidiebere Ugwu and Jeane Yonkeu Ngogang

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2019

Thematic series
Social innovation to transform health care delivery (upcoming)
Edited by Lenore Manderson, Uche Amazigo and Phyllis Dako-Gyeke

Thematic series
Operational Research on Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases in China (upcoming)
Edited by Xiao-Nong Zhou, Ning Feng, Jeffrey K. Edwards and John Reeder

2018

Thematic series
Urban health and prevention and control of vector-borne diseases
Edited by Mariam Otmani del Barrio, Frédéric Simard and Andrea Caprara

Thematic series
Early warning of invasive species for tropical diseases transmission
Edited by Zhong-Dao Wu, Robert Bergquist and Xiao-Nong Zhou

Thematic series
Onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy
Edited by Robert Colebunders, Robert Ryder, Patrick Suykerbuyk and Richard Idro

2017

Thematic series
Vector-borne diseases under climate change conditions in Africa
Edited by Pietro Ceccato, Mary H. Hayden, Ángel G. Muñoz and Mario-Henry Rodríguez

Thematic series
Innovation on molluscicides development and application
Edited by Henry Madson, David Rollinson, Nicholas Midzi and Xiao-Nong Zhou

Thematic series
Elimination of neglected tropical diseases
Edited by Robert Bergquist, Adrian Hopkins and Xiao-Nong Zhou

Thematic series
Control and elimination of helminth zoonoses in Great Mekong Subregion
Edited by Somphou Sayasone, Robert Bergquist, Banchob Sripa, Xiao-Nong Zhou

Thematic series
Operational research on infectious diseases of poverty in Myanmar
Edited by Kyaw Zin Thant, John Reeder and Xiao-Nong Zhou

Article collection
2016 Top 10 Most Accessed Articles
Edited by Xiao-Nong Zhou and Pin Yang

2016

Thematic series
Schistosomiasis research: providing the tools needed for elimination
Edited by David Rollinson, Jutta Reinhard-Rupp, Robert Bergquist and Xiao-Nong Zhou

Article collection
2015 Top 10 Most Accessed Articles
Edited by Xiao-Nong Zhou and Pin Yang

Thematic series
Malaria and migration in the Greater Mekong Subregion
Edited by Deyer Gopinath, Zai-Xing Zhang and Xiao-Nong Zhou

Thematic series
Improving Access to and Affordability of Healthcare for TB Patients in China
Edited by Shenglan Tang

2015

Thematic series
Insecticide Resistance in Vectors
Edited by Xiao-Nong Zhou, Abraham Peter Mnzava, Raman Velayudhan and Florence Fouque

Cross journal collection
Every day is Malaria Day

2014

Thematic series
Ebola outbreaks and community-based surveillance response systems
Edited by Xiao-Nong Zhou, George F Gao and Ernest Tambo

Thematic series
Community-Based Interventions for the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Edited by Xiao-Nong Zhou and Johannes Sommerfeld

Thematic series
EcoHealth and EIDs
- Dynamics between environmental change, development, and EIDs in Asia
Edited by Fred Unger, Xiao-Nong Zhou and Delia Grace

2013

Thematic series
Historical Development of Medical Parasitology in China
Edited by Xiao-Nong Zhou and Sen-Hai Yu

Cross journal collection
Co-infection and Syndemics
Edited by Pascale Allotey and Xiao-Nong Zhou

Thematic series
Surveillance and Response to Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Edited by Marcel Tanner and Xiao-Nong Zhou

2012

Cross journal collection
Open Access Africa: Showcasing African research

Thematic series
Health Systems Research for Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Edited by Xiao-Nong Zhou

Conferences

16th International Course on Dengue, Zika and other Emergent Arboviruses

12-23 August, 2019
Institute of Tropical Medicine “Pedro Kourí”, Havana, Cuba

Editor-in-Chief

Xiao-Nong Zhou, National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, China CDC, China

Aims and scope

Infectious Diseases of Poverty is an open access, peer-reviewed journal publishing topic areas and methods that address essential public health questions relating to infectious diseases of poverty. These include various aspects of the biology of pathogens and vectors, diagnosis and detection, treatment and case management, epidemiology and modeling, zoonotic hosts and animal reservoirs, control strategies and implementation, new technologies and application. Transdisciplinary or multisectoral effects on health systems, ecohealth, environmental management, and innovative technology are also considered.

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Literature reviews and bibliographic research methods: training is the key to success
Published on: 19 Oct 2018

A changing climate for the health community
Published on: 21 Sep 2018

Asymptomatic carriers of Plasmodium spp: to treat or not to treat?
Published on: 25 Apr 2018

Lymphatic Filariasis has been eliminated in Cambodia
Published on: 7 Mar 2018

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