Infectious Diseases of Poverty

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helminth co-infections in adult tuberculosis patients

Moiz Husein

Clinical characteristics and helminth co-infections pattern in TB patients

Virak Khieu

Lymphatic filariasis elimination in Cambodia

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Content type: Case study
| 12 April 2018

Concomitant visceral and localized cutaneous leishmaniasis in two Moroccan infants

Authors: Tarik Mouttaki, Hasnaa Maksouri, Jilali El Mabrouki, Gema Merino-Espinosa, Hassan Fellah, Mohamed Itri, Joaquina Martin-Sanchez, Maha Soussi-Abdallaoui, Soumiya Chiheb and Myriam Riyad
Content type: Scoping Review
| 9 April 2018

Snail-borne parasitic diseases: an update on global epidemiological distribution, transmission interruption and control methods

Authors: Xiao-Ting Lu, Qiu-Yun Gu, Yanin Limpanont, Lan-Gui Song, Zhong-Dao Wu, Kamolnetr Okanurak and Zhi-Yue Lv
Content type: Research Article
| 6 April 2018

Impact of five annual rounds of mass drug administration with ivermectin on onchocerciasis in Sierra Leone

Authors: Joseph B. Koroma, Santigie Sesay, Abdul Conteh, Benjamin Koudou, Jusufu Paye, Mohamed Bah, Mustapha Sonnie, Mary H. Hodges, Yaobi Zhang and Moses J. Bockarie
Content type: Case report
| 31 March 2018

Postoperative infection caused by Acinetobacter baumannii misdiagnosed as a free-living amoeba species in a humeral head hemiarthroplasty patient: a case report

Authors: Jiaxin Tang, Huaimin Zhu, Li Cai, Tingting Tang, Jian Tang, Yuehua Sun, Ming Liu, Kerong Dai, Zhiguang Qiao and Chao Yu
Content type: Research Article
| 31 March 2018

Lasiopodomys fuscus as an important intermediate host for Echinococcus multilocularis: isolation and phylogenetic identification of the parasite

Authors: Qi-Gang Cai, Xiu-Min Han, Yong-Hai Yang, Xue-Yong Zhang, Li-Qing Ma, Panagiotis Karanis and Yong-Hao Hu

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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: Research Article
| 20 December 2013

Chinese social media reaction to the MERS-CoV and avian influenza A(H7N9) outbreaks

Authors: Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, King-Wa Fu, Yuchen Ying, Braydon Schaible, Yi Hao, Chung-Hong Chan and Zion Tsz-Ho Tse

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2018

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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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Open Access Africa: Showcasing African research

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

Recent news

World Malaria Day: Ready to beat malaria

Wanted: Leaders for a TB-free world

Index adopted to track NTD treatment in Africa

Europe observes a 4-fold increase in measles cases in 2017 compared to previous year

142nd session of the Executive Board

Substandard and falsified medical products

World AIDS Day 2017: everybody counts

Cambodia and the Lao People's Democratic Republic wipe out trachoma—leading infectious cause of blindness

Antimalarial drug resistance in the Greater Mekong Subregion: How concerned should we be?

Driving mosquito refractoriness to Plasmodium falciparum with engineered symbiotic bacteria

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

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

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

Elimination of neglected tropical diseases
Guest edited by Robert Bergquist, Adrian Hopkins and Xiao-Nong Zhou

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Recent author blogs

Improving sanitation through WASH in remote rural villages
Published on: 21 Sep 2017

World Malaria Day: challenges to Lao’s health system
Published on: 25 Apr 2017

World Health Day blog: the psychosocial impact of cutaneous leishmaniasis scars
Published on: 7 Apr 2017

Effective contributions from international non-governmental organizations to the national tuberculosis program in Myanmar
Published on: 24 Mar 2017

Integrated preventive chemotherapy and WASH for intensified schistosomiasis and soil transmitted helminthiasis control
Published on: 28 Feb 2017