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  1. China is the second highest pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) burden country worldwide. However, retreatment of PTB has often developed resistance to at least one of the four first-line anti-TB drugs. The cure rate...

    Authors: Shao-Yan Zhang, Ji-You Fu, Xiao-Yan Guo, Ding-Zhong Wu, Tong Zhang, Cui Li, Lei Qiu, Chang-Rong Shao, He-Ping Xiao, Nai-Hui Chu, Qun-Yi Deng, Xia Zhang, Xiao-Feng Yan, Zhao-Long Wang, Zhi-Jie Zhang, Xin Jiang…
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:50
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  2. Cambodia is among the 30 countries in the world with the highest burden of tuberculosis (TB), and it is estimated that 40% of people with TB remain undiagnosed. In this study, we aimed to investigate the deter...

    Authors: Alvin Kuo Jing Teo, Chetra Ork, Sothearith Eng, Ngovlyly Sok, Sovannary Tuot, Li Yang Hsu and Siyan Yi
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:49
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  3. Soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH) are part of the group of neglected tropical diseases traditionally treated with preventive chemotherapy interventions. In recent years, drug donations have been essential t...

    Authors: Chiara Marocco, Fabrizio Tediosi, Mathieu Bangert, Denise Mupfasoni and Antonio Montresor
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:48
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  4. Immune- and inflammation-related genes (IIRGs) play an important role in the pathogenesis of tuberculosis (TB). However, the relationship between IIRG polymorphisms and TB risk remains unknown. In this study, ...

    Authors: Jun-Xian Zhang, Wen-Ping Gong, Dong-Lin Zhu, Hui-Ru An, You-Rong Yang, Yan Liang, Jie Wang, Jing Tang, Wei-guo Zhao and Xue-Qiong Wu
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:46
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  6. Chagas disease remains a serious problem for public health due to the high disease burden together with its global spreading patterns. However, current treatment and vector control are highly challenged by dru...

    Authors: Qin Liu, Jin Chen and Xiao-Nong Zhou
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:44
    Content type: Editorial Published on:

  8. Inconsistencies exist regarding the severity of illness caused by different influenza strains. The aim of this study was to compare the clinical outcomes of hospitalized adults and adolescents with influenza-r...

    Authors: Liang Chen, Xiu-Di Han, Yan-Li Li, Chun-Xiao Zhang and Xi-Qian Xing
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:42
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  9. Identifying social innovation in health initiatives, promoting quality of life through them, and transforming current health conditions demand the knowledge, comprehension and appropriation of the theoretical ...

    Authors: Diana María Castro-Arroyave and Luisa Fernanda Duque-Paz
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:41
    Content type: Scoping Review Published on:

  10. Following the West Africa Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak (2013–2016), WHO developed a preparedness checklist for its member states. This checklist is currently being applied for the first time on a large a...

    Authors: Olushayo Oluseun Olu, Richard Lako, Joseph Francis Wamala, Patrick Otim Ramadan, Caroline Ryan, Ifeanyi Udenweze, Kibebu Berta, Argata Guracha Guyo, Alex Sokemawu, Michael Tukuru, Henry John Gray and Alex Chimbaru
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:40
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  11. Developing countries exhibit a high disease burden from shigellosis. Owing to the different incidences in males and females, this study aims to analyze the features involved in the transmission of shigellosis ...

    Authors: Ze-Yu Zhao, Qi Chen, Bin Zhao, Mikah Ngwanguong Hannah, Ning Wang, Yu-Xin Wang, Xian-Fa Xuan, Jia Rui, Mei-Jie Chu, Shan-Shan Yu, Yao Wang, Xing-Chun Liu, Ran An, Li-Li Pan, Yi-Chen Chiang, Yan-Hua Su…
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:39
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  12. Drug resistant tuberculosis poses a great challenge for tuberculosis control worldwide. Timely determination of drug resistance and effective individual treatment are essential for blocking the transmission of...

    Authors: Li Wan, Qian Guo, Jian-Hao Wei, Hai-Can Liu, Ma-Chao Li, Yi Jiang, Li-Li Zhao, Xiu-Qin Zhao, Zhi-Guang Liu, Kang-Lin Wan, Gui-Lian Li and Cha-Xiang Guan
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:38
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  13. Dengue virus, an Aedes mosquito-borne flavivirus, is associated with close to 400 million reported infections per annum worldwide. Reduction of dengue virus transmission depends entirely on limiting Aedes breedin...

    Authors: Olav T. Muurlink and Andrew W. Taylor-Robinson
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:37
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  14. Nearly 300 children and 20 mothers die from preventable causes daily, in Uganda. Communities often identify and introduce pragmatic and lasting solutions to such challenging health problems. However, little is...

    Authors: Phyllis Awor, Maxencia Nabiryo and Lenore Manderson
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:36
    Content type: Case Study Published on:

  15. Tobacco consumption is more life-threatening in people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) than within the general population; therefore, people living with HIV (PLWH) should be highly motivated to ...

    Authors: Jobert Richie Nansseu, Dalhia Noelle Tounouga, Jean Jacques Noubiap and Jean Joel Bigna
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:35
    Content type: Scoping Review Published on:

  16. Improved access to health care and quality of services require integrated efforts and innovations, including community empowerment and participation in transformation processes. Chagas disease is a neglected t...

    Authors: Diana Castro-Arroyave, Maria Carlota Monroy and Maria Isabel Irurita
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:25
    Content type: Case Study Published on:

  17. The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused more than 80 813 confirmed cases in all provinces of China, and 21 110 cases reported in 93 countries of six continents as of 7 March 2020 since m...

    Authors: Xu Qian, Ran Ren, Youfa Wang, Yan Guo, Jing Fang, Zhong-Dao Wu, Pei-Long Liu and Tie-Ru Han
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:34
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  18. Schistosomiasis is one of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) selected for worldwide elimination in the near future. Egypt has made strong progress against its two endemic species of Schistosoma mansoni and S....

    Authors: Hala Elmorshedy, Robert Bergquist, Amel Fayed, Wafaa Guirguis, Ensaf Abdel-Gawwad, Safaa Eissa and Rashida Barakat
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:31
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  19. Coronavirus can cross the species barrier and infect humans with a severe respiratory syndrome. SARS-CoV-2 with potential origin of bat is still circulating in China. In this study, a prediction model is propo...

    Authors: Xiao-Li Qiang, Peng Xu, Gang Fang, Wen-Bin Liu and Zheng Kou
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:33
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  20. Growing evidence suggests pollution and other environmental factors have a role in the development of tuberculosis (TB), however, such studies have never been conducted in Peru. Considering the association bet...

    Authors: Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar, Alvaro Schwalb, Kelly Tello-Lizarraga, Percy Vega-Guerovich and Cesar Ugarte-Gil
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:32
    Content type: Short Report Published on:

  21. As of 2015 thousands of refugees are being hosted in temporary refugee camps in Greece. Displaced populations, travelling and living under poor conditions with limited access to healthcare are at a high risk o...

    Authors: Emmanouil Alexandros Fotakis, Ioannis Apostolou Giantsis, Javier Castells Sierra, Filianna Tanti, Sofia Balaska, Konstantinos Mavridis, Sofoklis Kourtidis, John Vontas and Alexandra Chaskopoulou
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:30
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  22. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China beginning in December 2019. As of 31 January 2020, this epidemic had sp...

    Authors: Sasmita Poudel Adhikari, Sha Meng, Yu-Ju Wu, Yu-Ping Mao, Rui-Xue Ye, Qing-Zhi Wang, Chang Sun, Sean Sylvia, Scott Rozelle, Hein Raat and Huan Zhou
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:29
    Content type: Scoping Review Published on:

  23. China has emerged as a powerful platform for global pharmaceutical research and development (R&D) amid the 2014 Ebola outbreak. The research and development impact of developing countries on prevention and con...

    Authors: Chao Li, Jing-Yi Chen and Yang-Mu Huang
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:27
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  24. Yaws is a chronic relapsing disease caused by Treponema pallidum subspecies pertunue, which can result in severe disability and deformities. Children below the age of 15 years in resource-poor communities are the...

    Authors: Rafiq Nii Attoh Okine, Bismark Sarfo, Richard M. Adanu, Cynthia Kwakye-Maclean and Francis Adjei Osei
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:26
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  25. By the end of October 2019, there were 958 thousand people were reported living with HIV/AIDS in China. Unhealthy lifestyle factors, such as smoking, drinking alcohol, using illicit drugs and no physical activ...

    Authors: Jun-Fang Xu, Pei-Cheng Wang and Feng Cheng
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:28
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  26. In the Republic of Congo, with two massive outbreaks of chikungunya observed this decade, little is known about the insecticide resistance profile of the two major arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopi...

    Authors: Basile Kamgang, Theodel A. Wilson-Bahun, Aurelie P. Yougang, Arsene Lenga and Charles S. Wondji
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:23
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  27. Lymphatic filariasis (LF), a neglected tropical disease (NTD) and leading cause of global disability, is endemic in 32 countries in Africa with almost 350 million people requiring regular drug administration, ...

    Authors: Caroline Kusi, Peter Steinmann and Sonja Merten
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:22
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  28. Dengue is a re-emerging public health problem and mosquito-borne infectious disease that is transmitted mainly by Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus. Early diagnosis, isolation, and treatment of patients are critic...

    Authors: Ye Xu, Ling-Zhai Zhao, Ya-Zhou Xu, Jin-Bao Gu, Kun Wu, Zhi-Qiang Peng, Xiao-Hong Zhou, Fu-Chun Zhang and Xiao-Guang Chen
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:17
    Content type: Case Study Published on:

  29. Around 2007, a nodding syndrome (NS) epidemic appeared in onchocerciasis-endemic districts of northern Uganda, where ivermectin mass distribution had never been implemented. This study evaluated the effect of ...

    Authors: Nolbert Gumisiriza, Frank Mubiru, Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Martin Mbonye Kayitale, An Hotterbeekx, Richard Idro, Issa Makumbi, Tom Lakwo, Bernard Opar, Joice Kaducu, Joseph Francis Wamala and Robert Colebunders
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:12
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  30. As reported by the World Health Organization, a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was identified as the causative virus of Wuhan pneumonia of unknown etiology by Chinese authorities on 7 January, 2020. The virus w...

    Authors: Tian-Mu Chen, Jia Rui, Qiu-Peng Wang, Ze-Yu Zhao, Jing-An Cui and Ling Yin
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:24
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  31. Diagnostics are essential for identifying and controlling diseases. However, limited access to diagnostics hinders public health efforts in many settings. Social innovation may provide a framework for expandin...

    Authors: Megan L. Srinivas, Eileen J. Yang, Priyanka Shrestha, Dan Wu, Rosanna W. Peeling and Joseph D. Tucker
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:20
    Content type: Scoping Review Published on:

  32. Internal migration places individuals at high risk of contracting tuberculosis (TB). However, there is a scarcity of national-level spatial analyses regarding the association between TB and internal migration ...

    Authors: Wei-Bin Liao, Ke Ju, Ya-Min Gao and Jay Pan
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:5
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  33. Mycobacterium leprae and Toxoplasma gondii infections are both neglected tropical diseases highly prevalent in Brazil. Infection with certain parasite species can significantly alter susceptibility to other impor...

    Authors: Luciana Regina Pereira Oliveira, Lívia Mattos Martins, Rebeka da Conceição Souza, Yuri Scheidegger de Castro, Letícia Silva Nascimento, Juliana Azevedo da Silva, Edilbert Pellegrini Nahn Junior, Wilmar Dias da Silva and Alba Lucínia Peixoto-Rangel
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:19
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  34. Plasmodium falciparum malaria is endemic in the southern sahelian zone of Mauritania where intense internal and trans-border human and livestock movement occurs. The risk of importation and spread of drug-resista...

    Authors: Sileye Mamadou Diallo, Hervé Bogreau, Nasserdine Papa Mze, Mohamed Salem Ould Ahmedou Salem, Mohamed Lemine Ould Khairy, Philippe Parola, Leonardo Basco and Ali Ould Mohamed Salem Boukhary
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:21
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  35. The National Plan for Malaria Elimination (NPME) in Myanmar (2016–2030) aims to eliminate indigenous Plasmodium falciparum malaria in six states/regions of low endemicity by 2020 and countrywide by 2030. To achie...

    Authors: Poe Poe Aung, Zaw Win Thein, Zar Ni Min Hein, Kyaw Thet Aung, Nwe Oo Mon, Nay Yi Yi Linn, Aung Thi, Khin Thet Wai and Thae Maung Maung
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:18
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  36. Malaria surveillance system strengthening is essential in the progress towards malaria elimination. In Nigeria, more attention is being given to this recently as the country is striving towards achieving elimi...

    Authors: Tyakaray Ibrahim Visa, Olufemi Ajumobi, Eniola Bamgboye, IkeOluwapo Ajayi and Patrick Nguku
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:15
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  37. Loiasis is an uncommon and poorly understood parasitic disease outside endemic areas of Africa. The aim of this study was to describe the clinical and biological patterns and treatment of imported loiasis by s...

    Authors: Sabino Puente, German Ramírez-Olivencia, Mar Lago, Mercedes Subirats, Francisco Bru, Eugenio Pérez-Blazquez, Marta Arsuaga, Concepción Ladron de Guevara, Fernando de la Calle-Prieto, Belén Vicente, Montserrat Alonso-Sardón, Moncef Belhassen-Garcia and Antonio Muro
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:16
    Content type: Short Report Published on:

  38. Despite the availability of free tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and treatment, TB care still generates substantial costs that push people into poverty. We investigated out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for TB care and...

    Authors: Yan Liu, Cai-Hong Xu, Xiao-Mo Wang, Zhen-Yu Wang, Yan-Hong Wang, Hui Zhang and Li Wang
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:14
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  39. China is facing challenges of the shifting presentation of tuberculosis (TB) from younger to elderly due to an ageing population, longer life expectancy and reactivation disease. However, the burden of elderly...

    Authors: Jun Cheng, Yan-Ni Sun, Can-You Zhang, Yan-Ling Yu, Li-Hong Tang, Hong Peng, Ying Peng, Yu-Xia Yao, Shuang-Yi Hou, Jian-Wei Li, Jin-Ming Zhao, Lan Xia, Lin Xu, Yin-Yin Xia, Fei Zhao, Li-Xia Wang…
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:13
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  41. Yaws is a chronic, highly contagious skin and bone infection affecting children living in impoverished, remote communities and caused by Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue. The Philippines was thought to be f...

    Authors: Belen Lardizabal Dofitas, Sherjan P. Kalim, Camille B. Toledo and Jan Hendrik Richardus
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:1
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  43. Irrigated agriculture is key to increase agricultural productivity and ensure food security in Africa. However, unintended negative public health impacts (e.g. malaria) of such environmental modification have ...

    Authors: Dawit Hawaria, Assalif Demissew, Solomon Kibret, Ming-Chieh Lee, Delenasaw Yewhalaw and Guiyun Yan
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:9
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  44. Crowdsourcing is used increasingly in health and medical research. Crowdsourcing is the process of aggregating crowd wisdom to solve a problem. The purpose of this systematic review is to summarize quantitativ...

    Authors: Cheng Wang, Larry Han, Gabriella Stein, Suzanne Day, Cedric Bien-Gund, Allison Mathews, Jason J. Ong, Pei-Zhen Zhao, Shu-Fang Wei, Jennifer Walker, Roger Chou, Amy Lee, Angela Chen, Barry Bayus and Joseph D. Tucker
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:8
    Content type: Scoping Review Published on:

  45. In the original publication of this article [1] we noticed the Fig. 4 was incorrect. The correct Fig. 4 is as below.

    Authors: Jin-Ou Chen, Yu-Bing Qiu, Zulma Vanessa Rueda, Jing-Long Hou, Kun-Yun Lu, Liu-Ping Chen, Wei-Wei Su, Li Huang, Fei Zhao, Tao Li and Lin Xu
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:7
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2019 8:92

  46. Human brucellosis is a neglected public health issue in China and reports of HIV-infected individuals complicated with brucellosis are rare. This report describes the case of an HIV-infected patient complicate...

    Authors: Shuai-Bing Dong, Li-Ping Wang, Chao-Xue Wu, Fan Li, Yong Yue, Dong-Ri Piao, Hong-Yan Zhao and Hai Jiang
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:6
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  47. There is increasing evidence that the substantial global burden of disease for tuberculosis unfolds in concert with dimensions of common mental disorders. Person-centred care holds much promise to ameliorate t...

    Authors: André Janse Van Rensburg, Audry Dube, Robyn Curran, Fentie Ambaw, Jamie Murdoch, Max Bachmann, Inge Petersen and Lara Fairall
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:4
    Content type: Scoping Review Published on:

  48. Social Innovation in health initiatives have the potential to address unmet community health needs. For sustainable change to occur, we need to understand how and why a given intervention is effective. Bringin...

    Authors: Emma L. M. Rhule and Pascale A. Allotey
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:3
    Content type: Opinion Published on:

  50. Rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) can effectively manage malaria cases and reduce excess costs brought by misdiagnosis. However, few studies have evaluated the economic value of this technology. The purpose of this...

    Authors: Xiao-Xiao Ling, Jia-Jie Jin, Guo-Ding Zhu, Wei-Ming Wang, Yuan-Yuan Cao, Meng-Meng Yang, Hua-Yun Zhou, Jun Cao and Jia-Yan Huang
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2019 8:104
    Content type: Scoping Review Published on:
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