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  1. Mapping and diagnosis of infections by the three major schistosome species (Schistosoma haematobium, S. mansoni and S. japonicum) has been done with assays that are known to be specific but increasingly insensiti...

    Authors: Daniel G. Colley, Tamara S. Andros and Carl H. Campbell Jr.
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:63
    Content type: Scoping Review Published on:

  2. Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) and Plasmodium falciparum infections remain public health problems in Cameroon. A cross-sectional study was carried out in the Mount Cameroon area to determine the prevalence and...

    Authors: Irene Ule Ngole Sumbele, Gladys Belanka Nkemnji and Helen Kuokuo Kimbi
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:67
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  3. Schistosomiasis japonica, caused by the human blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum, remains a major public health problem in China, although great success has been achieved. The control efforts during the past half-...

    Authors: Le-Ping Sun, Wei Wang, Qing-Biao Hong, Shi-Zhu Li, You-Sheng Liang, Hai-Tao Yang and Xiao-Nong Zhou
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:55
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  4. Although great success has been achieved, schistosomiasis remains a major public health concern in China, and the remaining core endemic regions are concentrated along the middle and lower reaches of the Yangt...

    Authors: Le-Ping Sun, Wei Wang, Yin-Ping Zuo, Qing-Biao Hong, Guang-Lin Du, Yu-Cai Ma, Jian Wang, Guo-Jing Yang, Dao-Jian Zhu and You-Sheng Liang
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:56
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  5. Dengue virus is the causative agent of dengue fever, a vector borne infection which causes self-limiting to life threatening disease in humans. A sero-epidemiological study was conducted to understand the curr...

    Authors: Muhammad Suleman, Hyeong-Woo Lee, Syed Sohail Zahoor Zaidi, Muhammad Masroor Alam, Nadia Nisar, Uzma Bashir Aamir, Salmaan Sharif, Shahzad Shaukat, Adnan Khurshid, Mehar Angez, Massab Umair, Ghulam Mujtaba and Rani Faryal
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:48
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  7. Community Engagement (CE) in health research ensures that research is consistent with the socio-cultural, political and economic contexts where the research is conducted. The greatest challenges for researcher...

    Authors: Rosemary Musesengwa, Moses J. Chimbari and Samson Mukaratirwa
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:22
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  8. One way that people get infected with intestinal parasites is through the consumption of contaminated vegetables and fruits. This study aimed at determining the prevalence and predictors of parasitic contamina...

    Authors: Fitsum Bekele, Tamirat Tefera, Gelila Biresaw and Tsegaye Yohannes
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:19
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  9. Urogenital schistosomiasis is a parasitic infection of public health importance that affects over 112 million people worldwide. The study aimed at assessing the urogenital schistosomiasis prevalence and risk f...

    Authors: Adeline P. Mewabo, Roger S. Moyou, Lysette E. Kouemeni, Jeanne Y. Ngogang, Lazare Kaptue and Ernest Tambo
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:40
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  10. Chagas disease is one of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). International goals for its control involve elimination of vector-borne transmission. Central American countries face challenges in establishing...

    Authors: Kota Yoshioka, Doribel Tercero, Byron Pérez, Jiro Nakamura and Lenin Pérez
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:18
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  11. Dengue fever (DF) and malaria are the two major public health concerns in tropical countries such as Thailand. Early differentiation between dengue and malaria could help clinicians to identify patients who sh...

    Authors: Manas Kotepui, Bhukdee PhunPhuech, Nuoil Phiwklam and Kwuntida Uthaisar
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:27
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  12. Even though Rwanda lies within a region that has a high prevalence of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections, epidemiological information regarding these infections in the country remai...

    Authors: Nadine Rujeni, Domenica Morona, Eugene Ruberanziza and Humphrey D. Mazigo
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:8
    Content type: Scoping Review Published on:

  13. Schistosomiasis is a chronic parasitic disease caused by blood flukes (trematode worms) of the genus Schistosoma. Its transmission has been reported in 78 countries affecting at least 258 million people world-wid...

    Authors: Htin Zaw Soe, Cho Cho Oo, Tin Ohn Myat and Nay Soe Maung
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:3
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

    The Erratum to this article has been published in Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:118

  15. The crater lakes of Barombi Mbo and Barombi Kotto are well-known transmission foci of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis having had several important control initiatives previously. To collect ...

    Authors: Suzy J. Campbell, J. Russell Stothard, Faye O’Halloran, Deborah Sankey, Timothy Durant, Dieudonné Eloundou Ombede, Gwladys Djomkam Chuinteu, Bonnie L. Webster, Lucas Cunningham, E. James LaCourse and Louis-Albert Tchuem-Tchuenté
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:49
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  16. Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan has experienced a major surge in blood-borne infections, but data from adequately powered, up-to-date studies are lacking. We thus examined a) the seroprevalences of hepatitis B virus su...

    Authors: Bakyt B. Karabaev, Nurgul J. Beisheeva, Aiganysh B. Satybaldieva, Aikul D. Ismailova, Frank Pessler and Manas K. Akmatov
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:45
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  17. Urinary schistosomiasis has been a major public health problem in Zambia for many years. However, the disease profile may vary in different locale due to the changing ecosystem that contributes to the risk of ...

    Authors: Christopher Simoonga and Lawrence N. Kazembe
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:43
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  18. Schistosomiasis is a water borne parasitic disease of global importance and with ongoing control the disease endemic landscape is changing. In sub-Saharan Africa, for example, the landscape is becoming ever mo...

    Authors: Louis-Albert Tchuem Tchuenté, David Rollinson, J. Russell Stothard and David Molyneux
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:42
    Content type: Scoping Review Published on:

  19. The clinical diagnosis of trichinellosis is difficult because its clinical manifestations are nonspecific. Detection of anti-Trichinella IgG by ELISA using T. spiralis muscle larval excretory-secretory (ES) antig...

    Authors: Zhong-Quan Wang, Ya-Li Shi, Rou-Dan Liu, Peng Jiang, Ya-Yi Guan, Ying-Dan Chen and Jing Cui
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:41
    Content type: Opinion Published on:

  20. Food-borne diseases are attracting a lot of attention in Vietnam as a result of repeated episodes of adulterated and unsafe food. In this paper, we provide some perspectives on food safety in Vietnam from the ...

    Authors: Hung Nguyen-Viet, Tran Thi Tuyet-Hanh, Fred Unger, Sinh Dang-Xuan and Delia Grace
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:39
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  21. Recent studies have shown that early antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation results in significant HIV transmission reduction. This is the rationale behind the “test and treat” policy of the World Health Orga...

    Authors: Jobert Richie N. Nansseu and Jean Joel R. Bigna
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:24
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  22. Toxoplasma gondii is a zoonotic coccidian parasite causing morbidity and mortality. In Yemen, T. gondii infection has been reported among pregnant women seeking healthcare in the main ...

    Authors: Mohammed A. K. Mahdy, Lina M. Q. Alareqi, Rashad Abdul-Ghani, Samira M. A. Al-Eryani, Abdullah A. Al-Mikhlafy, Abdulsalam M. Al-Mekhlafi, Fawzya Alkarshy and Rohela Mahmud
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:26
    Content type: Short Report Published on:

  23. In the Guadeloupe and Saint Martin islands, Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are the only recognized vectors of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika viruses. For around 40 years, malathion was used as a mosquito adulticide and ...

    Authors: Daniella Goindin, Christelle Delannay, Andric Gelasse, Cédric Ramdini, Thierry Gaude, Frédéric Faucon, Jean-Philippe David, Joël Gustave, Anubis Vega-Rua and Florence Fouque
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:38
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  24. The data on hepatitis b virus (HBV) infection in immigrants population are scanty. The porpoise of this study was to define the demographic, virological, and clinical characteristics of subjects infected with ...

    Authors: Nicola Coppola, Loredana Alessio, Luciano Gualdieri, Mariantonietta Pisaturo, Caterina Sagnelli, Carmine Minichini, Giovanni Di Caprio, Mario Starace, Lorenzo Onorato, Giuseppe Signoriello, Margherita Macera, Italo Francesco Angelillo, Giuseppe Pasquale and Evangelista Sagnelli
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:33
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  25. School-based deworming is widely implemented in various countries to reduce the burden of soil-transmitted helminths (STHs), however, the frequency of drug administration varies in different settings. In this ...

    Authors: Stella Kepha, Charles S. Mwandawiro, Roy M. Anderson, Rachel L. Pullan, Fred Nuwaha, Jorge Cano, Sammy M. Njenga, Maurice R. Odiere, Elizabeth Allen, Simon J. Brooker and Birgit Nikolay
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:30
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  26. Larval source management (LSM), which requires an understanding of the ecology and composition of the local mosquito fauna, is an important parameter in successful vector control programmes. The present study ...

    Authors: Mostafa M. Mahgoub, Eliningaya J. Kweka and Yousif E. Himeidan
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:23
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  27. Neglected Tropical Diseases are a set of communicable diseases that affect the population so low socioeconomic status, particularly 1.4 billion people who are living below the poverty level. This study has inv...

    Authors: Marcos Antônio Costa de Albuquerque, Danielle Menezes Dias, Lucas Teixeira Vieira, Carlos Anselmo Lima and Angela Maria da Silva
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:20
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  28. Artemisinin-based combination treatments (ACTs) are the first-line treatments of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in many endemic areas but there are few evaluation of their efficacy in anaemic malario...

    Authors: Akintunde Sowunmi, Kazeem Akano, Godwin Ntadom, Adejumoke I. Ayede, Folasade O. Ibironke, Temitope Aderoyeje, Elsie O. Adewoye, Bayo Fatunmbi, Stephen Oguche, Henrietta U. Okafor, Ismaila Watila, Martin Meremikwu, Philip Agomo, William Ogala, Chimere Agomo, Onikepe A. Folarin…
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:36
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  29. The purpose of this study was to understand the strategies employed by families that adopt Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)-orphaned children (Adoptive families) for coping with and mitigating the im...

    Authors: Nelsensius Klau Fauk, Silivano Edson Mwakinyali, Sukma Putra and Lillian Mwanri
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:21
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  31. Intestinal schistosomiasis is of public health importance in Uganda but communities living above 1400 m are not targeted for control as natural transmission is thought unlikely. To assess altitudinal boundarie...

    Authors: Michelle C. Stanton, Moses Adriko, Moses Arinaitwe, Alison Howell, Juliet Davies, Gillian Allison, E. James LaCourse, Edridah Muheki, Narcis B. Kabatereine and J. Russell Stothard
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:34
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  32. Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is considered to be of significant public health importance in many developing countries. In this review, we aim to summarise studies on HEV with the aim of providing a furthe...

    Authors: Richard Ofori-Asenso and Akosua Adom Agyeman
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:29
    Content type: Scoping Review Published on:

  33. Uganda has suffered from a series of epidemics of Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), a tsetse transmitted disease, also known as sleeping sickness. The area affected by acute Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense HAT ...

    Authors: Louise Hamill, Kim Picozzi, Jenna Fyfe, Beatrix von Wissmann, Sally Wastling, Nicola Wardrop, Richard Selby, Christine Amongi Acup, Kevin L. Bardosh, Dennis Muhanguzi, John D. Kabasa, Charles Waiswa and Susan C. Welburn
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:16
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  34. To successfully eliminate malaria, an integrated system that includes a number of approaches and interventions—aimed at overcoming the threat of antimalarial drug resistance—is required. Significant progress h...

    Authors: Rashad Abdul-Ghani, Mohammed A. K. Mahdy, John C. Beier and Leonardo K. Basco
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:12
    Content type: Opinion Published on:

  35. Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. According to official reports from 121 countries across five WHO regions, there were 213 899 newly diagnosed cases in 2014. Although leprosy...

    Authors: Adriana Barbosa de Lima Fonseca, Marise do Vale Simon, Rodrigo Anselmo Cazzaniga, Tatiana Rodrigues de Moura, Roque Pacheco de Almeida, Malcolm S. Duthie, Steven G. Reed and Amelia Ribeiro de Jesus
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:5
    Content type: Scoping Review Published on:

  36. There has been a growing interest in camel anaplasmosis due to its recent emergence in this reservoir species and concerns for its zoonotic potential. The epidemiology of anaplasmosis in camels therefore remai...

    Authors: Hicham Ait Lbacha, Zaid Zouagui, Said Alali, Abdelkbir Rhalem, Elisabeth Petit, Marie Julie Ducrotoy, Henri-Jean Boulouis and Renaud Maillard
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:1
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  38. Human noroviruses are a major cause of viral gastroenteritis and are the main etiological agents of acute gastroenteritis outbreaks. An increasing number of outbreaks and sporadic cases of norovirus have been ...

    Authors: Xue-Yong Huang, Jia Su, Qian-Chao Lu, Shi-Zheng Li, Jia-Yong Zhao, Meng-Lei Li, Yi Li, Xiao-Jing Shen, Bai-Fan Zhang, Hai-Feng Wang, Yu-Jiao Mu, Shu-Yu Wu, Yan-Hua Du, Li-Cheng Liu, Wei-Jun Chen, John David Klena…
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:6
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  39. Zika virus, which originated from a forest in Uganda, has affected countries in Africa, Latin America and Asia. Most people infected with Zika are asymptomatic and present with clinical manifestations ranging ...

    Authors: C. George Priya Doss, R. Siva, B. Prabhu Christopher, Chiranjib Chakraborty and Hailong Zhu
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:37
    Content type: Opinion Published on:

  40. Multiple factors determine children’s nutritional status, including energy and nutrient intake, recurrent infectious diseases, access (or lack thereof) to clean water and improved sanitation, and hygiene pract...

    Authors: Séverine Erismann, Astrid M. Knoblauch, Serge Diagbouga, Peter Odermatt, Jana Gerold, Akina Shrestha, Grissoum Tarnagda, Boubacar Savadogo, Christian Schindler, Jürg Utzinger and Guéladio Cissé
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:17
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  41. Delayed or inappropriate treatment for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) increases the risk of HIV acquisition and may cause other harmful outcomes. However, studies on STD treatment-seeking behaviour and c...

    Authors: Jun-Jie Xu, Yan-Qiu Yu, Qing-Hai Hu, Hong-Jing Yan, Zhe Wang, Lin Lu, Ming-Hua Zhuang, Xi Chen, Ji-Hua Fu, Wei-Ming Tang, Wen-Qing Geng, Yong-Jun Jiang and Hong Shang
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:15
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  42. Mosquitoes have developed resistance against pyrethroids, the only class of insecticides approved for use on long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs). The present study sought to evaluate the efficacy of the pyr...

    Authors: Eliningaya J. Kweka, Lucile J. Lyaruu and Aneth M. Mahande
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:11
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  43. Anthrax is an acute zoonotic infectious disease caused by the bacterium known as Bacillus anthracis. From 26 July to 8 August 2015, an outbreak with 20 suspected cutaneous anthrax cases was reported in Ganquan Co...

    Authors: Dong-Li Liu, Jian-Chun Wei, Qiu-Lan Chen, Xue-Jun Guo, En-Min Zhang, Li He, Xu-Dong Liang, Guo-Zhu Ma, Ti-Cao Zhou, Wen-Wu Yin, Wei Liu, Kai Liu, Yi Shi, Jian-Jun Ji, Hui-Juan Zhang, Lin Ma…
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:14
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  44. Anti-tuberculosis drug resistance is a major public health problem that threatens the progress made in tuberculosis care and control worldwide. Treatment success rates of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-...

    Authors: Kelemu Tilahun Kibret, Yonatan Moges, Peter Memiah and Sibhatu Biadgilign
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:7
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  45. Schistosomiasis is a waterborne parasitic disease in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly common in rural populations living in impoverished conditions. With the scale-up of preventive chemotherapy, national campa...

    Authors: J. Russell Stothard, Suzy J. Campbell, Mike Y. Osei-Atweneboana, Timothy Durant, Michelle C. Stanton, Nana-Kwadwo Biritwum, David Rollinson, Dieudonné R. Eloundou Ombede and Louis-Albert Tchuem-Tchuenté
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:10
    Content type: Scoping Review Published on:

  46. Recent studies have presented conflicting findings about whether malaria is associated with an increased or decreased risk of malnutrition. Therefore, assessing the relationship between these two disastrous di...

    Authors: Terefe Gone, Fiseha Lemango, Endale Eliso, Samuel Yohannes and Tadele Yohannes
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:9
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  47. Tuberculosis (TB) kills approximately two million people and infects around nine million worldwide annually. Its proper management, especially in resource-limited settings, has been hindered by the lack of rap...

    Authors: Rooyen T. Mavenyengwa, Emma Shaduka and Innocent Maposa
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:13
    Content type: Short Report Published on:

  48. Though many countries, including China, are moving towards malaria elimination, malaria remains a major global health threat. Due to the spread of antimalarial drug resistance and the need for innovative medic...

    Authors: Yang-Mu Huang, Lu-Wen Shi, Rui She, Jing Bai, Shi-Yong Jiao and Yan Guo
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:4
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  49. Cryptosporidium spp. is an important intestinal protozoan causing diarrhea in humans, livestock, and wild animals. Cryptosporidium infection remains a major public health issue, but it...

    Authors: Ya Yang, Yi-Biao Zhou, Peng-Lei Xiao, Yan Shi, Yue Chen, Song Liang, Wu-Li Yihuo, Xiu-Xia Song and Qing-Wu Jiang
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:2
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  50. Infectious diseases such as SARS and H1N1 can significantly impact people’s lives and cause severe social and economic damages. Recent outbreaks have stressed the urgency of effective research on the dynamics ...

    Authors: Rui-Xing Ming, Jiming Liu, William K. W. Cheung and Xiang Wan
    Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2016 5:107
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

    The Erratum to this article has been published in Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:50

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