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The impact of poverty on dog ownership and access to canine rabies vaccination: results from a knowledge, attitudes and practices survey, Uganda 2013
BACKGROUND: Rabies is a neglected disease despite being responsible for more human deaths than any other zoonosis. A lack of …
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Dynamics of freshwater snails and Schistosoma infection prevalence in schoolchildren during the construction and operation of a multipurpose dam in central Côte d’Ivoire
BACKGROUND: The construction and operation of small multipurpose dams in Africa have a history of altering the transmission of water-based …
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Efficacy of praziquantel on Schistosoma haematobium and re-infection rates among school-going children in the Ndumo area of uMkhanyakude district, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Despite its low cure rates and possible resistance, praziquantel (PZQ) is the only drug available for schistosomiasis treatment. Hence, …
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Putting the treatment of paediatric schistosomiasis into context
Despite increased international efforts to control schistosomiasis using preventive chemotherapy, several challenges still exist in reaching the target populations. Until …
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Rebuilding transformation strategies in post-Ebola epidemics in Africa
Rebuilding transformation strategies in post-Ebola epidemics in West Africa requires long-term surveillance and strengthening health system preparedness to disease outbreak. …
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Selecting accurate post-elimination monitoring tools to prevent reemergence of urogenital schistosomiasis in Morocco: a pilot study
BACKGROUND: After alleged stop of transmission of schistosomiasis and further down the line in post elimination settings, sensitive tools are …
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Post-2015, why delay to seek healthcare? Perceptions and field experiences from TB healthcare providers in northern Malawi: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Malawi is a low-income country with high Tuberculosis (TB) burden. TB diagnosis delay and untimely initiation of treatment is …
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Soil-transmitted helminths and plasmodium falciparum malaria among individuals living in different agroecosystems in two rural communities in the mount Cameroon area: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) and Plasmodium falciparum infections remain public health problems in Cameroon. A cross-sectional study was carried out …
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Effect of temperature on the Bulinus globosus — Schistosoma haematobium system
BACKGROUND: Given that increase in temperature may alter host-parasite relationships, the anticipated rise in temperature due to global warming might …
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Building a global schistosomiasis alliance: an opportunity to join forces to fight inequality and rural poverty
Schistosomiasis, one of the 17 neglected tropical diseases listed by the World Health Organization, presents a substantial public health and …
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Diagnostic delay and associated factors among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Tanzania is among the 30 countries with the highest tuberculosis (TB) burdens. Because TB has a long infectious period, …
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Using the hierarchical ordinal regression model to analyse the intensity of urinary schistosomiasis infection in school children in Lusaka Province, Zambia
BACKGROUND: Urinary schistosomiasis has been a major public health problem in Zambia for many years. However, the disease profile may …
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Therapeutic efficacy and effects of artemisinin-based combination treatments on uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria -associated anaemia in Nigerian children during seven years of adoption as first-line treatments
Artemisinin-based combination treatments (ACTs) are the first-line treatments of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in many endemic areas but there are …
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Assessing the prevalence of urogenital schistosomaisis and transmission risk factors amongst school-aged children around Mapé dam ecological suburbs in Malantouen district, Cameroon
BACKGROUND: Urogenital schistosomiasis is a parasitic infection of public health importance that affects over 112 million people worldwide. The study …
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Malaria over-diagnosis in Cameroon: diagnostic accuracy of Fluorescence and Staining Technologies (FAST) Malaria Stain and LED microscopy versus Giemsa and bright field microscopy validated by polymerase chain reaction
Malaria is a major world health issue and its continued burden is due, in part, to difficulties in the diagnosis …
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Intestinal schistosomiasis in Uganda at high altitude (>1400 m): malacological and epidemiological surveys on Mount Elgon and in Fort Portal crater lakes reveal extra preventive chemotherapy needs
BACKGROUND: Intestinal schistosomiasis is of public health importance in Uganda but communities living above 1400 m are not targeted for …
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Urogenital schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) in Cameroon: An epidemiological update at Barombi Mbo and Barombi Kotto crater lakes assessing prospects for intensified control interventions
BACKGROUND: The crater lakes of Barombi Mbo and Barombi Kotto are well-known transmission foci of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis having …
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Food safety in Vietnam: where we are at and what we can learn from international experiences
Food-borne diseases are attracting a lot of attention in Vietnam as a result of repeated episodes of adulterated and unsafe …
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Psychosocial impact of scars due to cutaneous leishmaniasis on high school students in Errachidia province, Morocco
BACKGROUND: In Morocco, cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is usually known to be a slowly healing localized skin disease, but in some …
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Moving from control to elimination of schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa: time to change and adapt strategies
Schistosomiasis is a water borne parasitic disease of global importance and with ongoing control the disease endemic landscape is changing. …