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Vanuatu was formerly highly endemic for lymphatic filariasis (LF), caused by Wuchereria bancrofti and transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes. After a baseline survey showing 4.8% antigen prevalence in 1998, the coun...
Tropical Medicine and Health 2017 45:18
Published on: 16 June 2017
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Malaria in Cameroon was previously known to be caused solely by Plasmodium falciparum but today, evidence points to other Plasmodium species including P. vivax, P. ovale and P. malariae. The purpose of this study...
Tropical Medicine and Health 2017 45:14
Published on: 15 June 2017
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Lymphatic filariasis (LF) occurs when filarial parasites are transmitted to humans through mosquitoes. The filarial worms affect the lymphatic system which leads to abnormal enlargement of body parts, chronic ...
Tropical Medicine and Health 2017 45:8
Published on: 12 June 2017
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There is very limited data available on the prevalence of Bancroftian filariasis in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Considerable attempts to eliminate the disease had occurred in the Pacific region b...
Tropical Medicine and Health 2017 45:17
Published on: 9 June 2017
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Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a parasitic infection (also called kala-azar in South Asia) caused by Leishmania donovani that is a considerable threat to public health in the Indian subcontinent, including densel...
Tropical Medicine and Health 2017 45:13
Published on: 12 May 2017
Letter to the Editor
Neglected intestinal helminth infections afflict the marginalized communities in Asia. Since 2004, growing body of evidence in Myanmar indicated high prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths (STH) infections (...
Tropical Medicine and Health 2017 45:12
Published on: 8 May 2017
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Chronic illnesses are a major public health problem in low-income countries. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), few data are available, especially in palliative care. In this context, the present s...
Tropical Medicine and Health 2017 45:11
Published on: 5 May 2017
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The aim of this study is to present data of the diagnostic capacity of Kenyan laboratories to diagnose a number of human pathogens. The study is based on the data obtained from a biosecurity survey conducted i...
Tropical Medicine and Health 2017 45:10
Published on: 28 April 2017
Short report
Rotavirus gastroenteritis is an important cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in Kenya. In July 2014, Kenya introduced the rotavirus vaccine into her national immunization program. Although immunization...
Tropical Medicine and Health 2017 45:9
Published on: 24 April 2017
Review
Toxoplasmosis is caused by an intracellular obligatory parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, and it has global distribution. The purposes of this systematic review and meta-analysis were to evaluate the seroprevalence of ...
Tropical Medicine and Health 2017 45:7
Published on: 12 April 2017
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Tungiasis (sand flea disease) is caused by the penetration of female sand fleas (Tunga penetrans, Siphonaptera) into the skin. It belongs to the neglected tropical diseases and is prevalent in South America, the ...
Tropical Medicine and Health 2017 45:6
Published on: 10 March 2017
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The development of polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) technique for species identification among patients presenting leishmaniasis allowed to better determine the mai...
Tropical Medicine and Health 2017 45:5
Published on: 28 February 2017
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Dams are important to ensure food security and promote economic development in sub-Saharan Africa. However, a poor understanding of the negative public health consequences from issues such as malaria could aff...
Tropical Medicine and Health 2017 45:4
Published on: 24 February 2017
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Non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) is a public health problem worldwide and particularly in Africa with high disease burden. This study characterized Salmonella isolates from humans in Ghana to determine serovar dist...
Tropical Medicine and Health 2017 45:3
Published on: 10 February 2017
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In Cameroon, poverty-related diseases (PRDs) are a major public health concern. Research and policies addressing PRDs are based on a particular understanding of the interaction between poverty and disease, usu...
Tropical Medicine and Health 2017 45:2
Published on: 14 January 2017
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Birth weight and length have seasonal fluctuations. However, it is uncertain which meteorological element has an effect on birth outcomes and which timing of pregnancy would explain such effect. Therefore, the...
Tropical Medicine and Health 2017 45:1
Published on: 10 January 2017
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Diarrheal disease remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among under-five children worldwide. Every day, more than 4000 children lose their lives due to diarrhea. In Ethiopia, diarrhea is the sec...
Tropical Medicine and Health 2016 44:40
Published on: 9 December 2016
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The epidemiology of enteric pathogens has not been well studied in Kenya because of wide disparities in health status across the country. Therefore, the present study describes the prevalence of enteropathogen...
Tropical Medicine and Health 2016 44:39
Published on: 29 November 2016
Letter to the Editor
Human activities such as burning of fossil fuels play a role in upsetting a previously more balanced and harmonious ecosystem. Climate change—a significant variation in the usual pattern of Earth’s average wea...
Tropical Medicine and Health 2016 44:38
Published on: 24 November 2016
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Since artesunate (ART) became a vital component of artemisinin (ARM)-based combination therapies for the treatment for malaria, counterfeit ART drugs have spread in regions of Southeast Asia and Africa. The co...
Tropical Medicine and Health 2016 44:37
Published on: 21 November 2016
Case report
Dengue is the most prevalent and fast spreading arboviral infection affecting people. No specific drug is available to treat dengue. Thrombocytopenia with potential of serious hemorrhages is one of the hall ma...
Tropical Medicine and Health 2016 44:36
Published on: 7 November 2016
Letter to the Editor
Tropical Medicine and Health 2016 44:35
Published on: 25 October 2016
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Human brucellosis remains to be a neglected zoonotic disease among agro-pastoral communities where livestock rearing is one of the main economic activities. This study was conducted in different agro-pastoral ...
Tropical Medicine and Health 2016 44:34
Published on: 18 October 2016
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Ticks have been long known as vectors of various pathogens, some of which can cause high fatality rates among infected individuals. Our enhanced tick surveillance around Nagasaki, Japan, led to the isolation a...
Tropical Medicine and Health 2016 44:31
Published on: 11 October 2016
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A Bayesian latent class evaluation was used to estimate the true prevalence of brucellosis in livestock farmers and patients with prolonged pyrexia (PP) and to validate three conditionally dependent serologica...
Tropical Medicine and Health 2016 44:32
Published on: 4 October 2016
