First sequence of influenza D virus identified in poultry farm bioaerosols in Sarawak, MalaysiaTropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines - Tập 6 - Trang 1-4 - 2020
Emily S. Bailey, Jane K. Fieldhouse, Natalie A. Alarja, David D. Chen, Maria E. Kovalik, Juliana N. Zemke, Jessica Y. Choi, Laura K. Borkenhagen, Teck-Hock Toh, Jeffrey Soon Yit Lee, Kuek-Sen Chong, Gregory C. Gray
In 2018, our team collected aerosols samples from five poultry farms in Malaysia. Influenza D virus was detected in 14% of samples. One sample had an 86.3% identity score similar to NCBI accession number MH785020.1. This is the first molecular sequence of influenza D virus detected in Southeast Asia from a bioaerosol sample. Our findings indicate that further study of role of IDV in poultry is nec...... hiện toàn bộ
Anopheles stephensi: a guest to watch in urban AfricaTropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines - Tập 8 Số 1 - 2022
Eliningaya J. Kweka
AbstractMalaria vector control programs in Sub-Saharan Africa have invested many efforts and resources in the control of eight-sibling species of Anopheles gambiae complex and An. funestus group. The behaviour of sibling species of these vectors is well known and used for implementing the current intervention to...... hiện toàn bộ
More harm than good? The questionable ethics of medical volunteering and international student placementsTropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines - Tập 3 - Trang 1-12 - 2017
Irmgard Bauer
It has been argued that much of international medical volunteering is done for the wrong reasons, in that local people serve as a means to meet volunteers’ needs, or for the right reasons but ignorance and ill-preparedness harm the intended beneficiaries, often without volunteers’ grasp of the damage caused. The literature on ethical concerns in medical volunteering has grown tremendously over the...... hiện toàn bộ
Arboviruses and pregnancy: are the threats visible or hidden?Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines - Tập 10 - Trang 1-14 - 2024
Najeh Hcini, Véronique Lambert, Olivier Picone, Jean-Francois Carod, Gabriel Carles, Léo Pomar, Loïc Epelboin, Mathieu Nacher
Mosquito-borne arboviral diseases are a global concern and can have severe consequences on maternal, neonatal, and child health. Their impact on pregnancy tends to be neglected in developing countries. Despite hundreds of millions of infections, 90% pregnancies being exposed, scientific data on pregnant women is poor and sometimes non-existent. Recently and since the 2016 Zika virus outbreak, ther...... hiện toàn bộ
Healthy, safe and effective international medical student electives: a systematic review and recommendations for program coordinatorsTropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines - Tập 5 - Trang 1-14 - 2019
D. Ashley Watson, Nicholas Cooling, Ian J. Woolley
Thousands of medical students undertake international medical electives each year. These students face potentially substantial health and safety risks as well as educational and ethical challenges and therefore should undertake their electives within well-structured and coordinated programs. We conducted a qualitative systematic review based on a pre-determined protocol. Relevant publications and ...... hiện toàn bộ
Efficacy and safety of Bacillus clausii (O/C, N/R, SIN, T) probiotic combined with oral rehydration therapy (ORT) and zinc in acute diarrhea in children: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in IndiaTropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines - Tập 8 Số 1 - 2022
Keya Lahiri, Raghvendra Singh, Mohini Apte, Mahantesh Patil, Amar Taksande, Rafael Varona, Godhuli Chatterjee, Manish Verma, Sandrine Brette, Marcos III Perez
Abstract
Background
Childhood diarrhea remains a major disease burden, particularly in developing countries, and is a leading cause of death in children aged < 5 years, worldwide. Treatment of acute diarrhea now includes probiotics to potentially reduce the duration and severity of the illness. T...... hiện toàn bộ
Sun, sea and sex: a review of the sex tourism literatureTropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines - Tập 6 - Trang 1-10 - 2020
Timothy Siliang Lu, Andrea Holmes, Chris Noone, Gerard Thomas Flaherty
Sex tourism is defined as travel planned specifically for the purpose of sex, generally to a country where prostitution is legal. While much of the literature on sex tourism relates to the commercial sex worker industry, sex tourism also finds expression in non-transactional sexual encounters. This narrative review explores current concepts related to travel and sex, with a focus on trans-national...... hiện toàn bộ