Serosurvey and molecular detection of the main zoonotic parasites carried by commensal Rattus norvegicus population in Tehran, IranTropical Medicine and Health - - 2020
Taher Azimi, Mohammad Reza Pourmand, Fatemeh Fallah, Abdollah Karimi, Roxana Mansour-Ghanaie, Seyedeh Mahsan Hoseini-Alfatemi, Mehdi Shirdoust, Leila Azimi
Rattus norvegicus are reservoirs for transmission of various zoonotic parasites, and they have become a threat to public health worldwide. Given the large number and the significant presence of R. norvegicus throughout the city of Tehran, this study aims to assess the frequency of zoonotic parasites carried by commensal rodents wandering in Tehran, Iran. The study considered the north, south, west...... hiện toàn bộ
Decentralized control of human visceral leishmaniasis in endemic urban areas of Brazil: a literature reviewTropical Medicine and Health - Tập 44 - Trang 1-9 - 2016
Sonia S. Menon, Rodolfo Rossi, Leon Nshimyumukiza, Kate Zinszer
Human migration and concomitant HIV infections are likely to bring about major changes in the epidemiology of some parasitic infections in Brazil. Human visceral leishmaniasis (HVL) control is particularly fraught with intricacies. It is against a backdrop of decentralized health care that the complex HVL control initiatives are brought to bear. This comprehensive review aims to explore the obstac...... hiện toàn bộ
Oral and maxillofacial surgical services amid COVID-19 pandemic: perspective from TanzaniaTropical Medicine and Health - - 2020
Karpal Singh Sohal, Elison N. M. Simon, Boniphace M Kalyanyama, Jeremiah Robert Moshy
AbstractThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is a global pandemic that affects individuals from all walks of life. Considering that the virus can be passed on directly from person to person through respiratory droplets, contact, fomites, and saliva, the oral and maxillofacial surgeons are exposed to C...... hiện toàn bộ
Toxoplasmosis seroprevalence in Iranian women and risk factors of the disease: a systematic review and meta-analysisTropical Medicine and Health - Tập 45 - Trang 1-13 - 2017
Azadeh Mizani, Abbas Alipour, Mehdi Sharif, Shahabeddin Sarvi, Afsaneh Amouei, Azar Shokri, Mohammad-Taghi Rahimi, Seyed Abdollah Hosseini, Ahmad Daryani
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 toxoplasmosis in Iranian pregnant women, and girls and women of childbearing age, and identify potentially preventable risk factors. Between November 2014 and February 2017, nine electroni...... hiện toàn bộ
Bottom-up approach to strengthen community-based malaria control strategy from community health workers’ perceptions of their past, present, and future: a qualitative study in Palawan, PhilippinesTropical Medicine and Health - Tập 46 - Trang 1-12 - 2018
Emilie Louise Akiko Matsumoto-Takahashi, Pilarita Tongol-Rivera, Elena Andino Villacorte, Ray Uyaan Angluben, Masamine Jimba, Shigeyuki Kano
Microscopists have active roles in bringing malaria diagnosis and treatment closer to households in Palawan, the highest malaria-endemic province in the Philippines. To accelerate the elimination of malaria in Palawan, we performed a study based on the bottom-up approach to provide profound data to strengthen this community-based malaria control from the microscopists’ point of view. We performed ...... hiện toàn bộ
Landfills and preterm birth in the Guadeloupe archipelago (French West Indies): a spatial cluster analysisTropical Medicine and Health - Tập 47 - Trang 1-5 - 2019
Marion Istvan, Florence Rouget, Léah Michineau, Christine Monfort, Luc Multigner, Jean-François Viel
A high rate of preterm birth is observed in the Guadeloupe archipelago (French West Indies), raising the hypothesis of harmful environmental exposures, including landfilling. Our aim was to evaluate whether preterm births cluster around the three main open landfills located in this area. The study population consisted of 911 women enrolled in the Timoun mother-child cohort (2004–2007). Home addres...... hiện toàn bộ