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Vector control by insecticide‐treated nets in the fight against visceral leishmaniasis in the Indian subcontinent, what is the evidence?
Tropical Medicine and International Health - Tập 13 Số 8 - Trang 1073-1085 - 2008
Bart Ostyn, Veerle Vanlerberghe, Albert Picado, Diwakar Singh Dinesh, Shyam Sundar, François Chappuis, Suman Rijal, Jean‐Claude Dujardin, Marc Coosemans, Marleen Boelaert, Clive R. Davies
SummaryVisceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a deadly vector‐borne disease that causes an estimated 500 000 new cases a year. In India, Nepal and Bangladesh, VL is caused by Leishmania donovani, which is transmitted from man to man by the sandfly Phlebotomus argentipes. In 2005, these three countries signed a memorandu...... hiện toàn bộ
The magnitude of diabetes and its association with obesity in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya: results from a cross‐sectional survey
Tropical Medicine and International Health - Tập 18 Số 12 - Trang 1520-1530 - 2013
Samuel Oti, Steven J. M. van de Vijver, Charles Agyemang, Catherine Kyobutungi
AbstractObjectivesTo assess the prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of diabetes and to examine the relationship of obesity with raised blood glucose in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya.... hiện toàn bộ
Diagnostic performance and costs of Capilia TB for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex identification from broth‐based culture in Bangkok, Thailand
Tropical Medicine and International Health - Tập 14 Số 7 - Trang 748-753 - 2009
Keerataya Ngamlert, Chalinthorn Sinthuwattanawibool, Kimberly D. McCarthy, Hojoon Sohn, Angela M. Starks, Photjanart Kanjanamongkolsiri, Rapeepan Anekvorapong, Theerawit Tasaneeyapan, Patama Monkongdee, Lois Diem, Jay K. Varma
SummaryObjectives  Broth‐based culture (BBC) systems are increasingly being used to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) in resource‐limited. We evaluated the performance, time to detection and cost of the Capilia TB identification test from broth cultures positive for acid‐fast bacilli (AFB) in Thailand...... hiện toàn bộ
Prevention of malaria during pregnancy in West Africa: policy change and the power of subregional action
Tropical Medicine and International Health - Tập 11 Số 4 - Trang 462-469 - 2006
Robert D. Newman, Allisyn C. Moran, Kassoum Kayentao, Elizabeth Benga‐De, Mathias Yameogo, Oumar Gaye, Ousmane Faye, Youssoufa Lo, Philippe Marc Moreira, Ogobara K. Doumbo, Monica E. Parise, Richard W. Steketee
SummaryBackground  Despite a broadening consensus about the effectiveness of intermittent preventive treatment (IPTp) in preventing the adverse outcomes of malaria during pregnancy, policy change to IPTp was initially limited to East Africa. In West Africa, where the policy change process for the prevention of malaria during pregnancy started...... hiện toàn bộ
The effect of health care worker training on the use of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancy in rural western Kenya
Tropical Medicine and International Health - Tập 12 Số 8 - Trang 953-961 - 2007
Peter Ouma, Anna Maria van Eijk, Mary J. Hamel, Evallyne Sikuku, Frank Odhiambo, Kaendi Munguti, Feiko O. ter Kuile, Piet A. Kager, Laurence Slutsker
SummaryBackground  In 1998, Kenya adopted intermittent preventive treatment (IPTp) with sulphadoxine‐pyrimethamine (SP) for malaria prevention during pregnancy. We conducted a survey in 2002 among women who had recently delivered in the rural neighbouring areas Asembo and Gem and reported coverage of 19% of at least one dose and 7% of two or ...... hiện toàn bộ
Early determination of the reproductive number for vector‐borne diseases: the case of dengue in Brazil
Tropical Medicine and International Health - Tập 11 Số 3 - Trang 332-340 - 2006
Charly Favier, Nicolas Dégallier, María Goreti Rosa-Freitas, J. P. Boulanger, José Rubens Costa Lima, José Francisco Luitgards-Moura, Christophe Menkès, Bernard Mondet, C. Oliveira, E. T. S. Weimann, Pantelis Tsouris
SummaryObjective To evaluate a new method of deriving the reproductive number for vector‐borne diseases from the early epidemic curves for vector‐borne diseases with incubations in the vectors and in the hosts.Method We applied the model to several dengue epidemics in different climatic regions of Brazi...... hiện toàn bộ
Immunization against diseases caused by Theileria parva: a review
Tropical Medicine and International Health - Tập 4 Số 9 - 1999
Gerrit Uilenberg
Summary Theileria parva is the causative agent of three epidemiologically different diseases, East Coast fever (ECF), Corridor disease and January disease, caused by 3 types of T. parva, T. p. parva, T. p. lawrencei and T. p. bovis, ...... hiện toàn bộ
Short communication: Dengue serotype 2 subtype III (‘Jamaica’) epidemic in Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Tropical Medicine and International Health - Tập 3 Số 11 - Trang 857-858 - 1998
Van der Stuyft P, Gianella, Pirard, Holzman, Peredo, Marleen Boelaert, Vorndam
Summary background  During the past decade, dengue and dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) have become a public health problem in various Latin American countries. Indications of increased dengue cases in the city of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, early in 1997 were promptly investigated. methods  We conducted a sam...... hiện toàn bộ
Diagnostic accuracy of non‐specialist versus specialist health workers in diagnosing hearing loss and ear disease in Malawi
Tropical Medicine and International Health - Tập 24 Số 7 - Trang 817-828 - 2019
Tess Bright, Wakisa Mulwafu, Mwanaisha Phiri, R.J.H. Ensink, Andrew Smith, Jennifer Yip, Islay Mactaggart, Sarah Polack
AbstractObjectiveTo determine whether a non‐specialist health worker can accurately undertake audiometry and otoscopy, the essential clinical examinations in a survey of hearing loss, instead of a highly skilled specialist (i.e. ENT or audiologist).<...... hiện toàn bộ
Prevalence and causes of hearing impairment in Africa
Tropical Medicine and International Health - Tập 21 Số 2 - Trang 158-165 - 2016
Wakisa Mulwafu, Hannah Kuper, R.J.H. Ensink
AbstractObjectiveTo systematically assess the data on the prevalence and causes of hearing impairment in Africa.MethodsSystematic review on the prevalence and causes of hearing loss in Africa. We undertook a literature search of seven electronic databases (EMBASE, PubM...... hiện toàn bộ
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