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Scaling-up attention to nonmalaria acute undifferentiated fever
Summary: Studies have reported that only a small fraction of fever cases in malaria–endemic areas are actually caused by malaria. Much greater emphasis is now needed to step up attention to the approp...
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Cho Naing,
Ani Izzuani Binti Mohd Kassim
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Diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminthiasis in an Amazonic community of Peru using multiple diagnostic techniques
Abstract: An observational descriptive study was conducted in a Shipibo-Conibo/Ese’Eja community of the rainforest in Peru to compare the Kato–Katz method and the spontaneous sedimentation in tube tec...
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Jorge D. Machicado,
Luis A. Marcos,
Raul Tello,
Marco Canales,
Angelica Terashima,
Eduardo Gotuzzo
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333-339
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Changes in stigma and discrimination of onchocerciasis in Africa
Abstract: Forms of onchocerciasis-related stigmatisation, following over 10 years of implementation of community directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI), were documented through a survey conducted b...
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Yolande Flore Longang Tchounkeu,
Nkechi G. Onyeneho,
Samuel Wanji,
Asaph Turinde Kabali,
Célé Manianga,
Uche V. Amazigo,
Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo
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340-347
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The diagnosis of typhoid fever in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Abstract: The diagnosis of typhoid fever (TF) in Kinshasa (DR Congo) was assessed by on-site surveys, external quality assessment (EQA) of the Widal test and a microbiological blood culture surveillan...
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Octavie Lunguya,
Marie-France Phoba,
Steve Ahuka Mundeke,
Edmonde Bonebe,
Pierre Mukadi,
Jean-Jacques Muyembe,
Jan Verhaegen,
Jan Jacobs
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348-355
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Application and expression of Toxoplasma gondii surface antigen 2 (SAG2) and rhoptry protein 2 (ROP2) from recombinant Escherichia coli strain
Abstract: The gene encoding surface antigen 2 (SAG2) or rhoptry protein 2 (ROP2) of Toxoplasma gondii was cloned into the plasmid pGEX-4T-1 and subsequently expressed in Escherichia coli as a glutathi...
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Hua Yan,
Huishen Yan,
Yong Tao,
Hongju Chen,
Guocai Li,
Weijuan Gong,
Hongmei Jiao,
Fang Tian,
Mingchun Ji
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356-362
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Incidence of tuberculosis and early mortality in a large cohort of HIV infected patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in a tertiary hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Summary: Preceding studies on morbidities and mortalities associated with TB in a cohort of HIV care indicate high incidence of TB development and premature death among patients on highly active antir...
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Aragie Kassa,
Azmera Teka,
Aster Shewaamare,
Degu Jerene
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363-370
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Comparison of the usefulness of hydatid cyst fluid, native antigen B and recombinant antigen B8/1 for serological diagnosis of cystic echinococcosis
Abstract: For serodiagnosis of cystic echinococcosis (CE), the usefulness of three native antigens, a hydatid cyst fluid (HCF) obtained from infected sheep in China, two types of antigen B prepared fr...
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Tahereh Mohammadzadeh,
Yasuhito Sako,
Seyed Mahmoud Sadjjadi,
Bahador Sarkari,
Akira Ito
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371-375
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A proposed new clinical staging system for patients with mucosal leishmaniasis
Abstract: Mucosal leishmaniasis (ML) occurs mainly in areas where Leishmania braziliensis is transmitted. It affects predominantly the nasal mucosa and, in more severe forms, can lead to significant t...
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Hélio A. Lessa,
Marcus M. Lessa,
Luiz Henrique Guimarães,
Clara Mônica F. Lima,
Sergio Arruda,
Paulo R. Machado,
Edgar M. Carvalho
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376-381
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Emergence of classical ctxB genotype 1 and tetracycline resistant strains of Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor in Assam, India
Summary: Cholera epidemics with moderately high case fatality rates in Assam, northeast India were investigated in 2007, 2008 and 2010. Based on mismatch amplification mutation assay PCR for detection...
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Biswajyoti Borkakoty,
Dipankar Biswas,
Utpala Devi,
Kausal Yadav,
Jagadish Mahanta
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382-386
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Yellow fever virus susceptibility of two mosquito vectors from Kenya, East Africa
Abstract: Yellow fever is an unpredictable disease of increasing epidemic threat in East Africa. Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti has never been implicated as a vector in this region and recent outbreaks hav...
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Brett R. Ellis,
Rosemary C. Sang,
Kate McElroy Horne,
Stephen Higgs,
Dawn M. Wesson
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387-389
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Comment on: The impact of baseline faecal egg counts on the efficacy of single-dose albendazole against Trichuris trichiura
Bruno Levecke et al. reported that the efficacy of single-dose albendazole against Trichuris trichiura (whipworm) infection depends on faecal egg counts (FECs) at baseline. This conclusion was based o...
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Hans Verhoef
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Reply to comment on: The impact of baseline faecal egg counts on the efficacy of single-dose albendazole against Trichuris trichiura
We appreciate the concerns of Hans Verhoef on the statistical analysis and hence the conclusions drawn in our report on the impact of baseline faecal egg counts (FEC) on the efficacy of single-dose al...
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Bruno Levecke,
Jozef Vercruysse
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Comment on: Successful propagation of Alkhumra (misnamed as Alkhurma) virus in C6/36 mosquito cells
Currently, Alkhumra virus (ALKV) is phylogenetically recognized as a close relative (or a variant) of Kyasanur Forest disease virus (KFDV), which belongs to the tickborne flavivirus group in the genus...
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G. Kuno
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Reply to comment on: Successful propagation of Alkhumra (misnamed as Alkhurma) virus in C6/36 mosquito cells
The reference cited by Kuno described detection of Alkhumra virus (ALKV) RNA and not viral isolation from a single tick that was feeding on a camel. The detection of ALKV RNA or viral isolation from t...
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Tariq A. Madani,
Moujahed Kao,
Esam I. Azhar,
El-Tayeb M.E. Abuelzein,
Hussein M.S. Al-Bar,
Huda Abu-Araki,
Thomas G. Ksiazek
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392-393
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