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Rifampicin versus streptomycin for brucellosis treatment in humans: A meta-an...
Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease with a high morbidity in developing countries, but there the optimal treatment is not yet determined. Therefore, the development of a simple... -
Diagnostic accuracy of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for bone and joint tuberculosi...
Background This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for the diagnosis of bone and joint tuberculosis. Methods We searched databases from their... -
Calculating the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infection through poo...
Prevalence is a common epidemiological measure for assessing soil-transmitted helminth burden and forms the basis for much public-health decision-making. Standard diagnostic... -
A Médecins Sans Frontières Ethics Framework for Humanitarian Innovation
: Kiran Jobanputra and colleagues describe an ethics framework to support the ethics oversight of innovation projects in medical humanitarian contexts. -
A novel strategy for interpreting the T-SPOT.TB test results read by an ELISP...
Background The T-SPOT.TB can be read by an ELISPOT plate imager as an alternative to a labor-intensive and time-consuming manual reading, but its accuracy has not been... -
Will COVID-19 become the next neglected tropical disease?
The World Health Organization (WHO) currently classifies 20 diseases and conditions as neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). However, since its inception in 2007, PLOS Neglected...
