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Projecting the long-term impact of school- or community-based mass-treatment ...
Background Schistosomiasis remains a significant health burden in many areas of the world. Morbidity control, focused on limiting infection intensity through periodic delivery... -
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... -
The catalytic role of a research university and international partnerships in...
Objective In Peru, the past three decades have witnessed impressive growth in biomedical research catalyzed from a single research university and its investigators who secured... -
Research on Motor Neuron Diseases Konzo and Neurolathyrism: Trends from 1990 ...
Konzo (caused by consumption of improperly processed cassava, Manihot esculenta) and neurolathyrism (caused by prolonged overconsumption of grass pea, Lathyrus sativus) are two... -
Diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Bihar India: Comparison of the rK39 Ra...
Background Antibody-detecting rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) against rK39 are available to aid in the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL). Although these rK39 RDTs have been... -
The global seroprevalence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in women who h...
Background Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is an intracellular pathogen that can lead to abortion in pregnant women infected with this parasite. Therefore, the present study aimed... -
Tools to Support Policy Decisions Related to Treatment Strategies and Surveil...
Background Appropriate diagnostics to monitor disease trends and assess the effectiveness and impact of interventions are essential for guiding treatment strategies at different... -
Eliminating rabies in Tanzania? Local understandings and responses to mass do...
Background With increased global attention to neglected diseases, there has been a resurgence of interest in eliminating rabies from developing countries through mass dog... -
Neuropathic pain and psychological morbidity in patients with treated leprosy...
Background Neuropathic pain has been little studied in leprosy. We assessed the prevalence and clinical characteristics of neuropathic pain and the validity of the Douleur... -
Tracking the career development of scientists in low- and middle-income count...
The Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) co-sponsored by UNICEF, UNDP, World Bank and WHO has been supporting research capacity strengthening... -
Deaths from Symptomatically Identifiable Furious Rabies in India: A Nationall...
Background It is estimated that India has more deaths from rabies than any other country. However, existing estimates are indirect and rely on non-representative studies.... -
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Background While some evidence supports the beneficial effects of integrating neglected tropical disease (NTD) programs to optimize coverage and reduce costs, there is minimal...
