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An Overview of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect many neglected and marginalized populations worldwide, but the burden in sub-Saharan Africa is rather...
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Neglected Tropical Diseases - Sub-Saharan Africa
This fully updated and expanded second edition provides an overview of the major neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) occurring in sub-Saharan Africa,...
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Vaccines for Neglected Pathogens: Strategies, Achievements and Challenges Focus on Leprosy, Leishmaniasis, Melioidosis and Tuberculosis
This book reviews successes and (remaining) challenges in vaccine development for the selected Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) of Leprosy,...
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Alternative Interventions Against Neglected Tropical Diseases in SSA: Vector Control
Vector control is one of the strategies recommended by the World Health Organization for the control and prevention of the neglected tropical...
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Insights into the diagnosis, vaccines, and control of Taenia solium, a zoonotic, neglected parasite
Taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis (TSTC) is a foodborne, zoonotic neglected tropical disease affecting predominately low- and middle-income...
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Machine Learning and Neglected Tropical Diseases
A host of different diseases caused by pathogens, virus, bacteria, worms, helminths which may be transmitted by vectors or contaminated food, water,...
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Neglected Tropical Diseases in Lebanon
IntroductionNeglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are highly endemic and distributed within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, affecting an...
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The pipeline for drugs for control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases: 1. Anti-infective drugs for regulatory registration
The World Health Organization ‘Ending the neglect to attain the Sustainable Development Goals: A road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021–2030’...
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The Prospective Effects of Climate Change on Neglected Tropical Diseases in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a Review
An increase in the annual daily temperature is documented and predicted to occur in the coming decades. Climate change has a direct effect and...
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Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Chagas a Neglected Tropical Disease in Rural Communities of the Colombian Caribbean, CHAGCOV Study
PurposeChagas disease (CD) a Neglected Tropical Diseases is an important public health issue in countries where is still endemic, included in the...
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Drugs for neglected tropical diseases: availability of age-appropriate oral formulations for young children
It is recognised that paediatric indications and age-appropriate formulations are required to ensure that paediatric populations receive appropriate...
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The pipeline for drugs for control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases: 2. Oral anti-infective drugs and drug combinations for off-label use
In its ‘Road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021–2030’, the World Health Organization outlined its targets for control and elimination of...
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Pneumococcal vaccination status among cirrhotic patients in Italy: a neglected topic
To date, few reports have evaluated the pneumococcal vaccination status in cirrhotic patients. No data are available for European countries. We have...
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Iron deficiency and soil-transmitted helminth infection: classic and neglected connections
Beyond participating in the oxygen transport by red blood cells, iron is an essential micronutrient and contributes to different physiological...
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Kyasanur Forest Disease: A Neglected Zoonotic Disease of India
Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) is an acute viral illness with life-threatening hemorrhagic fever in humans and monkeys. It is caused by the KFD virus,...
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The Role of Health Systems in the Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) mostly affect populations with low socio-economic status and limited access to healthcare. The opportunity to...
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First report of Leishmania tropica in domestic and wild animal hosts in hyperendemic areas of human cutaneous leishmaniasis in western Yemen: a neglected tropical disease needing One Health approach
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), a neglected tropical disease, is a major public health concern in Yemen, with Leishmania tropica identified as the main...
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The Social and Economic Impact of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa
NTDs are characterised by several factors, the most common of which is poverty. It is estimated that the disease costs develo** countries the...