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Socio-demographic trends in malaria knowledge and implications for behaviour change interventions in Zanzibar
BackgroundZanzibar is among the few places within East Africa that have documented a significant reduction of malaria morbidity and mortality....
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Integrated malaria prevention in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review
BackgroundAs many countries aim to eliminate malaria, use of comprehensive approaches targeting the mosquito vector and environment are needed....
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Association between malaria and household air pollution interventions in a predominantly rural area of Ghana
BackgroundThough anecdotal evidence suggests that smoke from HAP has a repellent effect on mosquitoes, very little work has been done to assess the...
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The potential for the double risk of rabies and antimicrobial resistance in a high rabies endemic setting: detection of antibiotic resistance in bacterial isolates from infected dog bite wounds in Uganda
BackgroundPost-exposure treatment for dog bites in humans aims at alleviating the risk of rabies and promoting wound healing. Wound healing may be...
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A semi-field evaluation in Thailand of the use of human landing catches (HLC) versus human-baited double net trap (HDN) for assessing the impact of a volatile pyrethroid spatial repellent and pyrethroid-treated clothing on Anopheles minimus landing
BackgroundThe mosquito landing rate measured by human landing catches (HLC) is the conventional endpoint used to evaluate the impact of vector...
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Zika virus prevention behaviors and knowledge among male partners of pregnant people and lack of condom use as a prevention behavior from the Zika en Embarazadas y Niños (ZEN) prospective cohort study, Colombia
ObjectiveZika virus (ZIKV) infection in pregnancy can cause brain and eye abnormalities and neurodevelopmental sequelae. In the absence of medical...
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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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Musing Over Non-technical Criticalities of Rabies Prevention and Control
Like most human endeavors, rabies prevention and control presents technical and organizational challenges. Here we focus on the latter and describe...
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Seeing malaria through the eyes of affected communities: using photovoice to document local knowledge on zoonotic malaria causation and prevention practices among rural communities exposed to Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in Northern Borneo Island
BackgroundMany rural communities in Malaysian Borneo and Southeast Asia are at risk of Plasmodium knowlesi malaria. Multiple factors contribute to...
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Factors associated with knowledge about malaria prevention among women of reproductive age, Tete Province, Mozambique, 2019–2020
BackgroundMozambique is a malaria endemic country with an estimated prevalence of malaria in children 6–59 months old that is twice as high in rural...
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Malaria prevention knowledge, attitudes, and practices in Zambezia Province, Mozambique
BackgroundIn Mozambique, socio-economic and cultural factors influence the wide adoption of disease preventive measures that are relevant for malaria...
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Knowledge and social beliefs of malaria and prevention strategies among itinerant Nomadic Arabs, Fulanis and Dagazada groups in Chad: a mixed method study
BackgroundNomadic populations in Chad are at increased risk of contracting malaria because of their lifestyle. Being highly mobile they are often...
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Identifying individual, household and environmental risk factors for malaria infection on Bioko Island to inform interventions
BackgroundSince 2004, malaria transmission on Bioko Island has declined significantly as a result of the scaling-up of control interventions. The aim...
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Gaps in knowledge and practices of malaria prevention in Francophone African immigrants in Metropolitan Edmonton
BackgroundImportant knowledge gaps exist in the understanding of the management of the risks of imported malaria in Canada among Francophone...
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Historical Disparities in Health: Rabies Surveillance, Risk Factors and Prevention
In the Americas, as throughout much of the world, rabies is a neglected disease because of who it affects, primarily poorer, indigenous, black,...
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Could a culturally and age-appropriate song contribute towards malaria prevention in primary school learners?
BackgroundAlthough it is a preventable disease, malaria continues to present one of the major global health challenges. The disease is especially...
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Acceptability of peer learning and education approach on malaria prevention (PLEA-malaria) through primary schools communities in rural Ethiopia: peer educators’ perspectives
BackgroundEvidence on peer educators’ experiences of implementing the school-based educational interventions on malaria prevention would be used as...
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Impact of interventions on the incidence of natural focal diseases during the outbreak of COVID-19 in Jiangsu Province, China
BackgroundDuring the period of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, strong intervention measures, such as lockdown, travel restriction,...
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Human landing catches provide a useful measure of protective efficacy for the evaluation of volatile pyrethroid spatial repellents
BackgroundThe human landing catch (HLC) method, in which human volunteers collect mosquitoes that land on them before they can bite, is used to...
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Malaria in children and women of childbearing age: infection prevalence, knowledge and use of malaria prevention tools in the province of Nyanga, Gabon
BackgroundThere is little information on the social perception of malaria and the use of preventative measures in Gabon, especially in rural areas....
