July 19, 2023
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07/13/2023
Review
Exclusive breastfeeding of infants under 6 months of age is recommended by the World Health Organization. In 2021, over 300 million combined incident cases of malaria, tuberculosis, and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) were reported, predominantly in low-income countries...
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Current Issue August 2023
07/03/2023
Research Article
Early diagnosis of infectious diseases improves outcomes by enabling earlier delivery of effective treatment, and helps prevent further transmission by undiagnosed persons. We demonstrated a proof-of-concept assay combining isothermal amplification and lateral flow assay (LFA) for early diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis, a vector-borne infectious disease that affects ca. 700,000 to 1.2 million people annually...
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07/31/2023
Research Article
Human African trypanosomiasis is a parasitic disease caused by trypanosomes among which Trypanosoma brucei gambiense is responsible for a chronic form (gHAT) in West and Central Africa. Its elimination as a public health problem (EPHP) is being achieved. Côte d’Ivoire was one of the first countries to be validated by WHO in 2020 and this was particularly challenging as the country still reported around...
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07/13/2023
Viewpoints
Understanding when it is the appropriate time to stop administering the drugs in a chemotherapy-centered treatment program such as onchocerciasis remains a challenge due to cost, imperfect testing procedures, and a lack of long-term experience. Different...
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07/31/2023
Research Article
Candida haemulonii complex-related species are pathogenic yeasts closely related to Candida auris with intrinsic antifungal resistance, but few epidemiological data are available. We analyzed clinical and demographic characteristics of patients with fungemia due to C. haemulonii complex and related species (C. pseudohaemulonii, C. vulturna)...
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07/27/2023
Research Article
The present study explicitly evaluated the genetic structure of Aedes aegypti Linn, the vector of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika viruses, across different geo-climatic zones of India and also elucidated the impact of ecological and topographic factors. After data quality checks and removal of samples with excess null alleles, the final analysis...
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07/28/2023
Research Article
Sasanami and colleagues
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07/28/2023
Research Article
Deikumah and colleague
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07/19/2023
Research Article
Maia and colleagues
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07/05/2023
Research Article
Laurent & Carlson
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Sasanami and colleagues
Sasanami and colleagues
Muhi and colleagues
Gürtler and colleagues
By Taehee Chang and colleagues
By Bayaki Saka and colleagues
By Usa Thisyakorn and colleagues
By Nicolás González and colleagues
By Eva Stadler and colleagues
By Luong Tan and colleagues
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