This photo from the Usino study area in Papua New Guinea shows people carrying produce to a local market several kilometers from their homes and gardens. The track crosses several streams, and it is quite steep in some areas and slippery after rains. Subsistence farmers cannot afford to carry the extra burdens of acute filarial fevers or chronic lymphedema (see Weil et al., doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000344).
Image Credit: Gary J. Weil, Washington University School of Medicine
Reviews
The Burden of Human African Trypanosomiasis
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 23, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000333
The Natural Progression of Gambiense Sleeping Sickness: What Is the Evidence?
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 23, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000303
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The Natural History of Trachoma Infection and Disease in a Gambian Cohort with Frequent Follow-Up
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 2, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000341
Immunogenicity of Fractional Doses of Tetravalent A/C/Y/W135 Meningococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine: Results from a Randomized Non-Inferiority Controlled Trial in Uganda
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 2, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000342
The Impact of Repeated Rounds of Mass Drug Administration with Diethylcarbamazine Plus Albendazole on Bancroftian Filariasis in Papua New Guinea
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 9, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000344
Patterns in Age-Seroprevalence Consistent with Acquired Immunity against Trypanosoma brucei in Serengeti Lions
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 9, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000347
Leishmanicidal Metabolites from Cochliobolus sp., an Endophytic Fungus Isolated from Piptadenia adiantoides (Fabaceae)
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 16, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000348
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