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Conceptual model of low-cost improvised bubble continuous positive airway pressure device for adults and its potential use in the COVID-19 pandemic

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Initiatives to address leprosy as a human rights issue through the mandate of UN Special Rapporteur: Achievements and challenges

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In vivo reflectance confocal microscopy, dermoscopy, high-frequency ultrasonography, and histopathology features in a case of chromoblastomycosis

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The development of broad-spectrum antiviral medical countermeasures to treat viral hemorrhagic fevers caused by natural or weaponized virus infections

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Factors associated with in-hospital mortality of adult tetanus patients–a multicenter study from Bangladesh

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 1, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010235

Long-term Chikungunya sequelae and quality of life 2.5 years post-acute disease in a prospective cohort in Curaçao

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 1, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010142

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Risk factors analysis for neglected human rickettsioses in rural communities in Nan province, Thailand: A community-based observational study along a landscape gradient

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Effects of ivermectin treatment of backyard chickens on mosquito dynamics and West Nile virus transmission

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Pharmacokinetics of oral moxidectin in individuals with Onchocerca volvulus infection

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Clinical manifestations of Rift Valley fever in humans: Systematic review and meta-analysis

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National mapping of schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminthiasis and anaemia in Yemen: Towards better national control and elimination

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Concordance of ompA types in children re-infected with ocular Chlamydia trachomatis following mass azithromycin treatment for trachoma

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 28, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010237

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Community intervention programmes with people affected by leprosy: Listening to the voice of professionals

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Ribavirin for treating Lassa fever: A systematic review of pre-clinical studies and implications for human dosing

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Spatio-temporal dynamics of rabies and habitat suitability of the common marmoset Callithrix jacchus in Brazil

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