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  1. Content type: Research

    Understanding of the land use and malaria transmission among farming communities in Tanzania is of great significance. Water resource development projects, deforestation, wetland cultivation, and land use chan...

    Authors: Phillipo Paul, Richard Y. M. Kangalawe and Leonard E. G. Mboera

    Citation: Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2018 4:6

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  2. Content type: Review

    The emergence of MDR-TB remained a major public health threat particularly in developing countries. With increased prevalence and complexity of treatment, the burden of MDR-TB challenged the country. It is of ...

    Authors: Tadele Girum, Ebrahim Muktar, Kifle Lentiro, Habtamu Wondiye and Misgun Shewangizaw

    Citation: Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2018 4:5

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  3. Content type: Research

    Soil-transmitted helminths and Schistosoma mansoni infections are the major causes of morbidity and mortality in Sub-Saharan countries. The highest burden of the disease resides in school-age children. Poor water...

    Authors: Tadesse Hailu, Megbaru Alemu, Bayeh Abera, Wondemagegn Mulu, Endalew Yizengaw, Ashenafi Genanew and Fetlework Bereded

    Citation: Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2018 4:4

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  4. Content type: Research

    Urinary Schistosomiasis and malaria are endemic in Sub-Saharan Africa. There are public health concerns and implications of these parasites. This study sought to assess the prevalence of malaria, urinary schis...

    Authors: Ruth Nyarko, Kwasi Torpey and Augustine Ankomah

    Citation: Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2018 4:3

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  5. Content type: Case report

    Following emergence of Zika virus in the Americas, a devastating new congenital syndrome has been documented, leading to significant morbidity among Zika-infected fetuses and neonates.

    Authors: Kevin L. Schwartz, Tiffany Chan, Nanky Rai, Kellie E. Murphy, Wendy Whittle, Michael A. Drebot, Jonathan Gubbay and Andrea K. Boggild

    Citation: Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2018 4:2

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  6. Content type: Research

    Leprosy is a potentially debilitating disease of the skin and nerves that requires a complex management approach consisting of laboratory monitoring, screening for factors that will adversely affect outcome wi...

    Authors: Cara MacRae, Swana Kopalakrishnan, Lena Faust, Michael Klowak, Adrienne Showler, Stefanie A. Klowak and Andrea K. Boggild

    Citation: Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2018 4:1

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  7. Content type: Research

    Globally malaria remains one of the most severe public health problems resulting in massive morbidity particularly in developing countries. Ethiopia as one of the sub-Saharan country it is highly endemic to ma...

    Authors: Tadele Girum, Gebremariam Hailemikael and Asegedech Wondimu

    Citation: Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2017 3:17

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  9. Content type: Research

    In Kenya, the National School-Based Deworming Programme (NSBDP) for soil-transmitted helminthes and schistosomiasis in prioritized areas has been going on since the year 2012. By the year 2013 over 6 million S...

    Authors: D. W. Njomo, J. Masaku, F. Mwende, G. Odhiambo, R. Musuva, E. Matey, I. G. Thuita and J. H. Kihara

    Citation: Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2017 3:15

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  10. Content type: Review

    The epidemiology of Japanese Encephalitis and risk to the traveler has changed and continues to evolve. The spread of Japanese Encephalitis virus into new environments, changes in agricultural practice and ani...

    Authors: Bradley Connor and William B. Bunn

    Citation: Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2017 3:14

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  11. Content type: Research

    The Absolute cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk evaluation using multivariable CVD risk models is increasingly advocated in people with HIV, in whom existing models remain largely untested. We assessed the agre...

    Authors: Steve Raoul Noumegni, Vicky Jocelyne Moor Ama, Felix K. Assah, Jean Joel Bigna, Jobert Richie Nansseu, Jenny Arielle M. Kameni, Jean-Claude Katte, Mesmin Y. Dehayem, Andre Pascal Kengne and Eugene Sobngwi

    Citation: Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2017 3:12

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  12. Content type: Research

    Campylobacter continues to be an important cause of diarrheal disease worldwide and a leading cause in Southeast Asia. Studies of US soldiers and marines deployed to Thailand for a 2 to 3 week field exercise p...

    Authors: Carl J. Mason, Siriporn Sornsakrin, Jessica C. Seidman, Apichai Srijan, Oralak Serichantalergs, Nucharee Thongsen, Michael W. Ellis, Viseth Ngauy, Brett E. Swierczewski and Ladaporn Bodhidatta

    Citation: Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2017 3:13

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  13. Content type: Review

    International travel to the developing world is becoming more common in elderly patients (defined here as individuals greater than 65 years old). When providing pre-travel counseling, providers must appreciate...

    Authors: Tida K. Lee, Jack N. Hutter, Jennifer Masel, Christie Joya and Timothy J. Whitman

    Citation: Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2017 3:10

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  14. Content type: Research

    Efforts in search of lasting malaria vaccine have led to the development of transgenic rodent malaria parasites. As a result, wild type Plasmodium berghei ANKA (WTPbA) has recently been transformed to express mou...

    Authors: Ebenezer Taylor, Faith Onditi, Naomi Maina and Hastings Ozwara

    Citation: Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2017 3:11

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  15. Content type: Review

    Travelers’ diarrhea is a common malady afflicting up to 50% of travelers after a 2-week travel period. An appreciable percentage of these cases will become persistent or chronic. We summarized the published li...

    Authors: Christopher A. Duplessis, Ramiro L. Gutierrez and Chad K. Porter

    Citation: Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2017 3:9

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  16. Content type: Review

    The global sanitation divide is narrowing. However, in many countries in Asia and Africa, the gap between rural and urban sanitation coverage is rather widening. Moreover, there is an increase in the burden of...

    Authors: Shiva Raj Mishra, Meghnath Dhimal, Parash Mani Bhandari and Bipin Adhikari

    Citation: Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2017 3:8

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  17. Content type: Commentary

    Malaria poses an exceptionally complex problem for providers of travel medicine services. Perceived high risk of exposure during travel typically prompts prescribing protective antimalarial drugs. Suppressive ...

    Authors: J. Kevin Baird

    Citation: Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2017 3:7

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  18. Content type: Review

    Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) sets several challenges for the development of a preventative HIV vaccine. Predictable, protective natural immunity against HIV does not occur and so unlike most other diseas...

    Authors: D. M. Brett-Major, T. A. Crowell and N. L. Michael

    Citation: Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2017 3:6

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  20. Content type: Review

    An organism’s immune response to a vaccine is dependent on a number of factors, including the site of immunization. While muscle is the most common site for vaccine administration, other sites, including the s...

    Authors: Todd A. Ponzio and John W. Sanders

    Citation: Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2017 3:4

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  22. Content type: Research

    Salmonella has significant public health implications causing food borne and zoonotic diseases in humans. Treatment of infections due to Salmonella is becoming difficult due to emergen...

    Authors: Diana Nyabundi, Nyamongo Onkoba, Rinter Kimathi, Atunga Nyachieo, Gerald Juma, Peter Kinyanjui and Joseph Kamau

    Citation: Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2017 3:2

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  23. Content type: Review

    The prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV has resulted in reduced burden of pediatric HIV-infection, but the prevalence of maternal HIV infection remains high in sub-Saharan African countries. HIV-...

    Authors: Ziyaad Dangor, Marta C. Nunes, Gaurav Kwatra, Sanjay G. Lala and Shabir A. Madhi

    Citation: Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2017 3:1

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  24. Content type: Review

    Pertussis incidence is rising in almost every country where acellular pertussis (aP) vaccines have been introduced, and is occurring across all age groups from infancy to adulthood. The key question is why? Wh...

    Authors: Rotem Lapidot and Christopher J. Gill

    Citation: Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2016 2:26

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  25. Content type: Review

    The HIV pandemic persists globally and travelers are at risk for infection by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). While HIV-focused guidelines delineate risk stratification and mitigation strategies for pe...

    Authors: D. M. Brett-Major, P. T. Scott, T. A. Crowell, C. S. Polyak, K. Modjarrad, M. L. Robb and D. L. Blazes

    Citation: Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2016 2:25

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