Funding WHO(GNQ/AFRO/19–194);Task Force for Global Health(NTDSC#093‑2016);Instituto de Salud Carlos III(AESI‑PI17CIII/00019&AESI‑PI20CIII/00034)and CIBERINFEC‑UE‑(CB21/13/00120).
Background Onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis(LF)are endemic in Equatorial Guinea with notable variations in disease incidence between island and mainland regions.Historically,efforts to control and map these dis...
supported by the National Institute for Health Research(NIHR)-Welcome partnership for Global Health Research[220870/Z/20/Z to MJD,AR,DW,AW,EG,TA,YW,LS and AJ].
Background Despite consecutive decades of success in reducing malaria transmission,Ethiopia went offtrack towards its goal of malaria elimination by 2030,as outlined in the NMCP malaria strategy.Recent malaria outbrea...
The study procedure was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences[date:23 June 2021,ID:IR.MAZUMS.REC.1400.250].Consent to participate is not applicable for this study.
Background The implementation of social innovations for addressing societal challenges,particularly in health,lev-erages community participation and technology to optimally meet social needs compared to traditional ap...
supported by grants from Instituto de Salud Carlos III(ISCII,grant#PI20CIII/00004 to SR,PI19CIII/00009 to IM,and PI23CIII/00018 to DSC and IM)and Gilead Science(grant#GLD20_0144 to SR);This research was also supported by CIBER‑Consorcio Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red‑(CB 2021);Instituto de Salud Carlos III,Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación and Unión Europea-NextGenerationEU(CB21/13/00044);DSC is a‘Miguel Servet’researcher from ISCIII(grant#CP23CIII/00004);AT‑N is a Ph.D.student in the Biomedical Sciences and Public Health program at the UNED International Doctoral School.
Background The current diagnostic strategy for hepatitis C virus(HCV)infection involves a two-step approach:antibody HCV screening followed by confirmatory nucleic acid testing.This study aimed to evaluate the diagnos...
Project support is provided by the National Key Research and Develop‑ment Program of China(Grant Nos.2021YFC2300800,2021YFC2300802 and 2021YFC2300804);Shanxi Provincial Agricultural and Rural Research Program(Grant No.LXXMsxnd202101);the Research Fund of Shanxi Province for Intro‑duced High‑level Leading Talents(Grant No.RFSXIHLT202101);the Special Research Fund of Shanxi Agricultural University for High‑level Talents(Grant No.2021XG001).
Background Toxoplasma gondii oocysts,excreted in cat feces,pose a significant health risk to humans through contaminated soil and water.Rapid and accurate detection of T.gondii in environmental samples is essential fo...
supported by Bill&Melinda Gates Foundation(OPP1198779 and OPP1213975);The funder did not participate in the study design,data collection,analysis,or writing of the manuscript.
Background Reactive case detection(RACD)for malaria control has been found effective in low transmission set-tings,but its impact and cost-effectiveness in moderate-to-high transmission settings are unknown.We conduct...
This study was made possible thanks to a grant from the Q.M.Gastmann-Wichers foundation(AG).
Background Detection of infection with Mycobacterium leprae allows timely prophylactic treatment,thereby reducing transmission as well as the risk of permanent,leprosy-associated nerve damage.However,since there is no...
The project is partially supported by the International Joint Laboratory on Tropical Diseases Control in Greater Mekong(no.21410750200)from the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality.
Background Vector-borne parasitic infectious diseases associated with poverty(referred to as vb-pIDP),such as malaria,leishmaniasis,lymphatic filariasis,African trypanosomiasis,Chagas disease,and onchocerciasis,are hi...
supported by Jiangsu Science and Technology Department(K20221061);the Guizhou Provincial Scientifc and Technological Program(Qian Ke He(2023)General 183).
Background Food-borne trematodiases(FBTs),mainly encompassing clonorchiasis,fascioliasis,fasciolopsiasis,opisthorchiasis,and paragonimiasis,is a neglected public health problem,particularly in the WHO South-East Asia ...
NHC Key Laboratory of Echinococcosis Prevention and Control,China(Grant No.2024WZK1001);Gansu Provincial Health Industry Research Plan Project(Grant No.GSWSKY2017-19);the Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province,China(Grant No.21JR11RA182).
Background Echinococcosis is an infectious parasitic disease that is extremely harmful to human health.Albendazole is provided free of charge to patients requiring medication under the central government finance trans...