Expression of the SARS-CoV-2 cell receptor gene ACE2 in a wide variety of human tissues
Since its discovery in December 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has infected more than 2 180 000 people worldwide and has caused more than 150 000 deaths as of April 16, 2020...Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:45Preparedness for Chagas disease spreading worldwide
Chagas disease remains a serious problem for public health due to the high disease burden together with its global spreading patterns. However, current treatment and vector control are highly challenged by dru...Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:44- Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:43
Severity and outcomes of influenza-related pneumonia in type A and B strains in China, 2013–2019
Inconsistencies exist regarding the severity of illness caused by different influenza strains. The aim of this study was to compare the clinical outcomes of hospitalized adults and adolescents with influenza-r...Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:42Documentary research on social innovation in health in Latin America
Identifying social innovation in health initiatives, promoting quality of life through them, and transforming current health conditions demand the knowledge, comprehension and appropriation of the theoretical ...Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:41What did we learn from preparing for cross-border transmission of Ebola virus disease into a complex humanitarian setting – The Republic of South Sudan?
Following the West Africa Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak (2013–2016), WHO developed a preparedness checklist for its member states. This checklist is currently being applied for the first time on a large a...Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:40Relative transmissibility of shigellosis among male and female individuals: a modeling study in Hubei Province, China
Developing countries exhibit a high disease burden from shigellosis. Owing to the different incidences in males and females, this study aims to analyze the features involved in the transmission of shigellosis ...Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:39Accuracy of a reverse dot blot hybridization assay for simultaneous detection of the resistance of four anti-tuberculosis drugs in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from China
Drug resistant tuberculosis poses a great challenge for tuberculosis control worldwide. Timely determination of drug resistance and effective individual treatment are essential for blocking the transmission of...Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:38The ‘lifecycle’ of human beings: a call to explore vector-borne diseases from an ecosystem perspective
Dengue virus, an Aedes mosquito-borne flavivirus, is associated with close to 400 million reported infections per annum worldwide. Reduction of dengue virus transmission depends entirely on limiting Aedes breedin...Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:37Innovations in maternal and child health: case studies from Uganda
Nearly 300 children and 20 mothers die from preventable causes daily, in Uganda. Communities often identify and introduce pragmatic and lasting solutions to such challenging health problems. However, little is...Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:36Changes in smoking patterns after HIV diagnosis or antiretroviral treatment initiation: a global systematic review and meta-analysis
Tobacco consumption is more life-threatening in people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) than within the general population; therefore, people living with HIV (PLWH) should be highly motivated to ...Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:35Integrated vector control of Chagas disease in Guatemala: a case of social innovation in health
Improved access to health care and quality of services require integrated efforts and innovations, including community empowerment and participation in transformation processes. Chagas disease is a neglected t...Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:25Fighting against the common enemy of COVID-19: a practice of building a community with a shared future for mankind
The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused more than 80 813 confirmed cases in all provinces of China, and 21 110 cases reported in 93 countries of six continents as of 7 March 2020 since m...Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:34Elimination of schistosomiasis requires multifactorial diagnostics: evidence from high- and low-prevalence areas in the Nile Delta, Egypt
Schistosomiasis is one of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) selected for worldwide elimination in the near future. Egypt has made strong progress against its two endemic species of Schistosoma mansoni and S....Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:31Using the spike protein feature to predict infection risk and monitor the evolutionary dynamic of coronavirus
Coronavirus can cross the species barrier and infect humans with a severe respiratory syndrome. SARS-CoV-2 with potential origin of bat is still circulating in China. In this study, a prediction model is propo...Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:33Spatio-temporal co-occurrence of hotspots of tuberculosis, poverty and air pollution in Lima, Peru
Growing evidence suggests pollution and other environmental factors have a role in the development of tuberculosis (TB), however, such studies have never been conducted in Peru. Considering the association bet...Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:32Population dynamics, pathogen detection and insecticide resistance of mosquito and sand fly in refugee camps, Greece
As of 2015 thousands of refugees are being hosted in temporary refugee camps in Greece. Displaced populations, travelling and living under poor conditions with limited access to healthcare are at a high risk o...Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:30Epidemiology, causes, clinical manifestation and diagnosis, prevention and control of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during the early outbreak period: a scoping review
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China beginning in December 2019. As of 31 January 2020, this epidemic had sp...Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:29Challenges and opportunities for China entering global research and development for emerging infectious diseases: a case study from Ebola experience
China has emerged as a powerful platform for global pharmaceutical research and development (R&D) amid the 2014 Ebola outbreak. The research and development impact of developing countries on prevention and con...Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:27Factors associated with cutaneous ulcers among children in two yaws-endemic districts in Ghana
Yaws is a chronic relapsing disease caused by Treponema pallidum subspecies pertunue, which can result in severe disability and deformities. Children below the age of 15 years in resource-poor communities are the...Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:26Health related behaviors among HIV-infected people who are successfully linked to care: an institutional-based cross-sectional study
By the end of October 2019, there were 958 thousand people were reported living with HIV/AIDS in China. Unhealthy lifestyle factors, such as smoking, drinking alcohol, using illicit drugs and no physical activ...Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:28Contrasting resistance patterns to type I and II pyrethroids in two major arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in the Republic of the Congo, Central Africa
In the Republic of Congo, with two massive outbreaks of chikungunya observed this decade, little is known about the insecticide resistance profile of the two major arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopi...Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:23The fight against lymphatic filariasis: perceptions of community drug distributors during mass drug administration in coastal Kenya
Lymphatic filariasis (LF), a neglected tropical disease (NTD) and leading cause of global disability, is endemic in 32 countries in Africa with almost 350 million people requiring regular drug administration, ...Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:22Defervescent dengue patients might be a potential source of infection for vector mosquitoes
Dengue is a re-emerging public health problem and mosquito-borne infectious disease that is transmitted mainly by Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus. Early diagnosis, isolation, and treatment of patients are critic...Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:17Prevalence and incidence of nodding syndrome and other forms of epilepsy in onchocerciasis-endemic areas in northern Uganda after the implementation of onchocerciasis control measures
Around 2007, a nodding syndrome (NS) epidemic appeared in onchocerciasis-endemic districts of northern Uganda, where ivermectin mass distribution had never been implemented. This study evaluated the effect of ...Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:12A mathematical model for simulating the phase-based transmissibility of a novel coronavirus
As reported by the World Health Organization, a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was identified as the causative virus of Wuhan pneumonia of unknown etiology by Chinese authorities on 7 January, 2020. The virus w...Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:24Social innovation in diagnostics: three case studies
Diagnostics are essential for identifying and controlling diseases. However, limited access to diagnostics hinders public health efforts in many settings. Social innovation may provide a framework for expandin...Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:20The association between internal migration and pulmonary tuberculosis in China, 2005–2015: a spatial analysis
Internal migration places individuals at high risk of contracting tuberculosis (TB). However, there is a scarcity of national-level spatial analyses regarding the association between TB and internal migration ...Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:5Serological evidence of Toxoplasma gondii infection as potential risk for the development of lepromatous leprosy in an endemic area for both neglected tropical diseases in Brazil
Mycobacterium leprae and Toxoplasma gondii infections are both neglected tropical diseases highly prevalent in Brazil. Infection with certain parasite species can significantly alter susceptibility to other impor...Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:19Malaria epidemiology in Kobeni department, southeastern Mauritania from 2015 to 2017
Plasmodium falciparum malaria is endemic in the southern sahelian zone of Mauritania where intense internal and trans-border human and livestock movement occurs. The risk of importation and spread of drug-resista...Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:21Challenges in early phase of implementing the 1-3-7 surveillance and response approach in malaria elimination setting: A field study from Myanmar
The National Plan for Malaria Elimination (NPME) in Myanmar (2016–2030) aims to eliminate indigenous Plasmodium falciparum malaria in six states/regions of low endemicity by 2020 and countrywide by 2030. To achie...Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:18Evaluation of malaria surveillance system in Kano State, Nigeria, 2013–2016
Malaria surveillance system strengthening is essential in the progress towards malaria elimination. In Nigeria, more attention is being given to this recently as the country is striving towards achieving elimi...Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:15Loiasis in sub-Saharan migrants living in Spain with emphasis of cases from Equatorial Guinea
Loiasis is an uncommon and poorly understood parasitic disease outside endemic areas of Africa. The aim of this study was to describe the clinical and biological patterns and treatment of imported loiasis by s...Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:16Out-of-pocket payments and economic consequences from tuberculosis care in eastern China: income inequality
Despite the availability of free tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and treatment, TB care still generates substantial costs that push people into poverty. We investigated out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for TB care and...Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:14Incidence and risk factors of tuberculosis among the elderly population in China: a prospective cohort study
China is facing challenges of the shifting presentation of tuberculosis (TB) from younger to elderly due to an ageing population, longer life expectancy and reactivation disease. However, the burden of elderly...Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:13The year 2020, a milestone in breaking the vicious cycle of poverty and illness in China
Marking the end of the five-year programme initiated by the Chinese Government to lift more than 70 million people out of poverty, the year 2020 is a milestone. Poverty alleviation has moved strongly forward i...Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:11
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