Lymphatic filariases and soil-transmitted helminthiases in Sri Lanka: the challenge of eliminating residual pockets of transmission [0.03%]
斯里兰卡淋巴丝虫病和土壤传播的线虫感染：消除剩余传染区域面临的挑战
Nilmini T G A Chandrasena,I E Gunaratna,Dileepa Ediriweera et al.
Nilmini T G A Chandrasena et al.
Sri Lanka has successfully met the challenge of controlling both lymphatic filariasis (LF) and soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH) as public health problems. The primary public health strategy for combatting both conditions has been preven...
A positive consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic: how the counterfactual experience of school closures is accelerating a multisectoral response to the treatment of neglected tropical diseases [0.03%]
新冠疫情的一个积极后果：学校停课的反事实经历如何加速被忽视热带疾病治疗的多部门回应
Donald A P Bundy,Linda Schultz,Manos Antoninis et al.
Donald A P Bundy et al.
Global access to deworming treatment is one of the public health success stories of low-income countries in the twenty-first century. Parasitic worm infections are among the most ubiquitous chronic infections of humans, and early success wi...
Evaluation of Kato-Katz and multiplex quantitative polymerase chain reaction performance for clinical helminth infections in Thailand using a latent class analysis [0.03%]
使用潜类别分析评估泰国临床寄生虫感染的Kato-Katz和多重定性聚合酶链式反应性能
Chawarat Rotejanaprasert,Pavadee Chuaicharoen,Joaquin M Prada et al.
Chawarat Rotejanaprasert et al.
Using an appropriate diagnostic tool is essential to soil-transmitted helminth control and elimination efforts. Kato-Katz (KK) is the most commonly used diagnostic, but recently other tools, such as real-time quantitative polymerase chain r...
A modelling analysis of a new multi-stage pathway for classifying achievement of public health milestones for leprosy [0.03%]
一种新的多阶段途径的建模分析 用于分类公共卫生里程碑式成就以应对麻风病
Emma L Davis,Ron E Crump,Graham F Medley et al.
Emma L Davis et al.
Several countries have come close to eliminating leprosy, but leprosy cases continue to be detected at low levels. Due to the long, highly variable delay from infection to detection, the relationship between observed cases and transmission ...
Global prioritization of endemic zoonotic diseases for conducting surveillance in domestic animals to protect public health [0.03%]
制定全球优先顺序对家养动物中地方性人畜共患病进行监测以保障公众健康
Yu Qiu,Javier Guitian,Joanne P Webster et al.
Yu Qiu et al.
Zoonotic diseases (zoonoses) originating from domestic animals pose a significant risk to people's health and livelihoods, in addition to jeopardizing animal health and production. Effective surveillance of endemic zoonoses at the animal le...
Can mass drug administration of moxidectin accelerate onchocerciasis elimination in Africa? [0.03%]
莫西菌素药物大规模服用能否加速非洲盘尾丝虫病的消除？
Klodeta Kura,Philip Milton,Jonathan I D Hamley et al.
Klodeta Kura et al.
Epidemiological and modelling studies suggest that elimination of Onchocerca volvulus transmission (EoT) throughout Africa may not be achievable with annual mass drug administration (MDA) of ivermectin alone, particularly in areas of high e...
Modernizing the design and analysis of prevalence surveys for neglected tropical diseases [0.03%]
不遗疾患流行率调查的设计与分析的现代化
Peter J Diggle,Claudio Fronterre,Katherine Gass et al.
Peter J Diggle et al.
Current WHO guidelines set prevalence thresholds below which a neglected tropical disease can be considered to have been eliminated as a public health problem, and specify how surveys to assess whether elimination has been achieved should b...
Knowledge, attitudes, practices and acceptability of a school preventive chemotherapy programme for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths control in Angola [0.03%]
关于安哥拉学校预防性化疗项目的知识、态度、实践和可接受性调查
Adam W Bartlett,Elsa P Mendes,Latifeh Dahmash et al.
Adam W Bartlett et al.
Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth (STH) control programs require target population engagement, assessed through knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) surveys. We report the results of a KAP survey of Angolan schoolchildren su...
Modelling morbidity for neglected tropical diseases: the long and winding road from cumulative exposure to long-term pathology [0.03%]
Modeling morbidity for neglected tropical diseases: the long and winding road from cumulative exposure to long-term pathology
Anna Borlase,Joaquin M Prada,Thomas Crellen
Anna Borlase
Reducing the morbidities caused by neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) is a central aim of ongoing disease control programmes. The broad spectrum of pathogens under the umbrella of NTDs lead to a range of negative health outcomes, from malnu...
From serological surveys to disease burden: a modelling pipeline for Chagas disease [0.03%]
从血清学调查到疾病负担：美洲锥虫病的建模流程
Julia Ledien,Zulma M Cucunubá,Gabriel Parra-Henao et al.
Julia Ledien et al.
In 2012, the World Health Organization (WHO) set the elimination of Chagas disease intradomiciliary vectorial transmission as a goal by 2020. After a decade, some progress has been made, but the new 2021-2030 WHO roadmap has set even more a...