Shankar, Hari Phookan, Sobhan Singh, Mrigendra Pal Bharti, Ram Suresh Ahmed, Naseem Yadav, Chander Prakash Sharma, Guru Prasad Singh, Kuldeep Kaur, Harpreet Mishra, Neelima
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Malaria elimination requires targeting asymptomatic and low-density Plasmodium infections that largely remain undetected. Therefore we conducted a cross-sectional study to estimate the burden of asymptomatic and low-density Plasmodium infection using conventional and molecular diagnostics. A total of 9118 participants, irrespective of age and sex, ...
Kumar, Mritunjai Dhar, Nikita Tiwari, Ashutosh Siddiqui, Md Sabah
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To compare the frequency and patterns of stroke, the specificity of tubercular zone (TBZ) infarction and its effect on outcomes in TB (TBM) and cryptococcal meningitis (CM). This retrospective study was conducted at two tertiary centres in India from May 2018 to July 2020. Sixty-one patients with TBM and 22 with CM were included. The primary outcom...
Rodríguez-Baño, Jesús Rossolini, Gian Maria Schultsz, Constance Tacconelli, Evelina Murthy, Srinivas Ohmagari, Norio Holmes, Alison Bachmann, Till Goossens, Herman Canton, Rafael
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Antibiotic use in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) patients during the COVID-19 pandemic has exceeded the incidence of bacterial coinfections and secondary infections, suggesting inappropriate and excessive prescribing. Even in settings with established antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programmes, there were weaknesses ex...
Murrieta, Ilse Flores, Ximena Osorio, Rocío Kuschick Feher, Jan Carrillo-Mezo, Roger Fleury, Agnès
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In patients affected by neurocysticercosis (NCC), the extraparenchymal location of the parasites generates the most severe form of the disease. Due to the difficulty in its diagnosis and management, there are still many questions; in particular, the natural history of parasites at this location is not well known. We included 21 patients with vesicu...
Zabala, Andrea Salvador, Fernando Sánchez-Montalvá, Adrián Bosch-Nicolau, Pau Escolà-Vergé, Laura Espinosa-Pereiro, Juan Molina, Israel
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Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a zoonosis caused by Echinococcus granulosus (sensu lato). It is a neglected tropical disease with a global distribution, affecting an estimated 2-3 million people globally. Official reporting systems in Spain lack information concerning imported cases and their country of origin. This is a systematic review of the lit...
Lakoh, Sulaiman García-Tardón, Noemí Adekanmbi, Olukemi van der Valk, Marc Smith, Samuel J Grobusch, Martin P
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There are no comprehensive data on viral hepatitis from Sierra Leone; however, a huge disease burden has been observed in different subpopulations. This review summarizes available data on hepatitis B and C virus (HBV and HCV) prevalence in Sierra Leone and identifies knowledge gaps. Despite the non-uniformity of the studies and the lack of systema...
Alhusseiny, Samar M Saleh, Nora E El-Zayady, Wafaa M Hussein, Mohammed S El-Beshbishi, Samar N
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Toxoplasma gondii is a worldwide protozoon that can infect all nucleated vertebrate cells. Little information is available about the association between T. gondii infection and coronary atherosclerosis. A total of 320 cases were enrolled (160 patients with coronary atherosclerosis and 160 non-atherosclerotic individuals). Blood samples were collect...
Taghipour, Ali Habibpour, Haniyeh Mirzapour, Aliyar Rostami, Ali
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Toxocariasis is an important neglected disease that could have a role in the development of some neurological disorders, such as schizophrenia (SCZ). We performed the first systematic review and meta-analysis on observational studies to evaluate the possible association between Toxocara infection/exposure and SCZ. Systematic searching (PubMed, Scop...
Graepp Fontoura, Iolanda Lima, Valckinara Carreiro Fontoura, Volmar Morais Santos, Floriacy Stabnow de Jesus Costa, Ana Cristina Pereira de Oliveira, Francisca Jacinta Feitoza de Oliveira Feitosa, Marcela de Almeida Tavares, Hanari Santos Lima, Lilian Natália Ferreira Falcão, Arissane de Sousa
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Congenital syphilis is an infectious disease that affects 1 million children a year worldwide. The objective of this study was to describe a spatial analysis of the epidemiological characteristics of congenital syphilis in the state of Maranhão, Brazil from 2007 to 2018. This was an ecological study using data obtained in May 2020 from three Brazil...
Otten, Twan de Mast, Quirijn Koeneman, Bouke Althaus, Thomas Lubell, Yoel van der Ven, André
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C-reactive protein (CRP) is used to discriminate common bacterial and viral infections, but its utility in tropical settings remains unknown. We performed a meta-analysis of studies performed in Asia and Africa. First, mean CRP levels for specific tropical infections were calculated. Thereafter, individual patient data (IPD) from patients with non-...
