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Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Volume 9, Issue 5

May 2024 - 28 articles

Cover Story: Greece has been malaria-free since 1974, after an intense malaria control program. However, there is a risk of introduction of the disease to specific vulnerable and receptive areas of the country. Genotyping assists malaria surveillance by supporting epidemiological investigation and case classification and providing information on the patterns of introduction. Our article provides insight into the population structure of introduced and imported P. vivax malaria isolates from Greece during 2015–2019. Genotyping revealed importation of multiple unique P. vivax strains in the country with only a few events of local transmission, confirmed the epidemiological link and clustering of cases identified through the epidemiological investigation, and validated that no sustained/ongoing malaria transmission occurred. View this paper
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Articles (28)

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,504 Views
14 Pages

Background: Guizhou Province in Southwest China has experimented with a centralized hospitalization (CH) treatment for active and severe cases of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). The objective of this study was to compare treatment outcomes of patients...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,966 Views
18 Pages

Human Dendritic Cell Maturation Is Modulated by Leishmania mexicana through Akt Signaling Pathway

  • Jorge Rodríguez-González,
  • Arturo A. Wilkins-Rodríguez and
  • Laila Gutiérrez-Kobeh

Dendritic cells (DC) along with macrophages are the main host cells of the intracellular parasite Leishmania. DC traverse a process of maturation, passing through an immature state with phagocytic ability to a mature one where they can modulate the i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,323 Views
8 Pages

Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) has a positive-sense single-stranded RNA genome and belongs to the genus Flavivirus of the family Flaviviridae. Persistent JEV infection was previously shown in pig blood cells, which act as a natural reservoir of th...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,228 Views
14 Pages

Antecedents and Consequences of Health Literacy among Refugees and Migrants during the First Two Years of COVID-19: A Scoping Review

  • Kathleen Markey,
  • Uchizi Msowoya,
  • Nino Burduladze,
  • Jon Salsberg,
  • Anne MacFarlane,
  • Liz Dore and
  • Meghan Gilfoyle

Supporting refugee and migrant health has become a critical focus of healthcare policy. Developing and designing health literacy interventions that meet the needs of refugees and migrants is core to achieving this objective. This literature review so...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,861 Views
20 Pages

Finding Priority Areas in the Evaluation of Strategies for the Prevention of Leishmaniasis in an Endemic Municipality of Brazil

  • Talita Carolina Bragança de Oliveira,
  • Anaiá da Paixão Sevá,
  • João Alfredo Biagi Camargo Neto,
  • Uelio de Lima Lopes and
  • Katia Denise Saraiva Bresciani

Visceral leishmaniasis is a zoonotic disease that affects humans and dogs. The infection is endemic in the municipality of Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil. Given the role of dogs in the epidemiology of leishmaniasis, strategies to enhance...

  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
21,856 Views
12 Pages

Candidiasis in Pregnancy: Relevant Aspects of the Pathology for the Mother and the Fetus and Therapeutic Strategies

  • Alessandro Messina,
  • Alessia Mariani,
  • Romina Brandolisio,
  • Elena Tavella,
  • Chiara Germano,
  • Giovanni Lipari,
  • Livio Leo,
  • Bianca Masturzo and
  • Paolo Manzoni

Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) is a common condition that can lead to significant discomfort, affecting approximately 70–75% of women at least once in their lives. During pregnancy, the prevalence of VVC is estimated to be around 20%, peaking a...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,672 Views
22 Pages

The Role of Environmental Factors in Lyme Disease Transmission in the European Union: A Systematic Review

  • Christine Giesen,
  • Daniel Cifo,
  • Diana Gomez-Barroso,
  • Rosa M. Estévez-Reboredo,
  • Jordi Figuerola and
  • Zaida Herrador

Background: Lyme disease (LD) is an emergent vector-borne disease caused by Borrelia spp. and transmitted through infected ticks, mainly Ixodes spp. Our objective was to determine meteorological and environmental factors associated with LD transmissi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,156 Views
10 Pages

Malaria during COVID-19 Travel Restrictions in Makkah, Saudi Arabia

  • Sami Melebari,
  • Abdul Hafiz,
  • Kamal H. Alzabeedi,
  • Abdullah A. Alzahrani,
  • Yehya Almalki,
  • Renad J. Jadkarim,
  • Fadel Qabbani,
  • Rowaida Bakri,
  • Naif A. Jalal and
  • Hutaf Mashat
  • + 5 authors

Malaria is a parasitic infection that may result in an acute, life-threatening illness. It is a major public health problem in the tropical world. The disease is caused by the parasites of the genus Plasmodium and is transmitted by female Anopheles m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,912 Views
9 Pages

The purpose of this study is to clarify the role of IL-33 in the immune response to angiostrongyliasis, especially in terms of antibody production and isotype switching. In our experiment, C57BL/6 mice were each infected with 35 infectious larvae and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,292 Views
23 Pages

Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) stands as a perilous zoonotic affliction caused by the larvae of Echinococcus multilocularis. There is an imperative need to explore novel therapeutic agents or lead compounds for the treatment of AE. Asparagusic acid, ch...

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