Editor's Choice

2024

June:

Efficacy of antibiotic prophylaxis to preventing brucellosis in accidental exposure: A systematic review
Sarah Nascimento Silva, Glaucia Cota, Kathiaja Miranda Souza, Marina Gonçalves de Freitas, Janaína de Pina Carvalho, Endi Lanza Galvão

May:

The epidemiological profile of incidence and mortality from epidemics in complex humanitarian emergencies from 1990 to 2022 – A scoping review
Pedro Arcos González, Julián Cabria Fernández, Rick Kye Gan, Ángel Fernández Camporro, José Antonio Cernuda Martínez

April:

Prevalence of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Semira Hailu, Cameron Hurst, Griffin Cyphers, Stefan Thottunkal, David Harley, Kerri Viney, Adam Irwin, Judith Dean, Clare Nourse

March:

Global distribution of Leptospira serovar isolations and detections from animal host species: A systematic review and online database
Nienke N. Hagedoorn, Michael J. Maze, Manuela Carugati, Shama Cash-Goldwasser, Kathryn J. Allan, Kevin Chen, Brieuc Cossic, Elena Demeter, Sarah Gallagher, Richard German, Renee L. Galloway, Josipa Habuš, Matthew P. Rubach, Kanae Shiokawa, Nadezhda Sulikhan, John A. Crump

Risk factors associated with severe dengue in Latin America: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Victoria Cruz Paraná, Caroline Alves Feitosa, Greice Carolina Santos da Silva, Luana Leandro Gois, Luciane Amorim Santos

February:

Use of point-of-care haemoglobin tests to diagnose childhood anaemia in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review
Rebecca Brehm, Annabelle South, Elizabeth C. George

January:

The paucity of epidemiological data and challenges of diagnosis in myeloid neoplasms in sub-Saharan Africa: A call for action?
Aminu Abba Yusuf, Hauwa Ibrahim

2023

September:

Developing HIV risk prediction tools in four African settings
Sheila Kansiime, Christian Holm Hansen, Richard Hayes, Eugene Ruzagira, on behalf of the PrEPVacc Study Team

August:

Impact of clinical pharmacist-led interventions on switching from intravenous-to-oral antibiotics in patients with infectious diseases at a Vietnamese hospital
Tu Nhat Thien Nguyen, Quynh Thi Huong Bui, Van-Anh Thi Tran, Nhu Quynh Tran, Nhi Truc Y. Nguyen, Hai Thanh Nguyen, Cam Thi Le Pham, Hien Thi Thu Pham, Mai Thi Phuong Tran, Hien Thi Thanh Dau, Tien Thi Thuy Nguyen

July:

Interest of seroprevalence surveys for the epidemiological surveillance of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in African populations: Insights from the ARIACOV project in Benin
Parfait Houngbégnon, Odilon Nouatin, Anges Yadouléton, Benjamin Hounkpatin, Nadine Fievet, Eloïc Atindégla, Sébastien Dechavanne, Emilande Guichet, Ahidjo Ayouba, Raphaël Pelloquin, David Maman, Guillaume Thaurignac, Martine Peeters, Annonciat Aviansou, Salifou Sourakafou, Eric Delaporte, Achille Massougbodji, Gilles Cottrell

June:

‘They should show them love even if their status of being HIV positive is known’: Youth and caregiver stigma experience and strategies to end HIV stigma in schools
Irene Njuguna, Hellen Moraa, Cyrus Mugo, Anne Mbwayo, Florence Nyapara, Calvins Aballa, Anjuli D. Wagner, Dalton Wamalwa, Grace John-Stewart, Irene Inwani, Gabrielle O'Malley

May:

Shorter regimens improved treatment outcomes of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Tanzania in 2018 cohort
Liberate Mleoh, Shabani Ramadhani Mziray, Donatus Tsere, Inge Koppelaar, Christiaan Mulder, Dennis Lyakurwa

April:

Factors affecting central macular thickness of diabetic macular oedema patients after an induction treatment of intravitreal ranibizumab
Md Tahir Nursyafiqah, Ab Hamid Siti-Azrin, Najib Majdi Yaacob, Wan-Adnan Wan-Nor-Asyikeen, Embong Zunaina

March:

Nano-RECall provides an integrated pipeline for HIV-1 drug resistance testing from Oxford Nanopore Sequence data
Kayla Eileen Delaney, Trevor Ngobeni, Conan K. Woods, Carli Gordijn, Mathilda Claassen, Urvi Parikh, P. Richard Harrigan, Gert Uves van Zyl

February:

Framework for refugee and migrant health research in the WHO European Region
Anne MacFarlane, Soorej Jose Puthoopparambil, Elisabeth Waagensen, Leuconoe Grazia Sisti, Gianfranco Costanzo, Ilker Kayi, Souad Osseiran, Sibel Sakarya, Santino Severoni, Ailish Hannigan

January:

Point-of-care ultrasound needs assessment in a paediatric acute care setting in Malawi
Justin M. Moher, Liliana Morales-Pérez, Msandeni Chiume, Heather L. Crouse, Yamikani Mgusha, Fanuel Betchani, Beth M. D'Amico, on behalf of the Pediatric Alliance for Child Health Improvement in Malawi at Kamuzu Central Hospital and Environs (PACHIMAKE) Consortium

2022

December:

Detection of intestinal parasites in human faecal samples using dissolved air flotation
Felipe Augusto Soares, Bianca Martins dos Santos, Stefany Laryssa Rosa, Saulo Hudson Nery Loiola, Vitória Castilho Stéfano, Letícia Rodrigues Proença, Celso Tetsuo Nagase Suzuki, Edvaldo Sabadini, Katia Denise Saraiva Bresciani, Alexandre Xavier Falcão, Jancarlo Ferreira Gomes

November:

Menstrual hygiene management inequalities among school girls in Badagry, Nigeria
Ruth C. Uwadia, Elizabeth O. Oloruntoba, Ojima Z. Wada, Olufemi O. Aluko

October:

Modelling the cost-effectiveness of pulse oximetry in primary care management of acute respiratory infection in rural northern Thailand
Rusheng Chew, Rachel C. Greer, Nidanuch Tasak, Nicholas P. J. Day, Yoel Lubell

September:

Effects of a community-driven water, sanitation, and hygiene programme on COVID-19 symptoms, vaccine acceptance and non-COVID illnesses: A cluster-randomised controlled trial in rural Democratic Republic of Congo
Kevin Croke, Aidan Coville, Eric Mvukiyehe, Caleb Jeremie Dohou, Jean-Paul Zibika, Luca Stanus Ghib, Michele Andreottola, Yannick Lokaya Bokasola, John Paul Quattrochi

August:

Impact of integrated water, sanitation, hygiene, health and nutritional interventions on diarrhoea disease epidemiology and microbial quality of water in a resource-constrained setting in Kenya: A controlled intervention study
Ernest Apondi Wandera, Betty Muriithi, Cyrus Kathiiko, Felix Mutunga, Mary Wachira, Maurine Mumo, Anne Mwangi, Joseph Tinkoi, Mirasine Meiguran, Pius Akumu, Valeria Ndege, Fredrick Kasiku, James Ang'awa, Ryoichiro Mochizuki, Satoshi Kaneko, Kouichi Morita, Collins Ouma, Yoshio Ichinose

July:

The effect of improving solid waste collection on waste disposal behaviour and exposure to environmental risk factors in urban low-income communities in Pakistan
Wolf-Peter Schmidt, Irfan Haider, Musarat Hussain, Mahpara Safdar, Farooq Mustafa, Terrill Massey, Gerald Angelo, Mari Williams, Richard Gower, Zoone Hasan, Hugh Sharma Waddington, Nomana Anjum, Adam Biran

June:

Epidemiology and Burden of Haemophilus influenzae Disease in Thai Children Before Implementation of the Routine Immunisation Programme: A National Health Data Analysis
Utcharee Intusoma, Rapeepat Thewamit, Titaporn Thamcharoenvipas, Puttichart Khantee

May:

Phytate-iron molar ratio and bioavailability of iron in Bangladesh
Sabuktagin Rahman and Nazma Shaheen

April:

Effects of elevated temperatures on the development of immature stages of Anopheles gambiae (s.l.) mosquitoes
JThomas P. Agyekum, John Arko-Mensah,Paul K. Botwe, Jonathan N. Hogarh, Ibrahim Issah, Duah Dwomoh, Maxwell K. Billah, Samuel K. Dadzie, Thomas G. Robins, Julius N. Fobil

March:

Association of early migration with child growth, cognition and behaviour in South Africa
Joan Christodoulou, Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, Panteha Hayati Rezvan, Robert E. Weiss and Mark Tomlinson

February:

Environmentally sustainable practices in global health research and higher education institutions: Lessons from consultation with the TropEd Global Health institutions
Kate Whitfield, Alexandru Cretu, Teun Bousema and Justin Cohen

January:

Adolescent Health Series: Engagement with young people as partners in health research: Four case studies from Sub-Saharan Africa
Aoife M. Doyle, Chido Dziva Chikwari, Nomathamsanqa Majozi, Musonda Simwinga, Gracious R. Mayingire, Kelvin Simbeye, Stefanie Dringus and Sarah Bernays

2021

December:

Adolescent Health Series – Alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use among adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa: A narrative review
Neo K. Morojele, Leane Ramsoomar, Emeka W. Dumbili and Saidi Kapiga

November:

Adolescent Health Series: Adolescent neurocognitive development in Western and Sub-Saharan African contexts
Julia R. Pozuelo and Emma J. Kilford

October:

Antibiotic susceptibility profile of bacterial isolates from febrile children under 5 years of age in Nanoro, Burkina Faso
Massa dit Achille Bonko, Marc Christian Tahita, Francois Kiemde, Palpouguini Lompo, Sibidou Yougbaré, Athanase M. Some, Halidou Tinto, Petra F. Mens, Sandra Menting, Henk D. F. H. Schallig,

September:

TB or not TB? Definitive determination of species within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in unprocessed sputum from adults with presumed multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Peter M. Mbelele,Elingarami Sauli,Emmanuel A. Mpolya,Sagal Y. Mohamed,Kennedy K. Addo,Sayoki G. Mfinanga,Scott K. Heysell,Stellah Mpagama

August

Rational use of ultrasonography with triaging of patients to detect dengue plasma leakage in resource limited settings: a prospective cohort study
Ponsuge Chathurani Sigera,Praveen Weeratunga,Sumadhya Deepika Fernando,Nipun Lakshitha De Silva,Chaturaka Rodrigo,Senaka Rajapakse

July:

Understanding varying COVID-19 mortality rates reported in Africa compared to Europe, Americas and Asia
Emeka Francis Okonji, Osaretin Christabel Okonji, Ferdinand C. Mukumbang, Brian Van Wyk

February:

Estimating assistive product need in Cameroon and India: results of population‐based surveys and comparison of self‐report and clinical impairment assessment approaches
Dorothy Boggs, Hannah Kuper, Islay Mactaggart, GVS Murthy, Joseph Oye and Sarah Polack

January:

Maintaining population health in low‐ and middle‐income countries during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Why we should be investing in Community Health Workers
Benjamin Palafox, Alicia Renedo, Gideon Lasco, Lia Palileo‐Villanueva, Dina Balabanova and Martin McKee

2020

December:

Old age is associated with decreased wealth in rural villages in Mtwara, Tanzania: findings from a cross‐sectional survey
Salum Mshamu, Pimnara Peerawaranun, Catherine Kahabuka, Jacqueline Deen, Lucy Tusting, Steve W. Lindsay, Jakob Knudsen, Mavuto Mukaka and Lorenz von Seidlein

November:

National tuberculosis prevalence surveys in Africa, 2008–2016: an overview of results and lessons learned
Irwin Law Katherine Floyd on behalf of the African TB Prevalence Survey Group

October:

Factors associated with purchasing pesticide from shops for intentional self‐poisoning in Sri Lanka
Manjula Weerasinghe, Flemming Konradsen, Michael Eddleston, Melissa Pearson, Shaluka Jayamanne, Duleeka Knipe, Keith Hawton, David Gunnell and Suneth Agampodi

September:

Spatial inequalities in skilled attendance at birth in Ghana: a multilevel analysis integrating health facility databases with household survey data
Winfred Dotse‐Gborgbortsi, Andrew J. Tatem, Victor Alegana, C. Edson, Utazi Corrine, Warren Ruktanonchai and Jim Wright

August:

Neurocognitive functioning in MDR‐TB patients with and without HIV in KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa
Suvira Ramlall, Richard J. Lessells, Thirusha Naidu, Sbusisiwe Sandra Mthembu, Nesri Padayatchi, Jonathan K. Burns andAndrew Tomita

July:

Socioeconomic associations of poorly controlled epilepsy in the Republic of Guinea: cross‐sectional study
Dylan R. Rice Foksouna Sakadi Nana Rahma Tassiou Andre C. Vogel Abdoul Bachir Djibo Hamani Aissatou Kenda Bah Alex Garcia Bryan N. Patenaude Abass Fode Cisse Farrah J. Mateen

June:

Frequency and management of non‐obstetric fistula in the Democratic Republic of Congo: experience from the Fistula Care Plus project
Michel Mpunga Mafu, Don Félicien Banze, Dolores Nembunzu, Raha Maroyi, Justin Paluku, Rachel Kinja, Esther Kitambala, Brian Tena‐Tena Aussak, Ruth Bulu Bobina, Notia Amisi, Ange Mukuliboy, Altine Diop, Vandana Tripathi, Lauri Romanzi and Alexandre Delamou

May:

What happens at adolescent and young adult HIV clinics? A national survey of models of care, transition and disclosure practices in Kenya
Irene Njuguna, Kristin Beima‐Sofie, Caren Mburu, Danae Black, Yolanda Evans, Brandon Guthrie, Anjuli D Wagner, Cyrus Mugo, Jillian Neary, Janet Itindi, Alvin Onyango, Dalton Wamalwa and Grace John‐Stewart

April:

Can combined online and face‐to‐face continuing medical education improve the clinical knowledge and skills of family doctors in Vietnam? A cluster randomised controlled trial
Thuy T. N. Thai, Kien T. Nguyen, Tam T. Pham, Phuong, M. Nguyen, Anselme Derese

March:

Sensitivity of C‐reactive protein for the identification of patients with laboratory‐confirmed bacterial infections in northern Tanzania
Thomas Althaus, Yoel Lubell, Venance P. Maro, Blandina T. Mmbaga, Bingileki Lwezaula, Christine Halleux, Holly M. Biggs, Renee L. Galloway, Robyn A. Stoddard, Jamie L. Perniciaro, William L. Nicholson, Kelly Doyle, Piero Olliaro, John A. Crump, Matthew P. Rubach


February:

Identification of Plasmodium knowlesi Merozoite Surface Protein‐119 (PkMSP‐119) novel binding peptides from a phage display library
Xiang Ting Goh, Kek Heng Chua, Boon Pin Kee, Yvonne A. L. Lim


January:

Tropical Medicine and International Health and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 
Anaïs Galli, Andrea Leuenberger, Dominik Dietler, Helen A. Fletcher, Thomas Junghanss, Jürg Utzinger

2019

December:

Acceptability and safety of thermal ablation for the treatment of precancerous cervical lesions in Honduras
Manuel Sandoval, Rose Slavkovsky, Pooja Bansil, Jose Jeronimo, Jeanette Lim, Jacqueline Figueroa, Silvia de Sanjose


November:

Consequences of restricting antimalarial drugs to rapid diagnostic test‐positive febrile children in south‐west Nigeria
Catherine Olufunke Falade, Adebola Emanuel Orimadegun, Obaro Stanley Michael, Hannah Odunola Dada‐Adegbola, Oluwatoyin Oluwafunmilayo Ogunkunle, Joseph Ayotunde Badejo, Roland Ibenipere Funwei, IkeOluwapo Oyeneye Ajayi, Ayodele Samuel Jegede, Olusola Daniel Ojurongbe, James Ssekitooleko, Ebenezer Baba, Prudence Hamade, Jayne Webster, Daniel Chandramohan


October:

Development of an emergency medical system model for resource‐constrained settings
Shinji Nakahara et al.


September:

Targeting subsidised inpatient services to the poor in a setting with limited state capacity: proxy means testing in Myanmar's hospital equity fund scheme
Soe Htet, Teralynn Ludwick, Ajay Mahal


August:

Comprehensive assessment of handwashing and faecal contamination among elementary school children in an urban slum of Indonesia
Yumiko Otsuka et al.


July:

Diagnostic accuracy of non‐specialist versus specialist health workers in diagnosing hearing loss and ear disease in Malawi
Tess Bright et al.


June:

FDG‐PET/MRI imaging for the management of alveolar echinococcosis: initial clinical experience at a reference centre in Austria
Felix Lötsch et al.


May:

Women's recommendations: vacuum extraction or caesarean section for prolonged second stage of labour, a prospective cohort study in Uganda
Barbara Nolens et al.


April:

American tegumentary leishmaniasis in Brazil: a critical review of the current therapeutic approach with systemic meglumine antimoniate and short‐term possibilities for an alternative treatment
Sílvia H. Carvalho et al.


March:

Improving the informed consent process among HIV‐infected undisclosed minors participating in a biomedical research: insights from the multicentre nutritional SNACS study in Senegal
Fabienne Hejoaka et al.


February:

Leprosy services in primary health care in India: comparative economic cost analysis of two public‐health settings
Anuj Tiwari et al.


January:

Removal of user fees and system strengthening improves access to maternity care, reducing neonatal mortality in a district hospital in Lesotho
Sarah Jane Steele et al.


2018

December:

Comparison between the traditional (1997) and revised (2009) WHO classifications of dengue disease: a retrospective study of 30 670 patients
Natal Santos da Silva et al.

November:

Risk factors of pre‐hypertension and hypertension among non‐pregnant women of reproductive age in northeastern Tanzania: a community based cross‐sectional study
Omari A. Msemo et al.

October:

Visceral leishmaniasis‐associated nephropathy in hospitalised Brazilian patients: new insights based on kidney injury biomarkers
Gdayllon C. Meneses et al.

September:

Tamoxifen and meglumine antimoniate combined therapy in cutaneous leishmaniasis patients: a randomised trial
Paulo R. L. Machado et al.

August:

Evaluation of the SD bioline cholera rapid diagnostic test during the 2016 cholera outbreak in Lusaka, Zambia
Mwaba et al.

July:

Prevalence and clinical profile of rotavirus A infection among diarrhoeal children and phylogenetic analysis with vaccine strains in Chengdu, West China, 2009–2014
Chen et al.

June:

High folate levels are not associated with increased malaria risk but with reduced anaemia rates in the context of high‐dosed folate supplements and intermittent preventive treatment against malaria in pregnancy with sulphadoxine–pyrimethamine in Benin
V. Moya‐Alvarez et al.

May:

A targeted approach for routine viral load monitoring in Malawian adults on antiretroviral therapy
R. G. Mungwira et al.

April:

The economic burden of epilepsy in Bhutan
L. Wibecan et al. for the Bhutan Epilepsy Project

March:

Predictive value of C-reactive protein for tuberculosis, bloodstream infection or death among HIV-infected individuals with chronic, non-specific symptoms and negative sputum smear microscopy
R .Bedell et al.

February:

Disability, social functioning and school inclusion among older children and adolescents living with HIV in Zimbabwe
R. Rukuni et al.

January:

Can Escherichia coli fly? The role of flies as transmitters of E. coli to food in an urban slum in Bangladesh
Y. L. Lindeberg et al.


2017

October:

The effect of young children's faeces disposal practices on child growth: evidence from 34 countries
V. Bauza & J.S. Guest

September:

Who delivers where? The effect of obstetric risk on facility delivery in East Africa
S. Virgo et al.

August:

Intestinal tuberculosis: a diagnostic challenge
J. Kentley et al.

July:

Comparison of administrative and survey data for estimating vitamin A supplementation and deworming coverage of children under five years of age in Sub-Saharan Africa
A. Janmohamed and D. Doledec

June:

Mouthing of Soil Contaminated Objects is Associated with Environmental Enteropathy in Young Children
T. Morita et al.

May:

Escherichia coli contamination of child complementary foods and association with domestic hygiene in rural Bangladesh
S. M. Parvez et al.

April:

Pyrethroids and DDT tolerance of Anopheles gambiae s.l. from Sengerema District, an area of intensive pesticide usage in north-western Tanzania
A Philbert et al.

March:

Profile and reintegration experience of Ebola survivors in Guinea: a cross-sectional study
A Delamou et al.

February:

Internal migration and maternal health service utilisation in Jiangsu, China
H Gu et al.

January:

Potential sources of bias in the use of Escherichia coli to measure waterborne diarrhoea risk in low-income settings
A Ercumen et al.


2016

December:

Plasmodium falciparum infection in febrile Congolese children: prevalence of clinical malaria 10 years after introduction of artemisinin-combination therapies
MK Etoka-Beka et al.

November:

Human cytomegalovirus prevalence and distribution of glycoprotein B, O genotypes among hospitalized children with respiratory infections in West China, 2009–2014
J-Y Chen et al.

October:

Minimising invasiveness in diagnostics: developing a rapid urine-based monoclonal antibody dipstick test for malaria
US Markakpo et al.

September:

Evaluation on the efficiencies of county-level Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in China: results from a national survey
L Chengyue et al.

August:

Child diarrhoea and nutritional status in rural Rwanda: a cross-sectional study to explore contributing environmental and demographic factors
SS Sinharoy et al.

July:

Which adherence measure – self-report, clinician recorded or pharmacy refill – is best able to predict detectable viral load in a public ART programme without routine plasma viral load monitoring?
LA Mekuria et al.

June:

Effect of calcium and vitamin D on growth, rickets and Kashin–Beck disease in 0- to 5-year-old children in a rural area of central Tibet
S Rooze et al.

May:

Incremental cost of implementing residual insecticide treatment with delthametrine on top of intensive routine Aedes aegypti control
A Baly et al.

April:

Lost opportunities to identify and treat HIV-positive patients: results from a baseline assessment of provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling (PITC) in Malawi
S. Ahmed et al.

March:

Early- and late-stage ocular complications of herpes zoster ophthalmicus in rural South Africa
E. Schaftenaar et al.

February:

Cost-optimization in the treatment of multidrug resistant tuberculosis in Nigeria
BM Musa et al .

January:

Variation in attrition at sub-national level: Review of the Botswana National HIV/AIDS Treatment (Masa) program data (2002-2013)
BM Musa et al .


2015

October:

Roles and responsibilities in newborn care in four African sites
R. Iganus et al.

September:

National tuberculosis prevalence surveys in Asia, 1990–2012: an overview of results and lessons learned
I. Onozaki et al.

August:

Efforts to reduce the disparity between permanent residents and temporary migrants: Stop TB experiences in Shanghai, China
H. Lu et al.

July:

Extemporaneous benznidazole oral suspension prepared from commercially available tablets for treatment of Chagas disease in paediatric patients
M. C. Garcia et al.

June:

Good clinical outcomes from a 7-year holistic programme of fistula repair in Guineas
A. Delamou et al.

May:

Using multi-country household surveys to understand who provides reproductive and maternal health services in low- and middle-income countries: a critical appraisal of the Demographic and Health Surveys
K. Footman et al.

April:

Identifying locations of recent TB transmission in rural Uganda: a multidisciplinary approach
G. Chamie et al.

March:

The joint effects of water and sanitation on diarrheal disease: A multi-country analysis of the Demo-graphic and Health Surveys
J. A. Fuller et al.

February:

The role of the private sector in the provision of antenatal care: a study of Demographic and Health Surveys from 46 low- and middle-income countries
T. Powell-Jackson et al.

January:

Peritoneal dialysis vs. haemodialysis in the management of paediatric acute kidney injury in Kano, Nigeria: a cost analysisy
P. N. Obiagwu et al.



2014

December:

The contribution of unimproved water and toilet facilities to pregnancy-related mortality in Afghanistan: analysis of the Afghan Mortality Survey
G. Gon et al.

November:

Prevalence and patters of multimorbidity among the elderly in Burkina Faso: cross-sectional study
H. Hien et al.

October:

Typhoid fever in Fiji: a reversible plague?
C. N. Thompson et al.

September:

Management of BU-HIV co-infection
D.P. O'Brian et al.

August:

Duration of residence and disease occurrence among refugees and family reunited immigrants: test of the ‘healthy migrant effect’ hypothesis
M. Norredam et al.

July:

The practice and clinical implications of table splitting in international health
I. Elliot et al.

June:

Substantial increase in mutations in the genes pfdhfr and pfdhps puts sulphadoxine–pyrimethamine-based intermittent preventive treatment for malaria at risk in Burkina Faso
C. Geiger et al.

May:

Reduced prevalence of Giardia duodenalis in iron-deficient Rwandan children
I. Danquah et al.

January:

Measuring disparities in sanitation access: Does the measure matter?
R. Rheingans et al.



2013

December:

Counselling on and women's awareness of pregnancy danger signs in selected rural health facilities in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Tanzania
E. Duysburgh et al.

November:

Diabetes mellitus and tuberculosis: pattern of tuberculosis, two-month smear conversion and treatment outcomes in Guangzhou, China
F. Mi et al.

October:

Sick regimes and sick people: a multilevel investigation of the population health consequences of perceived national corruption
M. I. Witvliet et al.

September:

Practical dosing of praziquantel for schistosomiasis in preschool-aged children
P. L. Olliaro et al.

August:

Meningococcal carriage in the African meningitis belt
The MenAfriCar consortium

July:

Stage determination in sleeping sickness
D. M. Ngoyi et al.

June:

Diabetes is a strong predictor of mortality during tuberculosis treatment
D. Faurholt-Jepsen et al.

April:

Does HIV status affect the etiology, bacterial resistance patterns and recommended empiric antibiotic treatment in adult patients with bloodstream infection in Cambodia?
T. Phe et al.

March:

Reliable diagnosis of post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) using slit aspirate specimen to avoid invasive sampling procedures
S. Verma et al.

February:

Preliminary studies developing methods for the control of Chrysomya putoria, the African latrine fly, in pit latrines in The Gambia
T.C. Lindsay et al.

January:

Relative benefits of on-plot water supply over other ‘improved’ sources in rural Vietnam
J. Brown et al.



2012

December:

Advances with vaccination against Neisseria meningitidis
R. Borrow

November:

Birth prevalence and characteristics of congenital toxoplasmosis in Sergipe, North-east Brazil
A. D. M. Inagaki et al.

October:

Standard karyotyping concentrates microfilaria and can be a valid concentrating technique for their detection
L. S. Kerketta et al.

September:

Practicing medicine without borders: tele-consultations and tele-mentoring for improving paediatric care in a conflict setting in Somalia?
R. Zachariah et al.

August:

Neurocysticercosis: is serology useful in the absence of brain imaging?
H. H. Garcia et al.

July:

The role of diabetes on the clinical manifestations of pulmonary tuberculosis
D. Faurholt-Jepsen et al.

June:

Unvaccinated children in years of increasing coverage: how many and who are they? Evidence from 96 low- and middle-income countries
X. Bosch-Capblanch et al.

May:

Animal livestock and the risk of hospitalized diarrhoea in children under 5 years in Vietnam
V. D. Thiem et al.

April:

Improved equity in measles vaccination from integrating insecticide-treated bednets in a vaccination campaign, Madagascar
J. L. Goodson et al.

March:

Assessing the impact of a school-based water treatment, hygiene and sanitation programme on pupil absence in Nyanza Province, Kenya: a cluster-randomized trial
M. C. Freeman et al.

February:

Predictors of antibiotic use in African communities: evidence from medicines household surveys in five countries
C. E. Vialle-Valentin et al.

January:

Utilization and expenditure at public and private facilities in 39 low-income countries
P. Saksena et al.



2011

December

Iron content of Cambodian foods when prepared in cooking pots containing an iron ingot
C. V. Charles et al.

November

Economic implications of three strategies for the control of taeniasis
A. Alexander et al.

October

Improved retention rates with low-cost interventions in hypertension and diabetes management in a rural African environment of nurse-led care: a cluster-randomised trial
Labhardt et al.

September

Monitoring drug effectiveness in kala-azar in Bihar, India: cost and feasibility of periodic random surveys vs. a health service-based reporting system
P. Malaviya et al.

August

Does targeting key-containers effectively reduce Aedes aegypti population density?
R. Maciel-de-Freitas & R. Lourenço-de-Oliveira

April

High-throughput assays for detection of the F1534C mutation in the voltage-gated sodium channel gene in permethrin-resistant Aedes aegypti and the distribution of this mutation throughout Thailand
J. Yanola et al.

April

Trichuris and hookworm infections associated with anaemia during pregnancy
T. W. Gyorkos et al.

March

Randomized controlled trial to improve childhood immunization adherence in rural Pakistan: redesigned immunization card and maternal education
H. R. Usman et al.

March

Factors determining household expenditure for tuberculosis and coping strategies in Tajikistan
R. Ayé et al.

February

Prevalence and self-reported health consequences of vaginal practices in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: findings from a household survey
J. Smit et al.

January

A quasi-experimental evaluation of a community-based art therapy intervention exploring the psychosocial health of children affected by HIV in South Africa
J. Mueller et al.



2010

December

A community-randomised controlled trial promoting waterless hand sanitizer and handwashing with soap, Dhaka, Bangladesh
S. P. Luby et al.

December

Keeping health facilities safe: one way of strengthening the interaction between disease-specific programmes and health systems
A. D. Harries et al.

December

The epidemiology of meningococcal disease in India
D. Sinclair et al.

August

What is new in HIV/AIDS research in developing countries?
A. Kamali

July

Clinical characteristics and treatment outcome of patients with visceral leishmaniasis and HIV co-infection in northwest Ethiopia
Z. Hurissa et al.

July

Impact of hookworm infection and deworming on anaemia in non-pregnant populations: Systematic review
J. L. Smith et al.

June

Microsatellite loci: Determining the genetic variability of Plasmodium vivax
A. M. Rezende et al.

May

Efficacy and tolerability of artesunate-amodiaquine (Camoquin plus®) versus artemether-lumefantrine (Coartem®) against uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria: Multisite trial in Senegal and Ivory Coast
B. Faye et al.

May

Candidate gene study of susceptibility to cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka
T. N. Samaranayake et al.

April

How effectively can the New Cooperative Medical Scheme reduce catastrophic health expenditure for the poor and non-poor in rural China?
L. Zhang et al.

March

Translating global health research aims into action: The example of the ALPHA network
D. Maher et al.