Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines
A bibliometric analysis of human strongyloidiasis research (1968 to 2017)
Strongyloidiasis is a neglected tropical disease (NTD). It is commonly associated with poverty and poor hygiene. Strongyloidiasis poses an unseen global public health problem. The aim of this study was to asse...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2019 5:24First report of Entamoeba moshkovskii in human stool samples from symptomatic and asymptomatic participants in Kenya
Entamoeba moshkovskii is a member of the Entamoeba complex and a colonizer of the human gut. We used nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to differentiate Entamoeba species in stool samples that had previously ...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2019 5:23Impact of Endemic Infections on HIV Susceptibility in Sub-Saharan Africa
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains a leading cause of global morbidity with the highest burden in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). For reasons that are incompletely understood, the likelihood of HIV transmiss...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2019 5:22Dengue fever and chikungunya virus infections: identification in travelers in Uganda – 2017
Arboviruses are (re-) emerging viruses that cause significant morbidity globally. Clinical manifestations usually consist of a non-specific febrile illness that may be accompanied by rash, arthralgia and arthr...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2019 5:21Travel medicine, coca and cocaine: demystifying and rehabilitating Erythroxylum – a comprehensive review
Few travel health measures are as controversial as the use of coca leaves at high altitude; yet, there appears widespread ignorance among health professionals and the general public about coca, its origins as ...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2019 5:20Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Salmonella and Shigella isolates among children aged below five years with diarrhea attending Robe General Hospital and Goba Referral Hospital, South East Ethiopia
Diarrheal diseases are responsible for high level of morbidity and mortality, particularly in children below 5 years. Salmonella and Shigella spp. are pathogenic microbes responsible for the major diarrheal assoc...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2019 5:19Motivational factors for choosing treatment destinations among the patients treated overseas from the United Arab Emirates: results from the knowledge, attitudes and perceptions survey 2012
Travelling seeking healthcare is becoming common phenomenon. There is limited research to understand factors associated with destinations of choice. Each year the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) spends millions o...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2019 5:18Retrospective analysis of older travellers attending a specialist travel health clinic
Older people represent a significant proportion of overseas travellers. The epidemiology of older international travellers is not well described in the literature. This study aims to identify demographics, tra...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2019 5:17Imported visceral leishmaniasis and immunosuppression in seven Norwegian patients
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a protozoal disease that may be aggravated by immunosuppression. In recent years, a growing number of patients with chronic diseases use biological treatment. When such immunosup...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2019 5:16Seasonal distribution and seven year trend of malaria in North West Tigrai: 2012–2018, Ethiopia; 2019
Malaria is a serious public concern in Ethiopia, 75% of the land and 60% of the population are exposed to the disease. The disease has been consistently reported as one of the top three leading causes of outpa...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2019 5:15Bacillus clausii as adjunctive treatment for acute community-acquired diarrhea among Filipino children: a large-scale, multicenter, open-label study (CODDLE)
Diarrhea is among the main causes of pediatric mortality in the Philippines. Probiotics have been shown to be beneficial in the management of acute diarrhea. Accordingly, the aim of this population-based study...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2019 5:14Determinant factors of anaemia among pregnant women attending antenatal care clinic in Northwest Ethiopia
Anaemia is a low blood haemoglobin concentration and has been shown to be a public health problem affecting both developing and developed countries. Pregnant women are the most vulnerable groups to anaemia due...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2019 5:13Evaluation of the performance of a multiplex reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction kit as a potential diagnostic and surveillance kit for rotavirus in Kenya
Diarrhea is a serious concern worldwide, especially in developing countries. Rotavirus is implicated in approximately 400,000 infant deaths annually. It is highly contagious elevating the risk of outbreaks esp...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2019 5:12Burden of malaria in Ethiopia, 2000-2016: findings from the Global Health Estimates 2016
Globally malaria remains one of the high burden diseases particularly in developing countries. Ethiopia is one of the sub-Saharan countries highly endemic to malaria. Although, recently the burden of malaria w...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2019 5:11Treatment destinations and visit frequencies for patients seeking medical treatment overseas from the United Arab Emirates: results from Dubai Health Authority reporting during 2009–2016
Each year, the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) spends millions of dollars to cover the costs of United Arab Emirates (UAE) nationals seeking healthcare overseas. Patients may travel overseas to seek an array of t...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2019 5:10Epidemiology and etiology of Traveler’s diarrhea in Bangkok, Thailand, a case-control study
Traveler’s diarrhea (TD) is a common health problem among visitors from developed to developing countries. Although global and regional estimates of pathogen distribution are available, the etiology of diarrhe...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2019 5:9Helminth infections in light of an ongoing intervention in endemic areas of Guragae zone, Southern Ethiopia: an implication for neglected tropical diseases elimination in Ethiopia by 2020
Helminth infections are among the major public health problems in developing countries. Considerable efforts have been made towards the control of morbidity caused by infection with helminths in Ethiopia. The ...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2019 5:8Prevalence, associated risk factors and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Shigella infections among diarrheic pediatric population attending at Gondar town healthcare institutions, Northwest Ethiopia
Diarrhea caused by Shigella species remains a major public health threat especially in the pediatric population. A regular surveillance system needs to be in place, in order to explore the burden, antimicrobial r...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2019 5:7A blind passenger: a rare case of documented seroconversion in an Angiostrongylus cantonensis induced eosinophilic meningitis in a traveler visiting friends and relatives
Eosinophilic meningitis (EOM) is a rare condition that is caused by various communicable and non-communicable factors. The rat-lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis, which is associated with consumption of raw or ...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2019 5:62018 in review: five hot topics in tropical medicine
The year 2018 heralded many new developments in the field of tropical medicine, including licensure of novel drugs for novel indications, licensure of existing drugs for existing indications but in novel setti...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2019 5:5Healthy, safe and effective international medical student electives: a systematic review and recommendations for program coordinators
Thousands of medical students undertake international medical electives each year. These students face potentially substantial health and safety risks as well as educational and ethical challenges and therefor...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2019 5:4Implementation and evaluation of a quality and safety tool for ambulatory strongyloidiasis patients at high risk of adverse outcome
Strongyloidiasis is a common infection in Canadian migrants that can cause life-threatening hyperinfection in immunosuppressed hosts. We designed and implemented a safety tool to guide management of patients w...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2019 5:3An assessment of household water quality among Peace Corps volunteers in Guatemala
Gastrointestinal (GI) illness is the most commonly reported health concern among Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) serving in Guatemala. This project identified water types and treatment and storage practices used...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2019 5:2Travelers’ diarrhea: update on the incidence, etiology and risk in military and similar populations – 1990-2005 versus 2005–2015, does a decade make a difference?
Travelers’ diarrhea remains a prevalent illness impacting individuals visiting developing countries, however most studies have focused on this disease in the context of short term travel. This study aims to de...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2019 5:1Impact of pre-travel consultation on clinical management and outcomes of travelers’ diarrhea: a retrospective cohort study
International travelers are at high risk of acquiring travelers’ diarrhea. Pre-travel consultation has been associated with lower rates of malaria, hepatitis, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections....Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2018 4:16Line-probe assay and molecular typing reveal a potential drug resistant clone of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Ethiopia
Antimicrobial resistance is a global concern of increasing significance. Multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is spreading worldwide. It is important to monitor trends of antimycobacterial resistance. Thi...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2018 4:15A review of antibiotic prophylaxis for traveler’s diarrhea: past to present
As there is rapid increase in international travel to tropical and subtropical countries, there will likely be more people exposed to diarrheal pathogens in these moderate to high risk areas and subsequent inc...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2018 4:14Prevalence and drug susceptibility pattern of Salmonella isolates from apparently healthy slaughter cattle and personnel working at the Jimma municipal abattoir, south-West Ethiopia
Salmonella species are among the most common food borne pathogens worldwide and their infection is one of the major global public health problems. During the last decade, multidrug resistant Salmonella species ha...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2018 4:13A case report of melioidosis complicated by infective sacroiliitis in Sri Lanka
Melioidosis is an infection caused by a facultative intracellular Gram-negative bacterium, Burkholderia pseudomallei. It can present as septicemia, localized infection with/without septicemia, asymptomatic infect...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2018 4:12Molecular surveillance of respiratory viruses with bioaerosol sampling in an airport
Recognizing that crowded, high-traffic airports and airplanes have been implicated in respiratory disease transmission, we partnered with administrators of Raleigh Durham International Airport (RDU) in conduct...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2018 4:11Imported scrub typhus: first case in South America and review of the literature
Scrub typhus is a neglected vector-borne zoonosis causing life-threatening illnesses, endemic in the Asian-Pacific region and, as recently discovered, in southern Chile. Scrub typhus is rarely reported in trav...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2018 4:10Efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Nepal
The national treatment guidelines of Nepal have adopted Artemisinin Combination Therapies (ACTs) for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria since 2004. Emergence of Artemisinin resistance in the Gre...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2018 4:9Incidence of Plasmodium infections and determinant factors among febrile children in a district of Northwest Ethiopia; a cross-sectional study
According to the Ethiopian national malaria indicator survey of 2015, the highest burden of Plasmodia infection resided among the school-age children. Even though several studies revealed various determinant f...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2018 4:8Imported leishmaniasis cases in Cuba (2006–2016): what have we learned
Leishmaniasis is a neglected parasitic disease caused by Leishmania spp., which is not endemic in Cuba. However, several factors (such as human activities, climate changes, and tourism) have led to an increase in...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2018 4:7Land-use patterns and their implication on malaria transmission in Kilosa District, Tanzania
Understanding of the land use and malaria transmission among farming communities in Tanzania is of great significance. Water resource development projects, deforestation, wetland cultivation, and land use chan...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2018 4:6Epidemiology of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence, determinants and treatment outcome
The emergence of MDR-TB remained a major public health threat particularly in developing countries. With increased prevalence and complexity of treatment, the burden of MDR-TB challenged the country. It is of ...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2018 4:5Multivariate analysis of factors associated with Schistosoma mansoni and hookworm infection among primary school children in rural Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia
Soil-transmitted helminths and Schistosoma mansoni infections are the major causes of morbidity and mortality in Sub-Saharan countries. The highest burden of the disease resides in school-age children. Poor water...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2018 4:4Schistosoma haematobium, Plasmodium falciparum infection and anaemia in children in Accra, Ghana
Urinary Schistosomiasis and malaria are endemic in Sub-Saharan Africa. There are public health concerns and implications of these parasites. This study sought to assess the prevalence of malaria, urinary schis...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2018 4:3Zika virus infection in a pregnant Canadian traveler with congenital fetal malformations noted by ultrasonography at 14-weeks gestation
Following emergence of Zika virus in the Americas, a devastating new congenital syndrome has been documented, leading to significant morbidity among Zika-infected fetuses and neonates.Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2018 4:2Evaluation of safety tool for ambulatory leprosy patients at risk of adverse outcome
Leprosy is a potentially debilitating disease of the skin and nerves that requires a complex management approach consisting of laboratory monitoring, screening for factors that will adversely affect outcome wi...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2018 4:1Factors affecting prevention and control of malaria among endemic areas of Gurage zone: an implication for malaria elimination in South Ethiopia, 2017
Globally malaria remains one of the most severe public health problems resulting in massive morbidity particularly in developing countries. Ethiopia as one of the sub-Saharan country it is highly endemic to ma...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2017 3:17An outbreak of Leptospirosis among United States military personnel in Guam
Leptospirosis is a bacterial zoonotic disease with worldwide distribution.Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2017 3:16Local stakeholders’ perceptions of community sensitization for school-based deworming programme in Kenya
In Kenya, the National School-Based Deworming Programme (NSBDP) for soil-transmitted helminthes and schistosomiasis in prioritized areas has been going on since the year 2012. By the year 2013 over 6 million S...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2017 3:15The changing epidemiology of Japanese encephalitis and New data: the implications for New recommendations for Japanese encephalitis vaccine
The epidemiology of Japanese Encephalitis and risk to the traveler has changed and continues to evolve. The spread of Japanese Encephalitis virus into new environments, changes in agricultural practice and ani...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2017 3:14Antibiotic resistance in Campylobacter and other diarrheal pathogens isolated from US military personnel deployed to Thailand in 2002–2004: a case–control study
Campylobacter continues to be an important cause of diarrheal disease worldwide and a leading cause in Southeast Asia. Studies of US soldiers and marines deployed to Thailand for a 2 to 3 week field exercise p...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2017 3:13Assessment of the agreement between the Framingham and DAD risk equations for estimating cardiovascular risk in adult Africans living with HIV infection: a cross-sectional study
The Absolute cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk evaluation using multivariable CVD risk models is increasingly advocated in people with HIV, in whom existing models remain largely untested. We assessed the agre...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2017 3:12Guidelines for the prevention of travel-associated illness in older adults
International travel to the developing world is becoming more common in elderly patients (defined here as individuals greater than 65 years old). When providing pre-travel counseling, providers must appreciate...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2017 3:10Immunization of mice with soluble lysate of interferon gamma expressing Plasmodium berghei ANKA induces high IFN-γ production
Efforts in search of lasting malaria vaccine have led to the development of transgenic rodent malaria parasites. As a result, wild type Plasmodium berghei ANKA (WTPbA) has recently been transformed to express mou...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2017 3:11Review: chronic and persistent diarrhea with a focus in the returning traveler
Travelers’ diarrhea is a common malady afflicting up to 50% of travelers after a 2-week travel period. An appreciable percentage of these cases will become persistent or chronic. We summarized the published li...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2017 3:9Sanitation for all: the global opportunity to increase transgenerational health gains and better understand the link between NCDs and NTDs, a scoping review
The global sanitation divide is narrowing. However, in many countries in Asia and Africa, the gap between rural and urban sanitation coverage is rather widening. Moreover, there is an increase in the burden of...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2017 3:8
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