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Journal articles on the topic "Tropical disease; Africa"

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Herrmann, Mathias, Salim Abdullah, Abraham Alabi, Pedro Alonso, Alexander W. Friedrich, Günther Fuhr, Anja Germann, et al. "Staphylococcal disease in Africa: another neglected ‘tropical’ disease." Future Microbiology 8, no. 1 (January 2013): 17–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.2217/fmb.12.126.

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Coton, T. "Letter: coeliac disease in inter-tropical Africa." Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 38, no. 10 (October 18, 2013): 1324. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/apt.12525.

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Aula, Oyime Poise, Donald P. McManus, Malcolm K. Jones, and Catherine A. Gordon. "Schistosomiasis with a Focus on Africa." Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 6, no. 3 (June 22, 2021): 109. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed6030109.

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Schistosomiasis is a common neglected tropical disease of impoverished people and livestock in many developing countries in tropical Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America. Substantial progress has been made in controlling schistosomiasis in some African countries, but the disease still prevails in most parts of sub-Saharan Africa with an estimated 800 million people at risk of infection. Current control strategies rely primarily on treatment with praziquantel, as no vaccine is available; however, treatment alone does not prevent reinfection. There has been emphasis on the use of integrated approaches in the control and elimination of the disease in recent years with the development of health infrastructure and health education. However, there is a need to evaluate the present status of African schistosomiasis, primarily caused by Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium, and the factors affecting the disease as the basis for developing more effective control and elimination strategies in the future. This review provides an historical perspective of schistosomiasis in Africa and discusses the current status of control efforts in those countries where the disease is endemic.
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Adebajo, AO. "Low frequency of autoimmune disease in tropical Africa." Lancet 349, no. 9048 (February 1997): 361–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(05)62867-x.

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Parry, E. H. O. "Book Review: Health and Disease in Tropical Africa." Tropical Doctor 18, no. 2 (April 1988): 96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/004947558801800221.

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Wandiga, Shem O. "Use and distribution of organochlorine pesticides. The future in Africa." Pure and Applied Chemistry 73, no. 7 (July 1, 2001): 1147–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1351/pac200173071147.

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Pesticides have been used in the continent for about eight decades. Major use has been in agriculture, livestock development, and disease vectors control. Recent international conventions have been made with little scientific data and information on the tropical situation. Rapid development of resistance to pesticides demands better scientific understanding of pest management. Tropical research data on organochlorine pesticides show rapid degradation pattern, low residue levels, and widespread distribution. Given the above, there is a need to factor into consideration tropical climatological calamities in any future pesticide policy. Continued use of pesticides is anticipated in the tropics.
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Beckley, Carl S., Salisu Shaban, Guy H. Palmer, Andrew T. Hudak, Susan M. Noh, and James E. Futse. "Disaggregating Tropical Disease Prevalence by Climatic and Vegetative Zones within Tropical West Africa." PLOS ONE 11, no. 3 (March 29, 2016): e0152560. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152560.

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Troncoso, Alcides. "Ebola outbreak in West Africa: a neglected tropical disease." Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine 5, no. 4 (April 2015): 255–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2221-1691(15)30340-3.

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Kalaria, Raj. "WHO TO SUPPORT TROPICAL DISEASE RESEARCH PROGRAMMES IN AFRICA." NeuroReport 11, no. 18 (December 2000): A15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00001756-200012180-00004.

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STURROCK, R. F. "Health and Disease in Tropical Africa: geographical and medical viewpoints." African Affairs 87, no. 349 (October 1988): 624–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a098099.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Tropical disease; Africa"

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Liang, Yousheng. "Studies on the resistance of Schistosoma to Praziquantel, an anti-schistosomal drug." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.368563.

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Pach, Sophie, Geyt Jacqueline Le, José María Gutiérrez, David Williams, Kalana Prasad Maduwage, Abdulrazaq Garba Habib, Rafael Gustin, María Luisa Avila-Agüero, Kyaw Thu Ya, and Jay Halbert. "Paediatric snakebite envenoming: the world's most neglected 'Neglected Tropical Disease'?" NLM (Medline), 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/655504.

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Snakebite disproportionally affects children living in impoverished rural communities. The WHO has recently reinstated snakebites on its list of Neglected Tropical Diseases and launched a comprehensive Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Snakebite Envenoming. In the first of a two paper series, we describe the epidemiology, socioeconomic impact and key prevention strategies. We also explore current challenges and priorities including the production and distribution of safe and effective antivenom.
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Ongore, Dismas. "Risk factors for infection and disease with the malaria parasite in children less than five years of age in Kisumu District Nyanza Province Kenya." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.385095.

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French, Michael Duncan. "Mathematical modelling of neglected tropical disease control with particular reference to schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.550985.

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The overarching aim of the thesis is the use of mathematical models to provide policy-relevant guidance to neglected tropical disease (NTD) control programmes, particularly those against schistosomiasis, identified following discussions with Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI) staff, and utilising the SCl's extensive datasets from sub-Saharan Africa. Firstly, changes are estimated in the force of infection (Fa/) of schistosomes following annual control in Uganda, relative to baseline, expressed as the number of mature parasites acquired per host per year. It is known that praziquantel treatment results in significant reductions in infection intensity in treated individuals; however, the thesis shows that Fal reductions also result in benefits for untreated individuals. Models are developed, parameterized and fitted to Schistosoma mansoni (intestinal schistosomiasis) data from areas with differing initial endemicity, and results indicate significant and substantial reductions following treatment. Models are developed further to estimate reductions in the Fal of S. haematobium (urogenital schistosomiasis) and used in other SCI locations (Uganda, Tanzania, Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali, Zambia). Secondly, the thesis investigates changes in schistosome population genetic structure following chemotherapy to gain insights into the transmission and clinical processes of the disease. Large-scale chemotherapy-based control likely exerts strong selective pressure on parasite populations. Recently developed microsatellite markers have demonstrated significant reductions in S. mansoni genetic diversity following one round of treatment. This may have implications for the parasite's evolutionary potential and the future success of such campaigns. Stochastic re-sampling approaches are used to estimate the magnitude of changes, the robustness of the microsatellite markers used, and to identify optimum sampling frameworks in terms of numbers of hosts, and numbers of parasites per host required, in order to detect changes in parasite population structure. Finally, results are discussed in terms of the role that models can play in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programmes for NTD control, and current research gaps are high lighted.
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Cecchi, Giuliano. "Biogeographical patterns of African trypanosomoses for improved planning and implementation of field interventions." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/209787.

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Spatially-explicit information is essential for planning and implementing interventions against vector-borne diseases. This is also true for African trypanosomoses, a group of diseases of both humans and animals caused by protozoa of the Genus Trypanosoma, and transmitted by tsetse flies (Genus Glossina).

In this thesis the knowledge gaps and the requirements for an evidence-based decision making in the field of tsetse and trypanosomoses are identified, with a focus on georeferenced data and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Datasets, tools and analyses are presented that aim to fill some of the identified knowledge gaps.

For the human form of the disease, also known as sleeping sickness, case detection and treatment are the mainstay of control, so that accurate knowledge of the geographic distribution of infections is paramount. In this study, an Atlas was developed that provides village-level information on the reported occurrence of sleeping sickness. The geodatabase underpinning the Atlas also includes the results of active screening activities, even when no cases were detected. The Atlas enables epidemiological maps to be generated at a range of scales, from local to global, thus providing evidence for strategic and technical decision making.

In the field of animal trypanosomosis control, also known as nagana, much emphasis has recently been placed on the vector. Accurate delineation of tsetse habitat appears as an essential component of ongoing and upcoming interventions against tsetse. The present study focused on land cover datasets and tsetse habitat. The suitability for tsetse of standardized land cover classes was explored at continental, regional and national level, using a combination of inductive and deductive approaches. The land cover classes most suitable for tsetse were identified and described, and tailored datasets were derived.

The suite of datasets, methodologies and tools presented in this thesis provides evidence for informed planning and implementation of interventions against African trypanosomoses at a range of spatial scales.
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Bailey, Wendi. "The diagnosis of human African trypanosomiasis." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.260319.

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Fye, Haddy K. S. "Protein profiling for hepatocellular carcinoma biomarker discovery in West African subjects." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2013. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:8b9cddda-5c65-45f0-9354-9343c317bef6.

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Background: Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) is the third most common cause of cancer related death worldwide and is often diagnosed by measuring serum Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP); a stand-alone biomarker with limited diagnostic proficiency. To compensate for this, AFP is commonly used in conjunction with high performance imaging and radiological methods. However, as the burden of HCC is predominantly in the developing world where such technologies are not readily available, it is imperative that efforts are made to pursue the discovery of novel, high performance, easy to measure and robust biomarkers. With the aim of improving on the diagnostic ability of AFP, our project focuses on the study of plasma proteins as identified by Mass Spectrometry (MS) in order to investigate differences seen in the respective proteomes of controls and subjects with liver cirrhosis (LC) and HCC. Methods: Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time-of-Flight MS (MALDI-TOF MS) was first attempted on weak cation exchange (WCX) fractionated plasma in a pilot selection of forty subjects. On the main case-control group, quantitative MS analysis using liquid chromatography electro spray ionization quadrupole time-of-flight (LC-ESI Q-TOF) was conducted on 339 subjects using a pooled expression profiling approach. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) and 1 and 2Dimentional electrophoresis methods were performed to validate and detail candidate protein levels and modification patters in individual and pooled subjects. The human plasma used for the MS based protein discovery experiments was collected as part of a five year Liver Cancer Case-control Study (Gambia, West Africa). A smaller set of samples from subjects who formed a spectrum of non-liver disease controls, LC and HCC were obtained from the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) in Nigeria and ELISA and gel electrophoresis assays conducted on them to confirm the trends and differences seen in the Gambian subject set. Results: Bioinformatic evaluation of MALDI-TOF data highlighted peak masses 2444m/z, 2583m/z and 2559m/z to have high diagnostic abilities based on area under curve (AUC) statistics of >0.75. Of these polypeptide fragments, one was identified as the plasma glycoprotein, alpha chain fibrinogen. Results from the large-scale label free discovery experiments indicated twenty-six proteins to be differentially expressed between the three subject groups. These prospective markers include proteins previously linked to HCC as well as novel candidates, namely glutathione peroxidase 3, serum amyloid p, carboxypeptidase N and complement factors I and H which have not been implicated in the context of HCC diagnostics. Direct measurement of Hemopexin (HPX), alpha-1-antitrypsin (α1AT), apolipoprotein A1 (Apo A1) and complement component 3 (CC3) levels confirmed their change in abundance in LC and HCC versus control patients. Further biochemical characterization of glycosylated HPX isolated from glycoprotein enriched plasma sample pools showed evidence of isoelectric point shifts, indicating differential glycosylation patterns in high mannose structures of HPX which may be disease stage linked. The direct measurements of HPX, α1AT, Apo A1 & CC3 conducted on the independent Nigerian subject group also confirmed much of the trends reported from the Gambia Liver Cancer Study (GLCS) plasma. Conclusions: The independently validated, significant changes in the quantitative expression of ApoA1, α1AT, CC3 and HPX could be exploited for development into high-performance affordable assays, usable in the diagnosis and monitoring of HCC and LC patients. The unique signatures observed for most of these proteins, from liver disease free controls to LC and HCC suggest their involvement in independent pathways. As such, combining some or all of these four markers within a diagnostic panel could offer a much-needed boost in robustness and accuracy for AFP. The differences in the processing and molecular weight separation of these proteins also offers a novel inroad into biomarker identification. These suggested disease specific signatures could with further study offer highly specific biomarkers able to discern the key stages that predispose individuals to hepatocarcinogenesis. Impact: This is the first MS based discovery and extensive validation study on West African subjects whose primary cause of HCC are the Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and fungal toxins.
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Bardosh, Kevin Louis. "Public health at the margins : local realities and the control of neglected tropical diseases in Eastern Africa." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/15832.

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Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are both causes and manifestations of poverty in developing countries. Recent advocacy efforts have increased the profile of NTDs, and led to bold new control and elimination targets set for 2020 by the World Health Organisation. However there are multifaceted challenges in effectively implementing NTD interventions in resource-poor contexts that need to be understood and engaged. While there is a growing call by researchers and international agencies for a science of global health delivery to understand these complexities, the exact nature of this science remains contested. This thesis contributes to these debates by advancing a critical social science perspective on the factors that mediate intervention effectiveness for NTD control. Grounded in a social constructivist approach using mixed methods, it critiques prevailing orthodoxies by unpacking the nature, processes and outcomes of three large-scale NTD prevention programmes in Eastern Africa. Focused on different diseases, these case studies represent different types of intervention approaches: top-down, participatory and public-private partnership. The thesis traces the social, technical and environmental processes that mediate the delivery, adoption and use of particular health technologies, such as pit latrines, insecticides and vaccination. Together, these case studies reveal surprisingly similar reasons for why many interventions do not perform according to expectations. Despite new approaches that claim to overcome stereotypical challenges of top-down planning, narrow technocratic perspectives continue to play a defining role in maintaining disjunctions between global aspirations, local realities and intervention outcomes. New perspectives and changes in orientation are needed that emphasise flexibility, learning and adaptability to local contexts. Towards this end, the thesis outlines a conceptual framework based on a comparative analysis of the case studies that highlights five interrelated domains where effectiveness is determined: geographical/livelihood variation, local agency, incentives, the socio-materiality of technology and planning/governance. I argue that addressing the shortcomings of contemporary interventions requires that programme planners actively engage these domains by seeking to “order complexity.” Greater integration of social science perspectives into the management of NTD programmes would provide significant benefit. In these ways, the thesis contributes to wider debates about the nature of global health interventions and the influence of local contexts in mediating efforts to improve the health and wellbeing of the world’s poor and marginalised.
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Marsh, Victoria Mary Chuck. "Sharing findings on sickle cell disorder in international collaborative biomedical research : an empirical ethics study in coastal Kenya." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2012. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:b693b762-5ce8-4109-82ea-4cf7ba38675e.

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Against the background of a dilemma experienced by researchers during a genomics study at an established biomedical research centre in Kenya, the broad aims of this thesis are to develop appropriate responses to important ethical questions on sharing information on a common and serious genetic condition, sickle cell disorder, and assess the responsibilities of researchers in this regard. Using an empirical approach to normative reflection across two phases of qualitative research, I explore the nature of important moral concerns related to sharing sickle cell disease information from researchers’ and community members’ points of view; and develop a bottom-up normative analysis around the questions generated. This analysis interweaves community experiences, processes of community reasoning and ex situ normative reflection; placing community views and values centrally while referencing these to wider ethical debates, commentaries and guidelines in the literature. Two main outputs of this thesis are to provide recommendations for information sharing on SCD findings in the genomics study in Kilifi; and to propose a set of key issues to consider for this type of information in other studies and geographic settings. I conclude that researchers have a strong responsibility to share SCD information on affected children with families as a form of ancillary service (validating tests, counselling and care); but less responsibility to actively share carrier information. Concurrent responsibilities are working collaboratively with the Ministry of Health/District General Hospital to plan and implement services for SCD; ensuring counselling services support family stability as far as reasonably possible; and to build forms of community engagement and informed consent that counter risks of diagnostic interpretations of research.
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Pedron, Julien. "Synthèse et étude de l'activité anti-kinétoplastidés de nouvelles 8-nitroquinoléin-2(1H))-ones bioactivées par les nitroréductases de type 1." Thesis, Toulouse 3, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018TOU30190/document.

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Les kinétoplastidés sont des protozoaires flagellés responsables de maladies tropicales négligées mortelles telles que la leishmaniose viscérale (L. donovani et L. infantum) ou la trypanosomiase humaine africaine (T. brucei), pour lesquelles les traitements disponibles sont très limités. Depuis quelques années, on observe un regain d'intérêt pour le développement de nitrohétérocycles aromatiques anti-infectieux tels que le delamanide et le féxinidazole. De récentes études indiquent que l'activité anti-kinétoplastidés de ces dérivés repose sur leur bioactivation sélective par des nitroréductases parasitaires, conduisant à la formation de métabolites réduits électrophiles, fortement cytotoxiques. Suite à des études préliminaires réalisées dans notre équipe en série 8-nitroquinoléin-2(1H)-one, ces travaux de thèse portent sur la synthèse et l'étude in vitro de l'activité antiparasitaire de 80 dérivés notamment fonctionnalisés en positions 3 et 6 du pharmacophore par divers motifs, notamment via la mise au point de réactions d'halogénation sélective et de couplages pallado-catalysés. Ainsi, 5 nouvelles molécules hits (4 anti-kinétoplastidés et 1 sélective de T. brucei) ont été identifiées (0,01 µM ≤ CI50 ≤ 7 µM et 13 < IS < 1500), trois d'entre-elles étant des substrats sélectifs des nitroréductases parasitaires de type I. Afin de préciser les relations structure-activité, une étude des potentiels de réduction a également été menée. Des études physico-chimiques (solubilité, test de perméabilité PAMPA) et pharmacocinétiques in vitro (stabilité microsomale et fixation à l'albumine humaine) sont venues compléter ce travail. Enfin, des évaluations de la mutagénicité et de la génotoxicité de ces hits sur des cellules procaryotes et humaines ont été conduites, dans le but de statuer sur leur potentiel pharmaceutique antiparasitaire humain et vétérinaire
Kinetoplastids are flagellated protozoan parasites responsible for lethal neglected tropical diseases, such as visceral leishmaniasis (L. donovani and L. infantum) or sleeping sickness (T. brucei brucei), for which very few drugs are available. Nowadays, nitroheterocyclic compounds present a renewed interest as anti-infective agents, as illustrated by the development of fexinidazole and delamanid. Some recent studies demonstrated that the antikinetoplastid activity of these derivatives involves their selective bioactivation by parasitic nitroreductases, leading to the formation of electrophilic reduced metabolites, highly cytotoxic. Based on preliminary studies conducted in our team in 8-nitroquinolin-2(1H)-one series, this PhD work is about the synthesis and in vitro antiparasitic study of 80 derivatives mainly functionalized at positions 3 and 6 of the pharmacophore by various substituents, especially via the optimization of selective halogenation and pallado-catalyzed cross coupling reactions. Thereby, 5 new hit compounds (4 antikinetoplastid and 1 selective of T. brucei) were identified (0.01 µM ≤ IC50 ≤ 7 µM and 13 < SI < 1500), three of them being selective substrates of type I parasitic nitroreductases. In order to refine the structure-activity relationship studies, an analysis of reduction potentials was also conducted. In vitro physicochemical (solubility, PAMPA permeability assay) and pharmacokinetic (microsomal stability and human albumin binding) experiments completed this work. Finally, the mutagenicity and genotoxicity evaluations of these new hit compounds toward prokaryotic and human cells were realized, in order to assess their human and veterinary antiparasitic pharmaceutical potential
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Books on the topic "Tropical disease; Africa"

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Gyapong, John, and Boakye Boatin, eds. Neglected Tropical Diseases - Sub-Saharan Africa. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25471-5.

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McDowell, Mary Ann, and Sima Rafati, eds. Neglected Tropical Diseases - Middle East and North Africa. Vienna: Springer Vienna, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1613-5.

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Ramen, Fred. Sleeping sickness and other parasitic tropical diseases. New York: Rosen, 2002.

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Nsubuga, Herbert S. Kanabi. Cattle diseases and husbandry in tropical Africa: A case in Uganda. [Kampala: s.n.], 1990.

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Wagner, Michael R. Forest entomology in West Tropical Africa: Forest insects of Ghana. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1991.

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Charray, J. Manual of sheep production in the humid tropics of Africa. Wallingford, England: CAB International, 1992.

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United, States Congress House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa Global Health Global Human Rights and International Organizations. Addressing the neglected diseases treatment gap: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, first session, June 27, 2013. Washington, D.C: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2013.

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1946-, Akhtar Rais, ed. Health and disease in tropical Africa: Geographical and medical viewpoints. Chur [Switzerland]: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1987.

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R, AKHTAR. Health and Disease in Tropical Africa: Geographical and Medical Viewpoints. Taylor & Francis, 1987.

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Dondorp, Arjen M. Other tropical diseases in the ICU. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199600830.003.0294.

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A wide range of tropical infectious diseases can cause critical illness. Knowledge of the local epidemiology where the disease is acquired is essential. In addition, local resistance patterns of common bacterial pathogens can be very different in tropical countries, so that antibiotic regimens might need adaptation. The ‘surviving sepsis’ guidelines are not always appropriate for the treatment of tropical sepsis. Both diseases require a more restricted fluid management. Leptospirosis is another important tropical disease that can cause sepsis with liver and renal failure or ARDS with pulmonary haemorrhages. Neglected tropical diseases causing neurological syndromes include trypanosomiasis (Sub-Saharan Africa) and rabies. Several viruses in the tropics can cause encephalitis. Recent epidemics of respiratory viruses causing life-threatening pneumonia have had their origins in tropical countries, including severe acute respiratory syndrome, influenza A subtype H5N1 (‘avian influenza’), and recently Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus.
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Book chapters on the topic "Tropical disease; Africa"

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Sankara, Dieudonne P., Andrew S. Korkor, Junerlyn Agua-Agum, and Gautam Biswas. "Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease)." In Neglected Tropical Diseases - Sub-Saharan Africa, 45–61. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25471-5_3.

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Ekanem, Emmanuel Eyo. "The Biopsychosocial Way as a Clinical Mode for Handling Critical Disease Problems in Tropical West Africa." In Cancer, Stress, and Death, 285–91. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1986. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9573-8_22.

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Chinikar, Sadegh, and Nariman Shah-Hosseini. "Dengue Fever in Asia and Africa." In Neglected Tropical Diseases, 193–215. Vienna: Springer Vienna, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1613-5_8.

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Rafati, Sima, and Farrokh Modabber. "Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Middle East and North Africa." In Neglected Tropical Diseases, 117–39. Vienna: Springer Vienna, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1613-5_5.

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Bouratbine, Aïda, and Karim Aoun. "Toxoplasmosis in the Middle East and North Africa." In Neglected Tropical Diseases, 235–49. Vienna: Springer Vienna, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1613-5_10.

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Barakat, Rashida, Hala El Morshedy, and Azza Farghaly. "Human Schistosomiasis in the Middle East and North Africa Region." In Neglected Tropical Diseases, 23–57. Vienna: Springer Vienna, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1613-5_2.

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Sopoh, Ghislain, and Kingsley Asiedu. "Buruli Ulcer in Sub-Saharan Africa." In Neglected Tropical Diseases - Sub-Saharan Africa, 15–43. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25471-5_2.

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Lutumba, Pascal, Enock Matovu, and Marleen Boelaert. "Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT)." In Neglected Tropical Diseases - Sub-Saharan Africa, 63–85. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25471-5_4.

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Gyapong, John Owusu. "An Overview of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa." In Neglected Tropical Diseases - Sub-Saharan Africa, 1–14. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25471-5_1.

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Deribe, Kebede, Fasil Tekola-Ayele, and Gail Davey. "Podoconiosis: Endemic Non-filarial Elephantiasis." In Neglected Tropical Diseases - Sub-Saharan Africa, 231–49. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25471-5_10.

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Conference papers on the topic "Tropical disease; Africa"

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Walz, Thomas. "Malaria: Impact of a Tropical Disease on an Oil Company in a Sub-Saharan African Country." In SPE International Health, Safety & Environment Conference. Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/98552-ms.

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Reports on the topic "Tropical disease; Africa"

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Hassell, James M., Salome A. Bukachi, Dishon M. Muloi, Emi Takahashi, and Lydia Franklinos. The Natural Environment and Health in Africa. World Wildlife Fund and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/10088/111281.

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Much of recent human development has come at the expense of Nature - undermining ecosystems, fragmenting habitats, reducing biodiversity, and increasing our exposure and vulnerability to emerging diseases. For example, as we push deeper into tropical forests, and convert more land to agriculture and human settlements, the rate at which people encounter new pathogens that may trigger the next public health, social and economic crisis, is likely to increase. Expanding and strengthening our understanding of the links between nature and human health is especially important in Africa, where nature brings economic prosperity and wellbeing to more than a billion people. Pandemics such as COVID are just one of a growing number of health challenges that humanity is facing as a result of our one-sided and frequently destructive relationship with nature. This report aims to inform professionals and decision-makers on how health outcomes emerge from human interactions with the natural world and identify how efforts to preserve the natural environment and sustainably manage natural resources could have an impact on human and animal health. While the report focuses on the African continent, it will also be of relevance to other areas of the world facing similar environmental pressures.
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