K. Lahiri, Raghvendra Singh, Mohini Apte, Mahantesh V Patil, A. Taksande, R. Varona, G. Chatterjee, M. Verma, S. Brette, Marcos Perez
{"title":"Efficacy and safety of Bacillus clausii (O/C, N/R, SIN, T) probiotic combined with oral rehydration therapy (ORT) and zinc in acute diarrhea in children: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in India","authors":"K. Lahiri, Raghvendra Singh, Mohini Apte, Mahantesh V Patil, A. Taksande, R. Varona, G. Chatterjee, M. Verma, S. Brette, Marcos Perez","doi":"10.1186/s40794-022-00166-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40794-022-00166-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23303,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45605322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Anopheles stephensi: a guest to watch in urban Africa","authors":"E. Kweka","doi":"10.1186/s40794-022-00165-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40794-022-00165-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23303,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45308663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anna Shaum, A. Figueroa, Danica Lee, Allison Ertl, Erin E. Rothney, D. Borntrager, Emily Davenport, R. Gulati, Clive M. Brown
{"title":"Cross-sectional survey of SARS-CoV-2 testing at US airports and one health department’s proactive management of travelers","authors":"Anna Shaum, A. Figueroa, Danica Lee, Allison Ertl, Erin E. Rothney, D. Borntrager, Emily Davenport, R. Gulati, Clive M. Brown","doi":"10.1186/s40794-022-00164-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40794-022-00164-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23303,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43944141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Katte, Kiya Penanje, B. Agoons, E. Djahmeni, Sharon Mbacham-Ngwafor, V. Moor, P. Koki, W. Mbacham
{"title":"Procalcitonin levels in children affected by severe malaria compared to those with uncomplicated malaria in the absence of bacterial infection: a cross-sectional study","authors":"J. Katte, Kiya Penanje, B. Agoons, E. Djahmeni, Sharon Mbacham-Ngwafor, V. Moor, P. Koki, W. Mbacham","doi":"10.1186/s40794-022-00163-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40794-022-00163-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23303,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44261327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Factors associated with survival of Iranian patients with COVID-19: comparison of Cox regression and mixture cure model","authors":"M. Seif, M. Sharafi, H. Ghaem, Farzaneh Kasraei","doi":"10.1186/s40794-022-00162-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40794-022-00162-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23303,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43735361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Kibe, B. Kimani, C. Okoyo, W. Omondi, H. Sultani, D. Njomo
{"title":"Towards elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis in Kenya: improving advocacy, communication and social mobilization activities for mass drug administration, a qualitative study","authors":"L. Kibe, B. Kimani, C. Okoyo, W. Omondi, H. Sultani, D. Njomo","doi":"10.1186/s40794-022-00172-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40794-022-00172-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23303,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2021-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42176253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alfred Anselme Dabilgou, Apoline Sondo, Alassane Dravé, Ismael Diallo, Julie Marie Adeline Kyelem, Christian Napon, Jean Kaboré
{"title":"Hemorrhagic stroke following snake bite in Burkina Faso (West Africa). A case series.","authors":"Alfred Anselme Dabilgou, Apoline Sondo, Alassane Dravé, Ismael Diallo, Julie Marie Adeline Kyelem, Christian Napon, Jean Kaboré","doi":"10.1186/s40794-021-00150-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40794-021-00150-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Snake bites remain a major medical problem in West Africa, and hemorrhagic stroke following a snakebite has emerged as a rare secondary condition. The objective of this study was to determine the neurological complications following snake bite.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study included all the cases of hemorrhagic stroke following snake bite admitted in the neurology Department of Yalgado Ouedraogo University Teaching Hospital during the period from January 1st, 2018 to December 31st 2019.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Three cases of hemorrhagic stroke following snake bite were included in the study. The strokes occurred 4-15 days after the snakebite. Traditional treatment was applied in two cases. Complications were significant, including local manifestations and severe anemia in 2 patients who received blood transfusion. Snake anti-venom was applied. At admission, motor deficit, conscience disorders and fever were the most frequent complaints. Patients received repeated dose of snake anti-venom was applied, antitetanus prophylaxis and antibiotherapy during hospitalization. The majority of the patients had completely recovered.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Hemorrhagic stroke following snake bites are rare in Burkina Faso. Clinical outcome of stroke was favorable after treatment by antivenom, anti-tetanus serum and antibiotics.</p>","PeriodicalId":23303,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines","volume":"7 1","pages":"25"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8408925/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9338262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"International travel is not a significant risk of exposure for patients at a Midwestern United States travel clinic.","authors":"Pooja Patel, Hans R House","doi":"10.1186/s40794-020-00126-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40794-020-00126-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) was introduced into the United States via travel from Asia and Europe, although the extent of the spread of the disease was limited in the early days of the pandemic. Consequently, international travel may have played a role in the transmission of the disease into Iowa. This study seeks to determine how preferences for international travel changed as novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) spread throughout the world and if any of these returning travelers developed COVID-19 as a result of their trips. This is a retrospective chart review of patients presenting to a travel clinic in Bettendorf, Iowa for pre-travel advice and vaccinations. From October 2019 to March 2020, four hundred twelve (n = 412) patients presented to the clinic. Intended travel to the Western Pacific region (China, Japan, Korea, etc.) decreased dramatically during the study period. All 412 patients were followed in the electronic medical record for the period after their planned travel and only three (3) presented for COVID-19 testing. Two (2) tested positive, and both of these infections were linked to workplace exposures and not due to travel. News of the growing pandemic and travel warnings likely altered patients' travel plans and decreased travel to the most affected regions of the world in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on our study, travel was not a significant source of COVID-19 exposure for patients seen at this clinic.</p>","PeriodicalId":23303,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines","volume":"6 1","pages":"25"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2020-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s40794-020-00126-y","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38696763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Timothy Siliang Lu, Andrea Holmes, Chris Noone, Gerard Thomas Flaherty
{"title":"Sun, sea and sex: a review of the sex tourism literature.","authors":"Timothy Siliang Lu, Andrea Holmes, Chris Noone, Gerard Thomas Flaherty","doi":"10.1186/s40794-020-00124-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40794-020-00124-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Sex tourism is defined as travel planned specifically for the purpose of sex, generally to a country where prostitution is legal. While much of the literature on sex tourism relates to the commercial sex worker industry, sex tourism also finds expression in non-transactional sexual encounters. This narrative review explores current concepts related to travel and sex, with a focus on trans-national sex tourism.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The PubMed database was accessed to source relevant literature, using combinations of pertinent search terms. Only articles published in the English language were selected. Reference lists of published articles were also examined for relevant articles.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>With regard to preferred destinations, South/Central America and the Caribbean were more likely to receive tourists looking for casual sex. Longer duration of travel, travelling alone or with friends, alcohol or drug use, being younger and being single were factors associated with higher levels of casual sex overseas. The majority of literature retrieved on sex workers focused on risk behaviours, sexually transmitted infections (STI), mobility of sex workers and how these factors affected their lives. Sex tourists require better access to effective methods of preventing HIV, such as pre-exposure prophylaxis, and better education on HIV prevention. Drugs and alcohol play a major role as risk factors for and cofactors in casual sexual behaviour while abroad.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Travellers need to be informed of the increased risks of STI before travel. They should be aware of the local prevalence of STIs and the risks associated with their sexual practices when they travel, including engaging with commercial sex workers, having unprotected sexual intercourse and becoming victims of sexual violence.</p>","PeriodicalId":23303,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines","volume":"6 1","pages":"24"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2020-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s40794-020-00124-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38688325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A trend prevalence of visceral Leishmaniasis in West Armachiho District, Amhara Region, Northwest Ethiopia.","authors":"Addisu Gize, Addisu Workineh, Taddesse Hailu","doi":"10.1186/s40794-020-00125-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40794-020-00125-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a disease caused by an obligate intracellular protozoan parasite that affects animals and humans. An estimated 3.2 million people are at risk of VL, and 3700-7400 cases occur annually in Ethiopia. The highest numbers of VL cases have been previously reported from the North Western parts of the country, especially in West Armachiho District. The aim of this study was to determine the trend prevalence of VL at the study area.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Health center based retrospective data were collected to determine the trend prevalence of VL among patients who had blood examination from January 2010 to August 2015. The blood samples were collected by finger pricking and the infections were confirmed by using rK<sub>39</sub> antibody test.</p><p><strong>Result: </strong>Of the 9299 VL suspected cases, 1948 (21%) were positive for rK<sub>39</sub> antibody test. Of these, 1757 (90.2%) were primary kala-azar cases, 167 (8.6%) were relapse and the remaining 24 (1.2%) were post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis cases.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The prevalence of VL is still high in the study area. Therefore, early case detection, diagnosis, treatment, and timely analysis are essential.</p>","PeriodicalId":23303,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines","volume":"6 1","pages":"23"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2020-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s40794-020-00125-z","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38691669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}