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  1. In the United States, problematic stimulant use is a prevalent and difficult to treat problem among men who have sex with men (MSM), as well as a major driver of HIV transmission through the large number of se...

    Authors: Matthew J. Mimiaga, David W. Pantalone, Katie B. Biello, Tiffany Rose Glynn, Christopher M. Santostefano, Jennifer Olson, Dana J. Pardee, Jaclyn M. W. Hughto, Josibel Garcia Valles, Adam W. Carrico, Kenneth H. Mayer and Steven A. Safren
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:914
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  2. Capacity-building initiatives related to public health are defined as developing laboratory infrastructure, strengthening host-country disease surveillance initiatives, transferring technical expertise and tra...

    Authors: Jose L Sanchez, Matthew C Johns, Ronald L Burke, Kelly G Vest, Mark M Fukuda, In-Kyu Yoon, Chanthap Lon, Miguel Quintana, David C Schnabel, Guillermo Pimentel, Moustafa Mansour, Steven Tobias, Joel M Montgomery, Gregory C Gray, Karen Saylors, Lucy M Ndip…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11(Suppl 2):S4
    Content type: Review Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 11 Supplement 2

  3. In Chad, malaria remains a significant public health concern, particularly among nomadic populations. Geographical factors and the mobility of human populations have shown to be associated with the diversity of P...

    Authors: Azoukalné Moukénet, Kebfene Moudiné, Ngarkodje Ngarasta, Clement Kerah Hinzoumbe and Ibrahima Seck
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:918
    Content type: Research Published on:

  4. Migrants represent an increasing proportion of people living with HIV in many developed countries. We aimed to describe the HIV care cascade and baseline genotypic resistance for newly diagnosed asylum seekers...

    Authors: Nadine Kronfli, Blake Linthwaite, Nancy Sheehan, Joseph Cox, Isabelle Hardy, Bertrand Lebouché, Alexandra de Pokomandy, Charles Frenette, Michel Roger and Marina B. Klein
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1683
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  5. During an infectious disease outbreak, primary preventive pre-exposure vaccination (PPV) could substantially increase the potential for its control, if uptake is sufficiently high. An important tool to increas...

    Authors: Ymke J. Evers, Francine Schneider, Veja Widdershoven, Cornelia J. D. Goense, Charlotte M. M. Peters, Sjoerd G. van Elsen, Christian J. P. A. Hoebe and Nicole H. T. M. Dukers-Muijrers
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:2373
    Content type: Research Published on:

  7. Acute arboviral infections are distributed worldwide including Sudan, and dengue fever (DENV) is not an exception. The virus activity has recently been frequently reported in Kassala State, eastern Sudan. Howe...

    Authors: Mawahib H. Eldigail, Hazem A. Abubaker, Fatima A. Khalid, Tajeldin M. Abdallah, Ibrahim A. Adam, Gamal K. Adam, Rabie A. Babiker, Mohamed E. Ahmed, Eltahir M. Haroun and Imadeldin E. Aradaib
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:530
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. In low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), women have limited access to and uptake of cervical cancer screening. Delayed diagnosis leads to poorer outcomes and early mortality, and continues to impede cancer ...

    Authors: Megan B. Fitzpatrick, Ziad El-Khatib, David Katzenstein, Benjamin A. Pinsky, Zvavahera Mike Chirenje and Kathy McCarty
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19(Suppl 1):603
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 19 Supplement 1

  9. Completion of treatment for tuberculosis (TB) is of utmost priority for TB control programs. The aims of this study were to evaluate the treatment outcome of TB cases registered in Guangzhou during the period ...

    Authors: Qing-Song Bao, Yu-Hua Du and Ci-Yong Lu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2007 7:344
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  10. Hepatitis B and C are silent killers not yet recognized as major public health challenges in many developing countries with huge disease burden. In Ethiopia, Hepatitis B is endemic with an average prevalence o...

    Authors: Fassil Shiferaw, Mekitew Letebo and Abate Bane
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:769
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2016 16:1065

  11. Case definitions have been recognized to be important elements of public health surveillance systems. They are to assure comparability and consistency of surveillance data and have crucial impact on the sensit...

    Authors: Gérard Krause, Bonita Brodhun, Doris Altmann, Hermann Claus and Justus Benzler
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2006 6:129
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  13. Viral hepatitis is a serious public health problem affecting billions of people globally. Limited information is available on this issue in Morocco. This cross-sectional study was undertaken with the aim of de...

    Authors: Warda Baha, Abderrahim Foullous, Noureddine Dersi, Thierry Paluku They-they, Khadija El alaoui, Nadia Nourichafi, Bouchra Oukkache, Fatiha Lazar, Soumaya Benjelloun, My Mustapha Ennaji, Abdelouhad Elmalki, Hassan Mifdal and Abdelouaheb Bennani
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:50
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  14. Dengue remains an important cause of morbidity in Laos. Good knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) among the public regarding dengue prevention are required for the success of disease control. Very little i...

    Authors: Mayfong Mayxay, Wanyuan Cui, Sounthone Thammavong, Khamphong Khensakhou, Viengnakhone Vongxay, Latdaphone Inthasoum, Vanphanom Sychareun and Gregory Armstrong
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:434
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  15. Aedes aegypti is a vector of international concern because it can transmit to humans three important arboviral diseases: yellow fever, dengue and chikungunya. Epidemics that are repeated year after year in a vari...

    Authors: Estelita Pereira Lima, Marília Oliveira Fonseca Goulart and Modesto Leite Rolim Neto
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:858
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  16. Estimating rates of disease importation by travellers is a key activity to assess both the risk to a country from an infectious disease emerging elsewhere in the world and the effectiveness of border measures....

    Authors: Rachael M. Milwid, Vanessa Gabriele-Rivet, Nicholas H. Ogden, Patricia Turgeon, Aamir Fazil, David London, Simon de Montigny and Erin E. Rees
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:1088
    Content type: Research Published on:

  18. The stay-at-home orders imposed in early April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in various states complicated mosquito control activities across the United States (US), and Florida was no exception. Mosquito ...

    Authors: Imelda K. Moise, Lola R. Ortiz-Whittingham, Vincent Omachonu, Marah Clark and Rui-De Xue
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:687
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  19. Leptospirosis, caused by the Leptospira bacteria, is an acute infectious disease that is mainly transmitted by exposure to contaminated soil or water, thereby presenting a wide range of subsequent clinical condit...

    Authors: Alessandra Jacomelli Teles, Bianca Conrad Bohm, Suellen Caroline M. Silva and Fábio Raphael P. Bruhn
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:1311
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  20. To achieve globally or regionally defined accelerated disease control, elimination and eradication (ADC/E/E) goals against vaccine-preventable diseases requires complementing national routine immunization prog...

    Authors: Gian Gandhi and Patrick Lydon
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:67
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  21. Knowledge of HIV status is crucial for both prevention and treatment of HIV infection. However, according to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs), only 10% ...

    Authors: Moshoeu Prisca Moshoeu, Desmond Kuupiel, Nonjabulo Gwala and Tivani P. Mashamba-Thompson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:132
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  22. With increasing demand for red meat in Tanzania comes heightened potential for zoonotic infections in animals and humans that disproportionately affect poor communities. A range of frontline government employe...

    Authors: T. A. Hrynick, V. Barasa, J. Benschop, S. Cleaveland, J. A. Crump, M. Davis, B. Mariki, B. T. Mmbaga, N. Mtui-Malamsha, G. Prinsen, J. Sharp, E. Sindiyo, E. S. Swai, K. M. Thomas, R. Zadoks and L. Waldman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:863
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  23. In endemic countries such as Bangladesh, consequences of cholera place an enormous financial and social burden on patients and their families. Cholera vaccines not only provide health benefits to susceptible p...

    Authors: Tasnuva Wahed, Sheikh Shah Tanvir Kaukab, Nirod Chandra Saha, Iqbal Ansary Khan, Farhana Khanam, Fahima Chowdhury, Amit Saha, Ashraful Islam Khan, Ashraf Uddin Siddik, Alejandro Cravioto, Firdausi Qadri and Jasim Uddin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:242
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  24. Environmental factors such as temperature, rainfall, and vegetation cover play a critical role in malaria transmission. However, quantifying the relationships between environmental factors and measures of dise...

    Authors: Jaffer Okiring, Isobel Routledge, Adrienne Epstein, Jane F. Namuganga, Emmanuel V. Kamya, Gloria Odei Obeng-Amoako, Catherine Maiteki Sebuguzi, Damian Rutazaana, Joan N. Kalyango, Moses R. Kamya, Grant Dorsey, Ronald Wesonga, Steven M. Kiwuwa and Joaniter I. Nankabirwa
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1962
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  25. Provision of safe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) to affected populations in humanitarian emergencies is necessary for dignity and communicable disease control. Additional evidence on WASH interventions ...

    Authors: Daniele Lantagne, Lilian Lehmann, Travis Yates, Karin Gallandat, Mustafa Sikder, Marta Domini and Gabrielle String
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:560
    Content type: Research in practice Published on:

  26. Complex global initiatives, like the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), have prevented millions of paralyses and improved the health status of diverse populations. Despite the logistical challenges th...

    Authors: Michael A. Peters, Wakgari Deressa, Malabika Sarker, Neeraj Sharma, Eme Owoaje, Riris Andono Ahmad, Tawab Saljuqi, Eric Mafuta and Olakunle Alonge
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20(Suppl 2):1197
    Content type: Method Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 20 Supplement 2

  27. Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and combating hotspots with escalating but preventable communicable diseases remain major challenges in Africa. The European and Developing Countries Clinical ...

    Authors: George M Miiro, Odile Ouwe Missi Oukem-Boyer, Ousmane Sarr, Maerangis Rahmani, Francine Ntoumi, Keertan Dheda, Alexander Pym, Souleymane Mboup and Pontiano Kaleebu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:258
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  28. Haemophilus influenzae serotype b (Hib) has yet to be eliminated despite the implementation of routine infant immunization programs. There is no consensus regarding the number of prima...

    Authors: Nadia A. Charania and Seyed M. Moghadas
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:705
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  29. Tuberculosis (TB) is a global health concern. Inadequate case finding and case holding has been cited as major barrier to the control of TB. The TB literature is written almost entirely from a biomedical persp...

    Authors: Jane M Cramm, Harry JM Finkenflügel, Valerie Møller and Anna P Nieboer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:72
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  30. Childhood TB is an indicator of a recent transmission of the disease in a community and it is estimated to constitute 15–20% of all TB cases in many of developing countries. However, only few studies which dom...

    Authors: Gebremeskel Mirutse, Mingwang Fang, Alemayehu Bayray Kahsay and Xiao Ma
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1367
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  31. Exposure to household air pollutants released during cooking has been linked to numerous adverse health outcomes among residents of rural areas in low-income countries. Improved cookstoves are one of few avail...

    Authors: Benjamin J Silk, Ibrahim Sadumah, Minal K Patel, Vincent Were, Bobbie Person, Julie Harris, Ronald Otieno, Benjamin Nygren, Jennifer Loo, Alie Eleveld, Robert E Quick and Adam L Cohen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:359
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  32. Despite continuous strategic investments to mitigate the complexity involving arboviruses control, it is still necessary to further research methods and techniques to achieve in depth knowledge and shorter res...

    Authors: Lucas A. dos Santos, Ana Flávia A. dos Santos, Amanda G. de Assis, João F. da Costa Júnior and Ricardo P. de Souza
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:932
    Content type: Research Published on:

  34. One of the goals of this study was to learn the coverage, safety and logistics of a mass vaccination campaign against typhoid fever in children and adults using locally produced typhoid Vi polysaccharide (PS) ...

    Authors: Jin Yang, Camilo J Acosta, Guo-ai Si, Jun Zeng, Cui-yun Li, Da-bin Liang, R Leon Ochiai, Anne-Laure Page, M Carolina Danovaro-Holliday, Jie Zhang, Bao-de Zhou, He-zhuang Liao, Ming-liu Wang, Dong-mei Tan, Zhen-zhu Tang, Jian Gong…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2005 5:49
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  35. Malaria in Cape Verde is unstable, with a sporadic and seasonal transmission of low endemicity. In this sense, the community perceptions regarding malaria transmission, their attitudes and practices against th...

    Authors: Adilson José DePina, Abdoulaye Kane Dia, Antonieta de Ascenção Soares Martins, Maria Celina Ferreira, António Lima Moreira, Silvania Veiga Leal, Cecílio Mendes Pires, Jaelsa Mira Gomes Moreira, Maria Filomena Tavares, Aires Januário Fernandes da Moura, José Manuel Pereira, Ousmane Faye, Ibrahima Seck and El Hadji Amadou Niang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:850
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  36. Discrimination is a major driver of health disparities among minority groups and can impede the reach of public health programs. In the Dominican Republic, residents of bateyes, or agricultural ‘company towns,’ o...

    Authors: Hunter M. Keys, Gregory S. Noland, Madsen Beau De Rochars, Thomas H. Taylor, Stephen Blount and Manuel Gonzales
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1513
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  37. Understanding the burden associated with occupational asbestos exposure on a global and regional scale is necessary to implement coordinated prevention and control strategies. By the GBD Study 2019, we conduct...

    Authors: Xinlu Miao, Teng Yao, Chenxian Dong, Zuhai Chen, Wanting Wei, Zhengyang Shi, Tongtong Xu, Jianjiang Shao, Qiang Niu, Dongsheng Rui, Yunhua Hu and Yizhong Yan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:832
    Content type: Research Published on:

  38. Prescription of medicines by non-doctors is an issue with serious global implications. To our knowledge prescription of drugs by medical and non-medical students has not been studied before. We aimed to determ...

    Authors: Syed Nabeel Zafar, Reema Syed, Sana Waqar, Faria A Irani and Sarah Saleem
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2008 8:162
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  39. The incidence of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) varies over space and time and this variability is related to climate and social-economic factors. Majority of studies on HFMD were carried out in humid reg...

    Authors: Jie Li, Xiangxue Zhang, Li Wang, Chengdong Xu, Gexin Xiao, Ran Wang, Fang Zheng and Fang Wang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1482
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. Understanding transmission dynamics of the pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus in various exposure settings and determining whether transmissibility differed from seasonal influenza viruses was a priority for de...

    Authors: Rachel Savage, Michael Whelan, Ian Johnson, Elizabeth Rea, Marie LaFreniere, Laura C Rosella, Freda Lam, Tina Badiani, Anne-Luise Winter, Deborah J Carr, Crystal Frenette, Maureen Horn, Kathleen Dooling, Monali Varia, Anne-Marie Holt, Vidya Sunil…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:234
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. High HIV prevalence, and lack of organized screening for the indigent population receiving care and treatment within HIV clinics in low-resource settings increases cervical cancer incidence. We sought to deter...

    Authors: F. A. Magaji, M. I. Mashor, S. A. Anzaku, A. R. Hinjari, N. T. Cosmas, B. V. Kwaghe, J. M. Ali, Elizabeth N. Christian, A. S. Sagay, Ariel Chandler, Imran Khan, Robert L. Murphy, Lifang Hou and J. Musa
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:193
    Content type: Research Published on:

  42. Dengue fever, caused by dengue virus (DENV), has become one of the most important mosquito-borne viral diseases with a steady rise in global incidence, including the Sudan. Sporadic cases and frequent acute fe...

    Authors: Mawahib H. Eldigail, Gamal K. Adam, Rabie A. Babiker, Fatima Khalid, Ibrahim A. Adam, Osama H. Omer, Mohamed E. Ahmed, Sara L. Brair, Eltahir M. Haroun, Hassan AbuAisha, Abdelrahim E. Karrar, Hamid S. Abdalla and Imadeldin E. Aradaib
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:921
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2023 23:559

  43. In correctional settings tuberculosis is a public health concern. The incarcerated population is at greater risk for tuberculosis (TB) than the general population. The aim of this study was to determine the pr...

    Authors: Teklay Gebrecherkos, Baye Gelaw and Belay Tessema
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1091
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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