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Malaria
Plasmodium falciparum genetic diversity; implications for malaria control in Ethiopia: Systematic review and meta‐analysis
Malaria is a disease caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium and transmitted by female Anopheles mosquitoes. Malaria remains an important global public health problem. According to the World Health Organization report, there were an estimated 247 million malaria cases in 2021...
Chikungunya
Global health concern on the rising dengue and chikungunya cases in the American regions: Countermeasures and preparedness
The geographically expanding arboviral diseases like dengue and chikungunya is a major global public health concern. Dengue alone accounts for the largest number of infectious disease cases in the Americas, manifesting itself as an epidemic every 3–5 years. Although these two infectious diseases...
Rabies
Rabies control in Ghana: Stakeholders interventions, challenges and opportunities
Rabies virus (RABV) which is the causative agent of rabies, causes damage to the central nervous system and is primarily transmitted through animal bites, scratches, or direct contact with the saliva of an infected animal. The incubation period for rabies typically ranges from 2 to 8 weeks, though it...
Hepatitis B
Interleukin‐2 promotes pegylated interferon alpha for hepatitis B surface antigen loss: A retrospective pragmatic clinical study at the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University Medical College
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection leads to chronic hepatitis B (CHB) in hundreds of millions of people and is one of the most common causes of cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and viral hepatitis‐related death; thus, HBV infections are a major global health problem. Pegylated interferon alpha...
