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View article: Antimicrobial Resistance and Migration: Interrelation Between Two Hot Topics in Global Health
Antimicrobial Resistance and Migration: Interrelation Between Two Hot Topics in Global Health Open
Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and migration are two interlinked issues and both pose an escalating threat to global health. With an increasing trend, there are 281 million migrants globally, while AMR is contributing to over 5…
View article: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices toward Antimicrobial Resistance among Young Italian Nurses and Students: A Multicenter, Cross-Sectional Study
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices toward Antimicrobial Resistance among Young Italian Nurses and Students: A Multicenter, Cross-Sectional Study Open
Background: Nurses play a pivotal role in combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR). However, the success of local and national AMR containment efforts hinges on the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of nursing staff and undergraduate…
View article: Perspectives on climate action and the changing burden of infectious diseases among young Italian doctors and students: a national survey
Perspectives on climate action and the changing burden of infectious diseases among young Italian doctors and students: a national survey Open
Background The eco-climatic crisis has been defined by the World Health Organization as the “single biggest health threat facing humanity,” influencing both the emergence of zoonoses and the spread of vector-borne and water-borne diseases.…
View article: Knowledge, attitudes, and practices about HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among High School students in Southern Italy: A cross-sectional survey
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices about HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among High School students in Southern Italy: A cross-sectional survey Open
High School students, recognized as a high-risk group for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), were the focal point of an educational campaign in Southern Italy to share information and good practices about STIs and HIV/AIDS. A baseline…
View article: Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections and Predictors for Loss to Follow Up among Marginalized Homeless and Migrant Communities: a Cross-Sectional Study
Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections and Predictors for Loss to Follow Up among Marginalized Homeless and Migrant Communities: a Cross-Sectional Study Open
Among homeless people and agricultural migrant workers, STI prevalence was high, and only half of the population returned to collect test results. The study underscores the urgent need for targeted interventions and policy reevaluation to …
View article: Incidence and burden of long COVID in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Incidence and burden of long COVID in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis Open
Long COVID, also known as “post-acute sequelae of COVID-19,” affects at least 65 million individuals worldwide with a wide spectrum of symptoms that may last weeks, months, or permanently. Its epidemiology and burden in Africa are unclear.…
View article: COVID Perceptions among Pregnant Women Living in a Malaria Hyperendemic Rural Region in Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study
COVID Perceptions among Pregnant Women Living in a Malaria Hyperendemic Rural Region in Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study Open
Both SARS-CoV2 and Plasmodium falciparum infection during pregnancy increases the risk for adverse maternal and fetal outcomes, including abortion, severe disease, and death. Indeed, although malaria and COVID-19 show an overlapping clinic…
View article: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on malaria in pregnancy indicators in Northern Uganda: a joinpoint regression analysis
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on malaria in pregnancy indicators in Northern Uganda: a joinpoint regression analysis Open
In our study, the COVID-19 pandemic significantly reduced access to ANC visits and IPTp uptake. However, the healthcare system maintained its capacity for managing malaria cases, first antenatal visits, and institutional deliveries.Trial r…
View article: Human African Trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness): Current knowledge and future challenges
Human African Trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness): Current knowledge and future challenges Open
According to both definitions of US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and World Health Organization, Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are a group of preventable and treatable parasitic, viral, and bacterial diseases that affect …
View article: Use of Sotrovimab in a cohort of pregnant women with a high risk of COVID 19 progression: a single-center experience
Use of Sotrovimab in a cohort of pregnant women with a high risk of COVID 19 progression: a single-center experience Open
Neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have been shown to reduce disease progression in patients with underlying predisposing conditions. Unfortunately, there is no evidence on the use of Sotrovimab in pregnant women. Herein we present …
View article: HIV-HCV Incidence in Low-Wage Agricultural Migrant Workers Living in Ghettos in Apulia Region, Italy: A Multicenter Cross Sectional Study
HIV-HCV Incidence in Low-Wage Agricultural Migrant Workers Living in Ghettos in Apulia Region, Italy: A Multicenter Cross Sectional Study Open
Migrant populations are more susceptible to viral hepatitis and HIV due to the epidemiology from their country of origin or their social vulnerability when they arrive in Europe. The aims of the study are to explore the incidence of HIV an…
View article: Onchocerciasis: Current knowledge and future goals
Onchocerciasis: Current knowledge and future goals Open
Human Onchocerciasis, caused by infection by the filarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus , is a neglected public health disease that affects millions of people in the endemic regions of sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. It is also called…
View article: Guinea Worm Disease: A Neglected Diseases on the Verge of Eradication
Guinea Worm Disease: A Neglected Diseases on the Verge of Eradication Open
Background: Dracunculiasis, also known as Guinea worm disease (GWD), is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) caused by a parasite (Dracunculus medinensis). In the past, dracunculiasis was known as “the disease of the empty granary” because o…
View article: Loa loa in the Vitreous Cavity of the Eye: A Case Report and State of Art
Loa loa in the Vitreous Cavity of the Eye: A Case Report and State of Art Open
Loa loa is a filarial nematode responsible for loiasis, endemic to West–Central Africa south of the Sahara and transmitted by flies. This study reports a case of L. loa in the vitreous cavity of the eye of a young patient, along with an in…
View article: Thoracic aorta graft infection by avibactam-resistant KPC-producing K. pneumoniae treated with meropenem/vaborbactam: a case report and literature review
Thoracic aorta graft infection by avibactam-resistant KPC-producing K. pneumoniae treated with meropenem/vaborbactam: a case report and literature review Open
Meropenem/vaborbactam (M/V) is a new carbapenem-carbapenemase inhibitor combination drug active against extensively drug resistant Gram-negative pathogens. Studies about its efficacy and place in therapy are limited in "real-life" and no d…
View article: Impact of Vitamin D in Prophylaxis and Treatment in Tuberculosis Patients
Impact of Vitamin D in Prophylaxis and Treatment in Tuberculosis Patients Open
Vitamin D plays a crucial role in many infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis (TB), that remains one of the world’s top infectious killers with 1.5 million deaths from TB in 2021. Vitamin D suppresses the replication of Mycobacterium tu…
View article: Predictors for Pulmonary Tuberculosis Outcome and Adverse Events in an Italian Referral Hospital: A Nine-Year Retrospective Study (2013–2021)
Predictors for Pulmonary Tuberculosis Outcome and Adverse Events in an Italian Referral Hospital: A Nine-Year Retrospective Study (2013–2021) Open
The pharmacological approach alone seems insufficient to treat and cure a disease whose ethiopathogenesis is not only due to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis, but also to the poverty or the social fragility. Our data suggest that youn…
View article: Potential Role of Vitamins A, B, C, D and E in TB Treatment and Prevention: A Narrative Review
Potential Role of Vitamins A, B, C, D and E in TB Treatment and Prevention: A Narrative Review Open
(1) Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the world’s top infectious killers, in fact every year 10 million people fall ill with TB and 1.5 million people die from TB. Vitamins have an important role in vital functions, due to their anti…
View article: Low-Wage Agricultural Migrant Workers in Apulian Ghettos, Italy: General Health Conditions Assessment and HIV Screening
Low-Wage Agricultural Migrant Workers in Apulian Ghettos, Italy: General Health Conditions Assessment and HIV Screening Open
Background: Approximately 500,000 migrants work in the agricultural sector in Italy. Many of them live in shantytowns, wrongly called “ghettos”, far away from city centers, with no water, proper hygienic conditions or health services. The …