Background Few studies have assessed the burden of Chagas disease in non-endemic
countries and most of them are based on prevalence estimates from Latin American (LA) …

Over the past 10 years, knowledge of the burden, economic costs, and consequences of
malaria in pregnancy has improved, and the prevalence of malaria caused by Plasmodium …

Pharmaceutical companies are reluctant to invest in research and development (R&D) of
products for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) mainly due to the low ability-to-pay of health …

… could be achieved by scaling up the coverage of infant vaccination (to 90% of infants),
birth-dose vaccination (to 80% of neonates), use of peripartum antivirals (to 80% of hepatitis B e …

Migration is a channel through which Chagas disease is imported, and vertical transmission
is a channel through which the disease is spread in non-endemic countries. This study …

Background Chagas disease is currently prevalent in European countries hosting large
communities from Latin America. Whether asymptomatic individuals at risk of Chagas disease …

Background Malaria causes significant mortality and morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA),
especially among children less than five years of age (U5 children). Although the economic …

Background Despite the high burden of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in sub-Saharan
Africa, absence of widespread screening and poor access to treatment leads to most people …

Background Lack of specific definitions of clinical characteristics, disease severity, and risk
and preventive factors of post-COVID-19 syndrome (PCS) severely impacts research and …

Background Individual behavior, particularly choices about prevention, plays a key role in
infection transmission of vector-borne diseases (VBDs). Since the actual risk of infection is …