Journal•ISSN: 0001-706X
Acta Tropica
Elsevier BV
About: Acta Tropica is an academic journal published by Elsevier BV. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Population & Medicine. It has an ISSN identifier of 0001-706X. Over the lifetime, 7244 publications have been published receiving 192777 citations.
Topics: Population, Medicine, Biology, Malaria, Trypanosoma cruzi
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TL;DR: Advances in classification and treatment of echinococcosis prompted experts from different continents to review the current literature, discuss recent achievements and provide a consensus on diagnosis, treatment and follow-up.
1,456 citations
TL;DR: There is need for increased support for schistosomiasis control in the most severely affected countries, which are among the least developed whose health systems face difficulties to provide basic care at the primary health level.
1,292 citations
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TL;DR: It is concluded that schistosomiasis remains an important public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa and the mortality rates due to non-functioning kidney and haematemesis at 150000 and 130000 per year are estimated.
867 citations
TL;DR: This review highlights an important series of wildlife EIDs: amphibian chytridiomycosis; diseases of marine invertebrates and vertebrates and two recently-emerged viral zoonoses, Nipah virus disease and West Nile virus disease, and comments on the need for greater medical and microbiological input into the study of wildlife diseases.
779 citations