Executive summary At the end of 2019, the first reports of a new respiratory virus appeared
in China. The subsequent COVID-19 pandemic has affected every person, in every country …

The rapid development of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology, including
advances in sequencing chemistry, sequencing technologies, bioinformatics, and data …

Background The objectives of this systematic review, commissioned by WHO, were to
assess the frequency and severity of clinical manifestations of human brucellosis, in view of …

About 14% of the global burden of disease has been attributed to neuropsychiatric
disorders, mostly due to the chronically disabling nature of depression and other common …

Introduction The syndrome of fever is a commonly presenting complaint among persons
seeking healthcare in low-resource areas, yet the public health community has not …

Self-medication is defined as the selection and use of medicines by individuals (or a
member of the individuals' family) to treat self-recognized or self-diagnosed conditions or …

Reported incidence of dengue has increased worldwide in recent decades, but little is
known about its incidence in Africa. During 1960–2010, a total of 22 countries in Africa …

Providing health care in sub-Saharan Africa is a complex problem. Recent reports call for
more resources to assist in the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases that affect …

Mathematical models have been used to provide an explicit framework for understanding
malaria transmission dynamics in human population for over 100 years. With the disease …

Background The epidemiology of malaria makes surveillance-based methods of estimating
its disease burden problematic. Cartographic approaches have provided alternative malaria …