An overview on target-based drug design against kinetoplastid protozoan infections: Human African trypanosomiasis, Chagas disease and leishmaniases

V Kourbeli, E Chontzopoulou, K Moschovou, D Pavlos… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The protozoan diseases Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), Chagas disease (CD), and
leishmaniases span worldwide and therefore their impact is a universal concern. The …

The global distribution of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever

JP Messina, DM Pigott, N Golding… - Transactions of the …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a tick-borne infection
caused by a virus (CCHFV) from the Bunyaviridae family. Domestic and wild vertebrates are …

The current and future global distribution and population at risk of dengue

JP Messina, OJ Brady, N Golding, MUG Kraemer… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral infection that has spread throughout the tropical world
over the past 60 years and now affects over half the world's population. The geographical …

What is machine learning? A primer for the epidemiologist

Q Bi, KE Goodman, J Kaminsky… - American journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Machine learning is a branch of computer science that has the potential to transform
epidemiologic sciences. Amid a growing focus on “Big Data,” it offers epidemiologists new …

The global distribution of the arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus

MUG Kraemer, ME Sinka, KA Duda, AQN Mylne… - elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
Dengue and chikungunya are increasing global public health concerns due to their rapid
geographical spread and increasing disease burden. Knowledge of the contemporary …

Mapping global environmental suitability for Zika virus

JP Messina, MUG Kraemer, OJ Brady, DM Pigott… - elife, 2016 - elifesciences.org
Zika virus was discovered in Uganda in 1947 and is transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes,
which also act as vectors for dengue and chikungunya viruses throughout much of the …

Monitoring the elimination of human African trypanosomiasis: Update to 2014

JR Franco, G Cecchi, G Priotto, M Paone… - PLoS neglected …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background The World Health Organization (WHO) has targeted the elimination of Human
African trypanosomiasis (HAT)'as a public health problem'by 2020. The selected indicators …

Mapping the zoonotic niche of Ebola virus disease in Africa

DM Pigott, N Golding, A Mylne, Z Huang, AJ Henry… - elife, 2014 - elifesciences.org
Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a complex zoonosis that is highly virulent in humans. The
largest recorded outbreak of EVD is ongoing in West Africa, outside of its previously reported …

Global distribution and environmental suitability for chikungunya virus, 1952 to 2015

EO Nsoesie, MUG Kraemer, N Golding… - …, 2016 - eurosurveillance.org
Chikungunya fever is an acute febrile illness caused by the chikungunya virus (CHIKV),
which is transmitted to humans by Aedes mosquitoes. Although chikungunya fever is rarely …

The many projected futures of dengue

JP Messina, OJ Brady, DM Pigott, N Golding… - Nature Reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
Dengue is a vector-borne disease that causes a substantial public health burden within its
expanding range. Several modelling studies have attempted to predict the future global …