Published in Acta Trop on April 01, 2003
Neglected diseases of neglected populations: thinking to reshape the determinants of health in Latin America and the Caribbean. BMC Public Health (2005) 2.24
Formative research on hygiene behaviors and geophagy among infants and young children and implications of exposure to fecal bacteria. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2013) 1.15
Human diarrhea infections associated with domestic animal husbandry: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (2014) 1.09
Direct observation of hygiene in a Peruvian shantytown: not enough handwashing and too little water. Trop Med Int Health (2008) 1.06
Designing a handwashing station for infrastructure-restricted communities in Bangladesh using the integrated behavioural model for water, sanitation and hygiene interventions (IBM-WASH). BMC Public Health (2013) 1.02
Biosecurity measures for backyard poultry in developing countries: a systematic review. BMC Vet Res (2012) 1.00
Animal husbandry practices in rural Bangladesh: potential risk factors for antimicrobial drug resistance and emerging diseases. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2013) 0.83
Household Animal and Human Medicine Use and Animal Husbandry Practices in Rural Bangladesh: Risk Factors for Emerging Zoonotic Disease and Antibiotic Resistance. Zoonoses Public Health (2015) 0.79
Free-ranging chickens in households in a periurban shantytown in Peru--attitudes and practices 10 years after a community-based intervention project. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2013) 0.77
Provision of private, piped water and sewerage connections and directly observed handwashing of mothers in a peri-urban community of Lima, Peru. Trop Med Int Health (2014) 0.76
Animal Husbandry Practices and Perceptions of Zoonotic Infectious Disease Risks Among Livestock Keepers in a Rural Parish of Quito, Ecuador. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2016) 0.75
Leptospirosis: a zoonotic disease of global importance. Lancet Infect Dis (2003) 15.02
Microscopic-observation drug-susceptibility assay for the diagnosis of TB. N Engl J Med (2006) 8.39
Taenia solium cysticercosis. Lancet (2003) 5.89
A trial of antiparasitic treatment to reduce the rate of seizures due to cerebral cysticercosis. N Engl J Med (2004) 5.75
Evaluation and treatment of chagas disease in the United States: a systematic review. JAMA (2007) 5.22
Human brucellosis. Lancet Infect Dis (2007) 4.92
Effects of stunting, diarrhoeal disease, and parasitic infection during infancy on cognition in late childhood: a follow-up study. Lancet (2002) 4.90
Multi-country analysis of the effects of diarrhoea on childhood stunting. Int J Epidemiol (2008) 4.46
Effect of water and sanitation on childhood health in a poor Peruvian peri-urban community. Lancet (2004) 4.36
Natural ventilation for the prevention of airborne contagion. PLoS Med (2007) 3.73
The effect of deforestation on the human-biting rate of Anopheles darlingi, the primary vector of Falciparum malaria in the Peruvian Amazon. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2006) 3.72
Prevention and control of cystic echinococcosis. Lancet Infect Dis (2007) 3.64
Current consensus guidelines for treatment of neurocysticercosis. Clin Microbiol Rev (2002) 3.37
Microscopic observation drug susceptibility assay, a rapid, reliable diagnostic test for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis suitable for use in resource-poor settings. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 3.27
Functional adaptation of BabA, the H. pylori ABO blood group antigen binding adhesin. Science (2004) 3.06
Perilesional brain oedema and seizure activity in patients with calcified neurocysticercosis: a prospective cohort and nested case-control study. Lancet Neurol (2008) 3.04
Clinical spectrum of pulmonary involvement in leptospirosis in a region of endemicity, with quantification of leptospiral burden. Clin Infect Dis (2005) 2.75
Diagnostic approaches for paediatric tuberculosis by use of different specimen types, culture methods, and PCR: a prospective case-control study. Lancet Infect Dis (2010) 2.69
Linking deforestation to malaria in the Amazon: characterization of the breeding habitat of the principal malaria vector, Anopheles darlingi. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2009) 2.64
Triosephosphate isomerase gene characterization and potential zoonotic transmission of Giardia duodenalis. Emerg Infect Dis (2003) 2.46
Endemic malaria in the Peruvian Amazon region of Iquitos. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2003) 2.43
National policy-makers speak out: are researchers giving them what they need? Health Policy Plan (2010) 2.43
Species identification after treatment for human taeniasis. Lancet (2004) 2.43
Multiple norovirus infections in a birth cohort in a Peruvian Periurban community. Clin Infect Dis (2013) 2.37
The detection of airborne transmission of tuberculosis from HIV-infected patients, using an in vivo air sampling model. Clin Infect Dis (2007) 2.28
Effectiveness of home-based management of newborn infections by community health workers in rural Bangladesh. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2009) 2.23
Factors affecting recruitment and retention of community health workers in a newborn care intervention in Bangladesh. Hum Resour Health (2010) 2.18
Prolonged infectiousness of tuberculosis patients in a directly observed therapy short-course program with standardized therapy. Clin Infect Dis (2010) 2.11
Neurocysticercosis: A natural human model of epileptogenesis. Epilepsia (2014) 2.11
New concepts in the diagnosis and management of neurocysticercosis (Taenia solium). Am J Trop Med Hyg (2005) 2.10
'The girl with her period is the one to hang her head' Reflections on menstrual management among schoolgirls in rural Kenya. BMC Int Health Hum Rights (2011) 2.09
The infectiousness of tuberculosis patients coinfected with HIV. PLoS Med (2008) 2.08
Detection of Taenia solium antigens and anti-T. solium antibodies in paired serum and cerebrospinal fluid samples from patients with intraparenchymal or extraparenchymal neurocysticercosis. J Infect Dis (2009) 2.06
Tuberculosis mortality, drug resistance, and infectiousness in patients with and without HIV infection in Peru. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2006) 2.05
Can the power of mobile phones be used to improve tuberculosis diagnosis in developing countries? Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (2008) 2.01
Environmental exposure and leptospirosis, Peru. Emerg Infect Dis (2004) 1.96
Cryptosporidium species and subtypes and clinical manifestations in children, Peru. Emerg Infect Dis (2008) 1.96
Helicobacter pylori CagA phosphorylation-independent function in epithelial proliferation and inflammation. Cell Host Microbe (2009) 1.96
Effect of timing of first postnatal care home visit on neonatal mortality in Bangladesh: a observational cohort study. BMJ (2009) 1.94
Determining risk for severe leptospirosis by molecular analysis of environmental surface waters for pathogenic Leptospira. PLoS Med (2006) 1.92
Effects of acute diarrhea on linear growth in Peruvian children. Am J Epidemiol (2003) 1.90
Human leptospirosis caused by a new, antigenically unique Leptospira associated with a Rattus species reservoir in the Peruvian Amazon. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2008) 1.87
Periurban Trypanosoma cruzi-infected Triatoma infestans, Arequipa, Peru. Emerg Infect Dis (2006) 1.85
Congenital Trypanosoma cruzi transmission in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Clin Infect Dis (2009) 1.81
Validation of community health workers' assessment of neonatal illness in rural Bangladesh. Bull World Health Organ (2009) 1.76
Improved recovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from children using the microscopic observation drug susceptibility method. Pediatrics (2006) 1.74
Fecal contamination of drinking water within peri-urban households, Lima, Peru. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2007) 1.72
The Integrated Behavioural Model for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene: a systematic review of behavioural models and a framework for designing and evaluating behaviour change interventions in infrastructure-restricted settings. BMC Public Health (2013) 1.70
Hypertension awareness, treatment and control in Africa: a systematic review. BMC Cardiovasc Disord (2013) 1.70
Evaluation of a cluster-randomized controlled trial of a package of community-based maternal and newborn interventions in Mirzapur, Bangladesh. PLoS One (2010) 1.70
Sources of community health worker motivation: a qualitative study in Morogoro Region, Tanzania. Hum Resour Health (2013) 1.68
Epilepsy and neurocysticercosis in Atahualpa: a door-to-door survey in rural coastal Ecuador. Epilepsia (2005) 1.65
Upper-room ultraviolet light and negative air ionization to prevent tuberculosis transmission. PLoS Med (2009) 1.64
Transposable element ISHp608 of Helicobacter pylori: nonrandom geographic distribution, functional organization, and insertion specificity. J Bacteriol (2002) 1.60
Association between vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and response to treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. J Infect Dis (2004) 1.60
Differences in cardiovascular risk factors in rural, urban and rural-to-urban migrants in Peru. Heart (2011) 1.60
Microscopic observation drug susceptibility assay for tuberculosis screening before isoniazid preventive therapy in HIV-infected persons. Clin Infect Dis (2010) 1.60
Topically applied sunflower seed oil prevents invasive bacterial infections in preterm infants in Egypt: a randomized, controlled clinical trial. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2004) 1.59
Diagnosis of sputum-scarce HIV-associated pulmonary tuberculosis in Lima, Peru. Lancet (2005) 1.57
Hyperendemic human and porcine Taenia solium infection in Perú. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2003) 1.56
Improved detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Peruvian children by use of a heminested IS6110 polymerase chain reaction assay. Clin Infect Dis (2002) 1.56
Taenia solium cysticercosis hotspots surrounding tapeworm carriers: clustering on human seroprevalence but not on seizures. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2009) 1.55
Swine cysticercosis hotspots surrounding Taenia solium tapeworm carriers. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2007) 1.54
Differences in clinical manifestations among Cryptosporidium species and subtypes in HIV-infected persons. J Infect Dis (2007) 1.53
Utility of a protein fraction with cathepsin L-Like activity purified from cysticercus fluid of Taenia solium in the diagnosis of human cysticercosis. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2009) 1.53
Community-based dengue prevention programs in Puerto Rico: impact on knowledge, behavior, and residential mosquito infestation. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2002) 1.53
Addressing geographical variation in the progression of non-communicable diseases in Peru: the CRONICAS cohort study protocol. BMJ Open (2012) 1.52
Helicobacter Pylori's plasticity zones are novel transposable elements. PLoS One (2009) 1.48
Helicobacter pylori from Peruvian amerindians: traces of human migrations in strains from remote Amazon, and genome sequence of an Amerind strain. PLoS One (2010) 1.48
The effect on cardiovascular risk factors of migration from rural to urban areas in Peru: PERU MIGRANT Study. BMC Cardiovasc Disord (2009) 1.46
Lung ultrasound for the diagnosis of pneumonia in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Respir Res (2014) 1.44
Epidemiologic differences between cyclosporiasis and cryptosporidiosis in Peruvian children. Emerg Infect Dis (2002) 1.43
Tetrazolium microplate assay as a rapid and inexpensive colorimetric method for determination of antibiotic susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Clin Microbiol (2002) 1.43
Socio-demographics and the development of malaria elimination strategies in the low transmission setting. Acta Trop (2011) 1.43
Experiences of and responses to disrespectful maternity care and abuse during childbirth; a qualitative study with women and men in Morogoro Region, Tanzania. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2014) 1.41
Chagas disease transmission in periurban communities of Arequipa, Peru. Clin Infect Dis (2008) 1.40
Effects of nutritional status on diarrhea in Peruvian children. J Pediatr (2002) 1.39
Geographic variation in the sensitivity of recombinant antigen-based rapid tests for chronic Trypanosoma cruzi infection. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2009) 1.38
Trends in use of referral hospital services for care of sick newborns in a community-based intervention in Tangail District, Bangladesh. J Health Popul Nutr (2006) 1.37
Human caliciviruses as a cause of severe gastroenteritis in Peruvian children. J Infect Dis (2004) 1.37
Identification of the cryptosporidium pig genotype in a human patient. J Infect Dis (2002) 1.36
Patterns of maternal care seeking behaviours in rural Bangladesh. Trop Med Int Health (2007) 1.34
Cryptosporidium species and genotypes in HIV-positive patients in Lima, Peru. J Eukaryot Microbiol (2003) 1.34
The epidemiology of intestinal microsporidiosis in patients with HIV/AIDS in Lima, Peru. J Infect Dis (2005) 1.33
Diversity of bat-associated Leptospira in the Peruvian Amazon inferred by bayesian phylogenetic analysis of 16S ribosomal DNA sequences. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2005) 1.33
Wasting is associated with stunting in early childhood. J Nutr (2012) 1.33
Vaccination of pigs to control human neurocysticercosis. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2005) 1.32
Unopposed matrix metalloproteinase-9 expression in human tuberculous granuloma and the role of TNF-alpha-dependent monocyte networks. J Immunol (2003) 1.30
Impregnated netting slows infestation by Triatoma infestans. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2008) 1.29
Multiantigen print immunoassay for comparison of diagnostic antigens for Taenia solium cysticercosis and taeniasis. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2009) 1.29
Effect of pyrazinamidase activity on pyrazinamide resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis (Edinb) (2009) 1.29
Seroepidemiology of strongyloidiasis in the Peruvian Amazon. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2006) 1.28
Characterization and cloning of T24, a Taenia solium antigen diagnostic for cysticercosis. Mol Biochem Parasitol (2006) 1.28
"These are not good things for other people to know": how rural Tanzanian women's experiences of pregnancy loss and early neonatal death may impact survey data quality. Soc Sci Med (2010) 1.28
High rates of sex with men among high-risk, heterosexually-identified men in low-income, coastal Peru. AIDS Behav (2007) 1.28