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Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
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Artesunate versus quinine in the treatment of severe falciparum malaria in African children (AQUAMAT): an open-label, randomised trial.
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Lancet
|
2010
|
8.52
|
|
2
|
Efficacy of RTS,S/AS01E vaccine against malaria in children 5 to 17 months of age.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2008
|
7.28
|
|
3
|
Artemisinin resistance: current status and scenarios for containment.
|
Nat Rev Microbiol
|
2010
|
6.28
|
|
4
|
Herd immunity conferred by killed oral cholera vaccines in Bangladesh: a reanalysis.
|
Lancet
|
2005
|
4.16
|
|
5
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A study of typhoid fever in five Asian countries: disease burden and implications for controls.
|
Bull World Health Organ
|
2008
|
4.11
|
|
6
|
Effectiveness of mass oral cholera vaccination in Beira, Mozambique.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2005
|
3.68
|
|
7
|
Evaluation of a dried blood spot HIV-1 RNA program for early infant diagnosis and viral load monitoring at rural and remote healthcare facilities.
|
AIDS
|
2009
|
2.89
|
|
8
|
Efficacy of RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine and exploratory analysis on anti-circumsporozoite antibody titres and protection in children aged 5-17 months in Kenya and Tanzania: a randomised controlled trial.
|
Lancet Infect Dis
|
2011
|
2.79
|
|
9
|
Antimicrobial drug resistance of Salmonella enterica serovar typhi in asia and molecular mechanism of reduced susceptibility to the fluoroquinolones.
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Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2007
|
2.73
|
|
10
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Community-acquired bacterial bloodstream infections in developing countries in south and southeast Asia: a systematic review.
|
Lancet Infect Dis
|
2012
|
2.58
|
|
11
|
Long-term effectiveness against cholera of oral killed whole-cell vaccine produced in Vietnam.
|
Vaccine
|
2006
|
2.49
|
|
12
|
The high burden of cholera in children: comparison of incidence from endemic areas in Asia and Africa.
|
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
|
2008
|
2.36
|
|
13
|
Likely health outcomes for untreated acute febrile illness in the tropics in decision and economic models; a Delphi survey.
|
PLoS One
|
2011
|
2.24
|
|
14
|
Effectiveness of an oral cholera vaccine in Zanzibar: findings from a mass vaccination campaign and observational cohort study.
|
Lancet Infect Dis
|
2012
|
2.18
|
|
15
|
The burden of diarrhoea, shigellosis, and cholera in North Jakarta, Indonesia: findings from 24 months surveillance.
|
BMC Infect Dis
|
2005
|
2.10
|
|
16
|
Salmonella paratyphi A rates, Asia.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2005
|
1.94
|
|
17
|
Trend and disease burden of bacillary dysentery in China (1991-2000).
|
Bull World Health Organ
|
2006
|
1.93
|
|
18
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Diagnosing severe falciparum malaria in parasitaemic African children: a prospective evaluation of plasma PfHRP2 measurement.
|
PLoS Med
|
2012
|
1.82
|
|
19
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Invasive salmonellosis among children admitted to a rural Tanzanian hospital and a comparison with previous studies.
|
PLoS One
|
2010
|
1.81
|
|
20
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The case for reactive mass oral cholera vaccinations.
|
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
|
2011
|
1.70
|
|
21
|
Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte dynamics in areas of different malaria endemicity.
|
Malar J
|
2008
|
1.69
|
|
22
|
Primaquine radical cure of Plasmodium vivax: a critical review of the literature.
|
Malar J
|
2012
|
1.61
|
|
23
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A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of the bivalent killed, whole-cell, oral cholera vaccine in adults and children in a cholera endemic area in Kolkata, India.
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PLoS One
|
2008
|
1.57
|
|
24
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Cost-effectiveness of parenteral artesunate for treating children with severe malaria in sub-Saharan Africa.
|
Bull World Health Organ
|
2011
|
1.54
|
|
25
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Field evaluation of a rapid immunochromatographic dipstick test for the diagnosis of cholera in a high-risk population.
|
BMC Infect Dis
|
2006
|
1.53
|
|
26
|
Factors associated with reported diarrhoea episodes and treatment-seeking in an urban slum of Kolkata, India.
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J Health Popul Nutr
|
2004
|
1.53
|
|
27
|
Feasibility of a mass vaccination campaign using a two-dose oral cholera vaccine in an urban cholera-endemic setting in Mozambique.
|
Vaccine
|
2005
|
1.50
|
|
28
|
Defining falciparum-malaria-attributable severe febrile illness in moderate-to-high transmission settings on the basis of plasma PfHRP2 concentration.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2012
|
1.49
|
|
29
|
Pandemic serovars (O3:K6 and O4:K68) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus associated with diarrhea in Mozambique: spread of the pandemic into the African continent.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2005
|
1.46
|
|
30
|
Estimating the burden of shigellosis in Thailand: 36-month population-based surveillance study.
|
Bull World Health Organ
|
2005
|
1.45
|
|
31
|
Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) analysis of Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor isolates from Mozambique that harbour the classical CTX prophage.
|
J Med Microbiol
|
2006
|
1.44
|
|
32
|
Reducing stunting among children: the potential contribution of diagnostics.
|
Nature
|
2006
|
1.44
|
|
33
|
Safety and immunogenicity of a reformulated Vietnamese bivalent killed, whole-cell, oral cholera vaccine in adults.
|
Vaccine
|
2006
|
1.43
|
|
34
|
Paperless registration during survey enumerations and large oral cholera mass vaccination in Zanzibar, the United Republic of Tanzania.
|
Bull World Health Organ
|
2010
|
1.38
|
|
35
|
Decreasing incidence of severe malaria and community-acquired bacteraemia among hospitalized children in Muheza, north-eastern Tanzania, 2006-2010.
|
Malar J
|
2011
|
1.37
|
|
36
|
Rationale for short course primaquine in Africa to interrupt malaria transmission.
|
Malar J
|
2012
|
1.35
|
|
37
|
The burden of invasive bacterial infections in Pemba, Zanzibar.
|
PLoS One
|
2012
|
1.30
|
|
38
|
Effect of the pre-erythrocytic candidate malaria vaccine RTS,S/AS01E on blood stage immunity in young children.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2011
|
1.28
|
|
39
|
Comparisons of predictors for typhoid and paratyphoid fever in Kolkata, India.
|
BMC Public Health
|
2007
|
1.26
|
|
40
|
The malaria and typhoid fever burden in the slums of Kolkata, India: data from a prospective community-based study.
|
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
|
2006
|
1.25
|
|
41
|
Replacing paper data collection forms with electronic data entry in the field: findings from a study of community-acquired bloodstream infections in Pemba, Zanzibar.
|
BMC Res Notes
|
2012
|
1.24
|
|
42
|
Evaluation of a PfHRP2 and a pLDH-based rapid diagnostic test for the diagnosis of severe malaria in 2 populations of African children.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2011
|
1.23
|
|
43
|
Evaluation of the Widal tube agglutination test for the diagnosis of typhoid fever among children admitted to a rural hdospital in Tanzania and a comparison with previous studies.
|
BMC Infect Dis
|
2010
|
1.22
|
|
44
|
Climate variability and the outbreaks of cholera in Zanzibar, East Africa: a time series analysis.
|
Am J Trop Med Hyg
|
2011
|
1.22
|
|
45
|
Organizational aspects and implementation of data systems in large-scale epidemiological studies in less developed countries.
|
BMC Public Health
|
2006
|
1.21
|
|
46
|
Safety of the recombinant cholera toxin B subunit, killed whole-cell (rBS-WC) oral cholera vaccine in pregnancy.
|
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
|
2012
|
1.21
|
|
47
|
Plasmodium vivax treatments: what are we looking for?
|
Curr Opin Infect Dis
|
2011
|
1.16
|
|
48
|
Private demand for cholera vaccines in Beira, Mozambique.
|
Vaccine
|
2006
|
1.15
|
|
49
|
Can changes in malaria transmission intensity explain prolonged protection and contribute to high protective efficacy of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in infants?
|
Malar J
|
2008
|
1.14
|
|
50
|
Assessment and comparative analysis of a rapid diagnostic test (Tubex®) for the diagnosis of typhoid fever among hospitalized children in rural Tanzania.
|
BMC Infect Dis
|
2011
|
1.11
|
|
51
|
Serological evidence of discrete spatial clusters of Plasmodium falciparum parasites.
|
PLoS One
|
2011
|
1.08
|
|
52
|
Antigen-specific IL-2 secretion correlates with NK cell responses after immunization of Tanzanian children with the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine.
|
J Immunol
|
2012
|
1.07
|
|
53
|
Use of verbal autopsy to determine mortality patterns in an urban slum in Kolkata, India.
|
Bull World Health Organ
|
2010
|
1.06
|
|
54
|
Evaluation of a rapid dipstick (Crystal VC) for the diagnosis of cholera in Zanzibar and a comparison with previous studies.
|
PLoS One
|
2012
|
1.06
|
|
55
|
Enhanced disease surveillance through private health care sector cooperation in Karachi, Pakistan: experience from a vaccine trial.
|
Bull World Health Organ
|
2006
|
1.05
|
|
56
|
Multilocus sequence typing analysis of Shigella flexneri isolates collected in Asian countries.
|
J Med Microbiol
|
2007
|
1.05
|
|
57
|
The use of typhoid vaccines in Asia: the DOMI experience.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2007
|
1.03
|
|
58
|
Diarrhoea episodes and treatment-seeking behaviour in a slum area of North Jakarta, Indonesia.
|
J Health Popul Nutr
|
2004
|
1.02
|
|
59
|
Genetic diversity of El Tor strains of Vibrio cholerae O1 with hybrid traits isolated from Bangladesh and Mozambique.
|
Int J Med Microbiol
|
2007
|
1.01
|
|
60
|
Assessment of therapeutic responses to gametocytocidal drugs in Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
|
Malar J
|
2014
|
1.01
|
|
61
|
Clinical and epidemiological features of typhoid fever in Pemba, Zanzibar: assessment of the performance of the WHO case definitions.
|
PLoS One
|
2012
|
1.00
|
|
62
|
Potential cost-effectiveness of a rotavirus immunization program in rural China.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2009
|
0.99
|
|
63
|
Geographic analysis of shigellosis in Vietnam.
|
Health Place
|
2007
|
0.99
|
|
64
|
Frequency of isolation of various subtypes and antimicrobial resistance of Shigella from urban slums of Karachi, Pakistan.
|
Int J Infect Dis
|
2009
|
0.98
|
|
65
|
Risk factors for shigellosis in Thailand.
|
Int J Infect Dis
|
2006
|
0.98
|
|
66
|
Long-term immunogenicity after single and booster dose of a live attenuated hepatitis A vaccine: results from 8-year follow-up.
|
Vaccine
|
2006
|
0.98
|
|
67
|
Sequence variation does not confound the measurement of plasma PfHRP2 concentration in African children presenting with severe malaria.
|
Malar J
|
2012
|
0.97
|
|
68
|
Chemotherapeutic strategies for reducing transmission of Plasmodium vivax malaria.
|
Adv Parasitol
|
2012
|
0.97
|
|
69
|
Healthcare use for diarrhoea and dysentery in actual and hypothetical cases, Nha Trang, Viet Nam.
|
J Health Popul Nutr
|
2004
|
0.96
|
|
70
|
Diagnosis, clinical presentation, and in-hospital mortality of severe malaria in HIV-coinfected children and adults in Mozambique.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2012
|
0.96
|
|
71
|
Safety of the malaria vaccine candidate, RTS,S/AS01E in 5 to 17 month old Kenyan and Tanzanian Children.
|
PLoS One
|
2010
|
0.94
|
|
72
|
The use of a computerized database to monitor vaccine safety in Viet Nam.
|
Bull World Health Organ
|
2005
|
0.92
|
|
73
|
Trends and disease burden of enteric fever in Guangxi province, China, 1994-2004.
|
Bull World Health Organ
|
2010
|
0.92
|
|
74
|
A cost function analysis of shigellosis in Thailand.
|
Value Health
|
2008
|
0.91
|
|
75
|
Surveillance of shigellosis by real-time PCR suggests underestimation of shigellosis prevalence by culture-based methods in a population of rural China.
|
J Infect
|
2010
|
0.90
|
|
76
|
Lessons and implications from a mass immunization campaign in squatter settlements of Karachi, Pakistan: an experience from a cluster-randomized double-blinded vaccine trial [NCT00125047].
|
Trials
|
2006
|
0.89
|
|
77
|
Classical RS1 and environmental RS1 elements in Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor strains harbouring a tandem repeat of CTX prophage: revisiting Mozambique in 2005.
|
J Med Microbiol
|
2009
|
0.89
|
|
78
|
Differences in perception of dysentery and enteric fever and willingness to receive vaccines among rural residents in China.
|
Vaccine
|
2005
|
0.89
|
|
79
|
Utilization and accessibility of healthcare on Pemba Island, Tanzania: implications for health outcomes and disease surveillance for typhoid fever.
|
Am J Trop Med Hyg
|
2012
|
0.88
|
|
80
|
Comparison of rapid diagnostic tests for the detection of Plasmodium vivax malaria in South Korea.
|
PLoS One
|
2013
|
0.88
|
|
81
|
Willingness to be vaccinated against shigella and other forms of dysentery: a comparison of three regions in Asia.
|
Vaccine
|
2005
|
0.87
|
|
82
|
Adults' perceived prevalence of enteric fever predicts laboratory-validated incidence of typhoid fever in children.
|
J Health Popul Nutr
|
2007
|
0.87
|
|
83
|
A community-based cluster survey on preferences for treatment of diarrhoea and dysentery in Zhengding county, Hebei province, China.
|
J Health Popul Nutr
|
2004
|
0.86
|
|
84
|
Multidisciplinary studies of disease burden in the Diseases of the Most Impoverished Programme.
|
J Health Popul Nutr
|
2004
|
0.86
|
|
85
|
Preferences for treatment of diarrhoea and dysentery in Kaengkhoi district, Saraburi province, Thailand.
|
J Health Popul Nutr
|
2004
|
0.85
|
|
86
|
Enteric fever burden in North Jakarta, Indonesia: a prospective, community-based study.
|
J Infect Dev Ctries
|
2013
|
0.84
|
|
87
|
Acceptability and accessibility of a Shigellosis vaccine in Nha Trang city of Viet Nam.
|
J Health Popul Nutr
|
2004
|
0.83
|
|
88
|
Characteristics of a pandemic clone of O3 : K6 and O4 : K68 Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolated in Beira, Mozambique.
|
J Med Microbiol
|
2008
|
0.83
|
|
89
|
Considerations for oral cholera vaccine use during outbreak after earthquake in Haiti, 2010-2011.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2012
|
0.83
|
|
90
|
Oral quinine for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria.
|
BMJ
|
2009
|
0.83
|
|
91
|
Trends in malaria research in 11 Asian Pacific countries: an analysis of peer-reviewed publications over two decades.
|
Malar J
|
2011
|
0.82
|
|
92
|
The burden of rotavirus diarrhea in Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam: baseline assessment for a rotavirus vaccine trial.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2006
|
0.82
|
|
93
|
A comparison of disease caused by Shigella and Campylobacter species: 24 months community based surveillance in 4 slums of Karachi, Pakistan.
|
J Infect Public Health
|
2011
|
0.82
|
|
94
|
Vivax malaria and bacteraemia: a prospective study in Kolkata, India.
|
Malar J
|
2013
|
0.81
|
|
95
|
Incidence of diarrhea caused by rotavirus infections in rural Zhengding, China: prospective, population-based surveillance.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2005
|
0.81
|
|
96
|
Consecutive outbreaks of Vibrio cholerae O139 and V. cholerae O1 cholera in a fishing village near Karachi, Pakistan.
|
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
|
2006
|
0.81
|
|
97
|
Comparison of cost-of-illness with willingness-to-pay estimates to avoid shigellosis: evidence from China.
|
Health Policy Plan
|
2008
|
0.80
|
|
98
|
Editorial: A small step for WHO, a big step for cholera control.
|
Trop Med Int Health
|
2006
|
0.79
|
|
99
|
The vaccine data link in Nha Trang, Vietnam: a progress report on the implementation of a database to detect adverse events related to vaccinations.
|
Vaccine
|
2003
|
0.79
|
|
100
|
Isolation of Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Paratyphi B dT+, or Salmonella Java, from Indonesia and alteration of the d-tartrate fermentation phenotype by disrupting the ORF STM 3356.
|
J Med Microbiol
|
2006
|
0.78
|
|
101
|
Population pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of intramuscular quinine in Tanzanian children with severe Falciparum malaria.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2012
|
0.78
|
|
102
|
A look back at an ongoing problem: Shigella dysenteriae type 1 epidemics in refugee settings in Central Africa (1993-1995).
|
PLoS One
|
2009
|
0.78
|
|
103
|
Revaccination with locally-produced vi typhoid polysaccharide vaccine among chinese school-aged children: safety and immunogenicity findings.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2007
|
0.77
|
|
104
|
Antimalarial use during pregnancy and its effect on birthweight.
|
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
|
2002
|
0.75
|
|
105
|
Response to "questionable merits of the field trial of an oral killed whole cell cholera vaccine in Vietnam during 1998-2003" Vaccine 2007;25(8):1353-4.
|
Vaccine
|
2007
|
0.75
|
|
106
|
The need for another typhoid fever vaccine.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2005
|
0.75
|
|
107
|
Response to "Poor control vaccines in two randomised trials of malaria vaccine?".
|
Vaccine
|
2009
|
0.75
|
|
108
|
Therapy of uncomplicated malaria in children: a review of treatment principles, essential drugs and current recommendations.
|
Trop Med Int Health
|
2008
|
0.75
|