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Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
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Single-dose azithromycin versus penicillin G benzathine for the treatment of early syphilis.
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N Engl J Med
|
2005
|
5.05
|
|
2
|
Mass treatment with single-dose azithromycin for yaws.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2015
|
3.84
|
|
3
|
Syphilis in pregnancy in Tanzania. I. Impact of maternal syphilis on outcome of pregnancy.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2002
|
3.22
|
|
4
|
Design and baseline data of a randomized trial to evaluate coverage and frequency of mass treatment with azithromycin: the Partnership for Rapid Elimination of Trachoma (PRET) in Tanzania and The Gambia.
|
Ophthalmic Epidemiol
|
2011
|
3.05
|
|
5
|
Polymorphisms in Chlamydia trachomatis tryptophan synthase genes differentiate between genital and ocular isolates.
|
J Clin Invest
|
2003
|
3.04
|
|
6
|
Effectiveness of interventions for the prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in female sex workers in resource poor setting: a systematic review.
|
Trop Med Int Health
|
2008
|
3.03
|
|
7
|
Herpes simplex virus type 2 infection increases HIV incidence: a prospective study in rural Tanzania.
|
AIDS
|
2002
|
2.93
|
|
8
|
Why do women complain of vaginal discharge? A population survey of infectious and pyschosocial risk factors in a South Asian community.
|
Int J Epidemiol
|
2005
|
2.88
|
|
9
|
Mapping the global distribution of trachoma.
|
Bull World Health Organ
|
2006
|
2.68
|
|
10
|
Gender disadvantage and reproductive health risk factors for common mental disorders in women: a community survey in India.
|
Arch Gen Psychiatry
|
2006
|
2.58
|
|
11
|
Whole-genome analysis of diverse Chlamydia trachomatis strains identifies phylogenetic relationships masked by current clinical typing.
|
Nat Genet
|
2012
|
2.44
|
|
12
|
Syphilis in pregnancy in Tanzania. II. The effectiveness of antenatal syphilis screening and single-dose benzathine penicillin treatment for the prevention of adverse pregnancy outcomes.
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J Infect Dis
|
2002
|
2.39
|
|
13
|
A critical review of the SAFE strategy for the prevention of blinding trachoma.
|
Lancet Infect Dis
|
2003
|
2.36
|
|
14
|
Use of antenatal services and delivery care in Entebbe, Uganda: a community survey.
|
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth
|
2007
|
2.08
|
|
15
|
Evaluation of diagnostic tests for infectious diseases: general principles.
|
Nat Rev Microbiol
|
2006
|
2.04
|
|
16
|
Evaluation of diagnostic tests for infectious diseases: general principles.
|
Nat Rev Microbiol
|
2010
|
2.04
|
|
17
|
Risk factors for common mental disorders in women. Population-based longitudinal study.
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Br J Psychiatry
|
2006
|
2.01
|
|
18
|
Mass treatment and the effect on the load of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in a trachoma-hyperendemic community.
|
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci
|
2005
|
1.94
|
|
19
|
Risk factors influencing HIV infection incidence in a rural African population: a nested case-control study.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2005
|
1.88
|
|
20
|
Adverse birth outcomes in United Republic of Tanzania--impact and prevention of maternal risk factors.
|
Bull World Health Organ
|
2007
|
1.78
|
|
21
|
Evaluation of diagnostic tests for infectious diseases: general principles.
|
Nat Rev Microbiol
|
2006
|
1.76
|
|
22
|
Prevalence of malaria and sexually transmitted and reproductive tract infections in pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review.
|
JAMA
|
2012
|
1.71
|
|
23
|
The SAFE strategy for trachoma control: Using operational research for policy, planning and implementation.
|
Bull World Health Organ
|
2006
|
1.65
|
|
24
|
Antenatal syphilis screening in sub-Saharan Africa: lessons learned from Tanzania.
|
Trop Med Int Health
|
2005
|
1.64
|
|
25
|
Risk factors for postsurgical trichiasis recurrence in a trachoma-endemic area.
|
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci
|
2005
|
1.62
|
|
26
|
Avoiding HIV and dying of syphilis.
|
Lancet
|
2004
|
1.60
|
|
27
|
Association of schistosomiasis with false-positive HIV test results in an African adolescent population.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2010
|
1.59
|
|
28
|
Prioritizing health problems in women in developing countries: comparing the financial burden of reproductive tract infections, anaemia and depressive disorders in a community survey in India.
|
Trop Med Int Health
|
2007
|
1.53
|
|
29
|
Improving health for the world's poor.
|
BMJ
|
2007
|
1.53
|
|
30
|
Yaws.
|
Lancet
|
2013
|
1.47
|
|
31
|
Missed opportunities: poor linkage into ongoing care for HIV-positive pregnant women in Mwanza, Tanzania.
|
PLoS One
|
2012
|
1.45
|
|
32
|
Bartonella bacilliformis: a systematic review of the literature to guide the research agenda for elimination.
|
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
|
2012
|
1.44
|
|
33
|
Comparison of HIV prevalences in community-based and antenatal clinic surveys in rural Mwanza, Tanzania.
|
AIDS
|
2002
|
1.38
|
|
34
|
The relationship between prevalence of active trachoma, water availability and its use in a Tanzanian village.
|
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
|
2006
|
1.37
|
|
35
|
When can antibiotic treatments for trachoma be discontinued? Graduating communities in three African countries.
|
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
|
2009
|
1.36
|
|
36
|
Chronic fatigue in developing countries: population based survey of women in India.
|
BMJ
|
2005
|
1.27
|
|
37
|
A dual point-of-care test shows good performance in simultaneously detecting nontreponemal and treponemal antibodies in patients with syphilis: a multisite evaluation study in China.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2012
|
1.27
|
|
38
|
Suicidal behavior among female sex workers in Goa, India: the silent epidemic.
|
Am J Public Health
|
2009
|
1.25
|
|
39
|
Morbidity and nutritional impairment in relation to CD4 count in a Zambian population with high HIV prevalence.
|
Acta Trop
|
2002
|
1.24
|
|
40
|
Evaluation of rapid diagnostic tests: syphilis.
|
Nat Rev Microbiol
|
2006
|
1.21
|
|
41
|
Partner notification for the control of sexually transmitted infections.
|
BMJ
|
2003
|
1.21
|
|
42
|
Intensive insecticide spraying for fly control after mass antibiotic treatment for trachoma in a hyperendemic setting: a randomised trial.
|
Lancet
|
2006
|
1.20
|
|
43
|
Distribution study of Chlamydia trachomatis serovars among high-risk women in China performed using PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism genotyping.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2007
|
1.19
|
|
44
|
A chlamydial type III-secreted effector protein (Tarp) is predominantly recognized by antibodies from humans infected with Chlamydia trachomatis and induces protective immunity against upper genital tract pathologies in mice.
|
Vaccine
|
2009
|
1.16
|
|
45
|
Mass treatment with azithromycin for trachoma: when is one round enough? Results from the PRET Trial in the Gambia.
|
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
|
2013
|
1.14
|
|
46
|
Reproductive tract infections: prevalence and risk factors in rural Bangladesh.
|
Bull World Health Organ
|
2002
|
1.13
|
|
47
|
Participatory evaluations of trachoma control programmes in eight countries.
|
Trop Med Int Health
|
2005
|
1.13
|
|
48
|
Is sexual contact with sex workers important in driving the HIV epidemic among men in rural Zimbabwe?
|
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
|
2005
|
1.11
|
|
49
|
Why do we need quality-assured diagnostic tests for sexually transmitted infections?
|
Nat Rev Microbiol
|
2006
|
1.11
|
|
50
|
Contraceptive practices, sexual and reproductive health needs of HIV-positive and negative female sex workers in Goa, India.
|
Sex Transm Infect
|
2010
|
1.11
|
|
51
|
The appropriateness of core group interventions using presumptive periodic treatment among rural Zimbabwean women who exchange sex for gifts or money.
|
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
|
2005
|
1.05
|
|
52
|
Common genital complaints in women: the contribution of psychosocial and infectious factors in a population-based cohort study in Goa, India.
|
Int J Epidemiol
|
2006
|
1.04
|
|
53
|
An overview of the clinical use of filter paper in the diagnosis of tropical diseases.
|
Am J Trop Med Hyg
|
2013
|
1.02
|
|
54
|
Risk factors for syphilis infection among pregnant women: results of a case-control study in Shenzhen, China.
|
Sex Transm Infect
|
2007
|
0.99
|
|
55
|
A randomized trial of two coverage targets for mass treatment with azithromycin for trachoma.
|
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
|
2013
|
0.97
|
|
56
|
The development and validation of dried blood spots for external quality assurance of syphilis serology.
|
BMC Infect Dis
|
2013
|
0.97
|
|
57
|
Why do we need quality-assured diagnostic tests for sexually transmitted infections?
|
Nat Rev Microbiol
|
2006
|
0.96
|
|
58
|
Evaluation of diagnostic tests for infectious diseases: general principles.
|
Nat Rev Microbiol
|
2008
|
0.95
|
|
59
|
Detection of gonococcal infection : pros and cons of a rapid test.
|
Mol Diagn
|
2005
|
0.95
|
|
60
|
The impact of community level treatment and preventative interventions on trachoma prevalence in rural Ethiopia.
|
Int J Epidemiol
|
2008
|
0.94
|
|
61
|
Evaluation of rapid diagnostic tests: chlamydia and gonorrhoea.
|
Nat Rev Microbiol
|
2006
|
0.94
|
|
62
|
Travel and fake artesunate: a risky business.
|
Lancet
|
2012
|
0.91
|
|
63
|
Geographical variations in the prevalence of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in rural Tanzania.
|
Int J STD AIDS
|
2003
|
0.90
|
|
64
|
A novel model of intracranial meningioma in mice using luciferase-expressing meningioma cells. Laboratory investigation.
|
J Neurosurg
|
2008
|
0.89
|
|
65
|
Cervicovaginal HIV-1 shedding in women taking antiretroviral therapy in Burkina Faso: a longitudinal study.
|
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
|
2014
|
0.88
|
|
66
|
Effect of genital herpes on cervicovaginal HIV shedding in women co-infected with HIV AND HSV-2 in Tanzania.
|
PLoS One
|
2013
|
0.88
|
|
67
|
Syphilis returns to china ... With a vengeance.
|
Sex Transm Dis
|
2006
|
0.87
|
|
68
|
A study comparing sexually transmitted infections and HIV among ex-red-light district and non-red-light district sex workers after the demolition of Baina red-light district.
|
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
|
2009
|
0.87
|
|
69
|
The trade-off between accuracy and accessibility of syphilis screening assays.
|
PLoS One
|
2013
|
0.86
|
|
70
|
Antibiotic dosage in trachoma control programs: height as a surrogate for weight in children.
|
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci
|
2003
|
0.86
|
|
71
|
Dried blood spots for qPCR diagnosis of acute Bartonella bacilliformis infection.
|
Am J Trop Med Hyg
|
2013
|
0.85
|
|
72
|
Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis infection in HIV-1-infected women taking antiretroviral therapy: a prospective cohort study from Burkina Faso.
|
Sex Transm Infect
|
2013
|
0.85
|
|
73
|
The implementation of an external quality assurance method for point- of- care tests for HIV and syphilis in Tanzania.
|
BMC Infect Dis
|
2013
|
0.83
|
|
74
|
Innate immunity in ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection: contribution of IL8 and CSF2 gene variants to risk of trachomatous scarring in Gambians.
|
BMC Med Genet
|
2009
|
0.83
|
|
75
|
Periodical antibiotic treatment for the control of gonococcal and chlamydial infections among sex workers in Benin and Ghana: a cluster-randomized placebo-controlled trial.
|
Sex Transm Dis
|
2012
|
0.82
|
|
76
|
Validation of syndromic algorithm for the management of genital ulcer diseases in China.
|
Int J STD AIDS
|
2002
|
0.82
|
|
77
|
Introducing new diagnostics into STI control programmes: the importance of programme science.
|
Sex Transm Infect
|
2012
|
0.82
|
|
78
|
A case of endemic syphilis, Iran.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2013
|
0.81
|
|
79
|
Unsafe sexual behaviors among HIV-positive men and women in Honduras: the role of discrimination, condom access, and gender.
|
Sex Transm Dis
|
2012
|
0.81
|
|
80
|
External quality assurance with dried tube specimens (DTS) for point-of-care syphilis and HIV tests: experience in an indigenous populations screening programme in the Brazilian Amazon.
|
Sex Transm Infect
|
2013
|
0.80
|
|
81
|
The impact of syphilis screening among female sex workers in China: a modelling study.
|
PLoS One
|
2013
|
0.79
|
|
82
|
Trachoma.
|
BMJ Clin Evid
|
2007
|
0.78
|
|
83
|
Mass antibiotic administration for eradication of ocular Chlamydia trachomatis.
|
JAMA
|
2008
|
0.78
|
|
84
|
Azithromycin resistance in Treponema pallidum.
|
Sex Transm Dis
|
2009
|
0.78
|
|
85
|
Targeted treatment of active trachoma.
|
JAMA
|
2007
|
0.78
|
|
86
|
Pelvic inflammatory disease in the People's Republic of China: aetiology and management.
|
Int J STD AIDS
|
2002
|
0.77
|
|
87
|
Improving antenatal care to prevent adverse pregnancy outcomes caused by syphilis.
|
Future Microbiol
|
2011
|
0.76
|
|
88
|
In vitro effects of spectinomycin and ceftriaxone alone or in combination with other antibiotics against Chlamydia trachomatis.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2005
|
0.75
|
|
89
|
Reed Elsevier and the arms trade revisited.
|
Lancet
|
2007
|
0.75
|