Published in Ecohealth on January 18, 2014
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Genetic diversity and microevolution of Burkholderia pseudomallei in the environment. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2008) 1.58
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Persistent association of Mycobacterium ulcerans with West African predaceous insects of the family belostomatidae. Appl Environ Microbiol (2008) 1.11
Risk of Buruli ulcer and detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans in mosquitoes in southeastern Australia. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2011) 1.09
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Interaction of Mycobacterium ulcerans with mosquito species: implications for transmission and trophic relationships. Appl Environ Microbiol (2010) 1.05
Amoebae as potential environmental hosts for Mycobacterium ulcerans and other mycobacteria, but doubtful actors in Buruli ulcer epidemiology. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2012) 1.03
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A multicenter evaluation of diagnostic tools to define endpoints for programs to eliminate bancroftian filariasis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2012) 3.16
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A major role for mammals in the ecology of Mycobacterium ulcerans. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2010) 1.80
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Environmental factors associated with the distribution of Anopheles gambiae s.s in Ghana; an important vector of lymphatic filariasis and malaria. PLoS One (2010) 1.46
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A Landscape-based model for predicting Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli Ulcer disease) presence in Benin, West Africa. Ecohealth (2008) 1.26
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Persistent association of Mycobacterium ulcerans with West African predaceous insects of the family belostomatidae. Appl Environ Microbiol (2008) 1.11
The potential use of bacterial community succession in forensics as described by high throughput metagenomic sequencing. Int J Legal Med (2013) 1.07
Climate and landscape factors associated with Buruli ulcer incidence in Victoria, Australia. PLoS One (2012) 1.06
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Lipids derived from virulent Francisella tularensis broadly inhibit pulmonary inflammation via toll-like receptor 2 and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2013) 0.97
The promise and pitfalls of mass drug administration to control intestinal helminth infections. Curr Opin Infect Dis (2012) 0.94
Out of Africa: what can be learned from the studies of allergic disorders in Africa and Africans? Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol (2008) 0.94
A community-wide study of malaria reduction: evaluating efficacy and user-acceptance of a low-cost repellent in northern Ghana. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2012) 0.94
Immune responses during helminth-malaria co-infection: a pilot study in Ghanaian school children. Parasitology (2008) 0.92
Aquatic macroinvertebrate assemblages of Ghana, West Africa: understanding the ecology of a neglected tropical disease. Ecohealth (2013) 0.90
Polymerase chain reaction-based detection of lymphatic filariasis. Med Microbiol Immunol (2002) 0.90
Francisella tularensis SchuS4 and SchuS4 lipids inhibit IL-12p40 in primary human dendritic cells by inhibition of IRF1 and IRF8. J Immunol (2013) 0.89
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Evidence for a new species of Leishmania associated with a focal disease outbreak in Ghana. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2007) 0.87
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Microbial community functional change during vertebrate carrion decomposition. PLoS One (2013) 0.87
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A quick and cost effective method for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection. BMC Infect Dis (2012) 0.85
An outbreak of suspected cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ghana: lessons learnt and preparation for future outbreaks. Glob Health Action (2011) 0.84
Collembola of the grave: a cold case history involving arthropods 28 years after death. J Forensic Sci (2007) 0.83
Short report: ITS-1 DNA sequence confirmation of Leishmania major as a cause of cutaneous leishmaniasis from an outbreak focus in the Ho district, southeastern Ghana. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2006) 0.83
Comparison of real-time PCR and Kato smear microscopy for the detection of hookworm infections in three consecutive faecal samples from schoolchildren in Ghana. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (2013) 0.83
Examination of nocturnal blow fly (Diptera: Calliphoridae) oviposition on pig carcasses in mid-Michigan. J Med Entomol (2009) 0.83
Skin diseases among schoolchildren in Ghana, Gabon, and Rwanda. Int J Dermatol (2013) 0.82
Microbial communities associated with human decomposition and their potential use as postmortem clocks. Int J Legal Med (2014) 0.82
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Newly identified Mycobacterium species in a Xenopus laevis colony. Comp Med (2007) 0.79
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Environmental factors associated with Phormia regina (Diptera: Calliphoridae) oviposition. J Med Entomol (2013) 0.78
Hookworm infection among school age children in Kintampo north municipality, Ghana: nutritional risk factors and response to albendazole treatment. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2013) 0.78
Evidence for facilitation of Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae) life history traits by the nonnative invasive shrub Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii). Environ Entomol (2014) 0.77
Bacteria mediate oviposition by the black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens (L.), (Diptera: Stratiomyidae). Sci Rep (2013) 0.77
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