Published in Parasit Vectors on August 27, 2014
Wuchereria bancrofti infection at four primary schools and surrounding communities with no previous blood surveys in northern Uganda: the prevalence after mass drug administrations and a report on suspected non-filarial endemic elephantiasis. Trop Med Health (2017) 1.37
Mapping and Modelling the Geographical Distribution and Environmental Limits of Podoconiosis in Ethiopia. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2015) 1.06
The feasibility of eliminating podoconiosis. Bull World Health Organ (2015) 1.02
Developing a community-led SMS reporting tool for the rapid assessment of lymphatic filariasis morbidity burden: case studies from Malawi and Ghana. BMC Infect Dis (2015) 0.93
Shrinking the Lymphatic Filariasis Map of Ethiopia: Reassessing the Population at Risk through Nationwide Mapping. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2015) 0.90
Further evidence of the cross-reactivity of the Binax NOW® Filariasis ICT cards to non-Wuchereria bancrofti filariae: experimental studies with Loa loa and Onchocerca ochengi. Parasit Vectors (2016) 0.86
Measuring elimination of podoconiosis, endemicity classifications, case definition and targets: an international Delphi exercise. Int Health (2015) 0.82
The global atlas of podoconiosis. Lancet Glob Health (2017) 0.75
Burden assessment of podoconiosis in Wayu Tuka woreda, east Wollega zone, western Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study. BMJ Open (2016) 0.75
Podoconiosis in Ethiopia: From Neglect to Priority Public Health Problem. Ethiop Med J (2017) 0.75
Integrated morbidity management for lymphatic filariasis and podoconiosis, Ethiopia. Bull World Health Organ (2017) 0.75
Rescuing the bottom billion through control of neglected tropical diseases. Lancet (2009) 6.60
Strategies and tools for the control/elimination of lymphatic filariasis. Bull World Health Organ (1997) 4.76
Good Health at Low Cost 25 years on: lessons for the future of health systems strengthening. Lancet (2013) 4.03
Tools from ecology: useful for evaluating infection risk models? Trends Parasitol (2002) 3.36
Malaria indicator survey 2007, Ethiopia: coverage and use of major malaria prevention and control interventions. Malar J (2010) 3.23
Podoconiosis: non-infectious geochemical elephantiasis. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (2007) 2.30
Economic costs of endemic non-filarial elephantiasis in Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia. Trop Med Int Health (2006) 2.20
Ethiopia's health extension program: improving health through community involvement. MEDICC Rev (2011) 2.15
The burden of neglected tropical diseases in Ethiopia, and opportunities for integrated control and elimination. Parasit Vectors (2012) 1.99
Integrated disease mapping in a polyparasitic world. Geospat Health (2007) 1.84
The first population-based national tuberculosis prevalence survey in Ethiopia, 2010-2011. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis (2014) 1.68
Neglected tropical diseases: becoming less neglected. Lancet (2014) 1.59
Development and testing of a de novo clinical staging system for podoconiosis (endemic non-filarial elephantiasis). Trop Med Int Health (2008) 1.46
Neglected tropical diseases and the millennium development goals: why the "other diseases" matter: reality versus rhetoric. Parasit Vectors (2011) 1.45
Community-based control of a neglected tropical disease: the mossy foot treatment and prevention association. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2009) 1.33
Electronic data capture tools for global health programs: evolution of LINKS, an Android-, web-based system. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2014) 1.32
Monitoring and evaluating the impact of national school-based deworming in Kenya: study design and baseline results. Parasit Vectors (2013) 1.30
Integrated prevalence mapping of schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminthiasis and malaria in lakeside and island communities in Lake Victoria, Uganda. Parasit Vectors (2011) 1.22
Global elimination of lymphatic filariasis: addressing the public health problem. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2010) 1.20
Predictive value of clinical assessment of patients with podoconiosis in an endemic community setting. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (2007) 1.19
Lymphatic filariasis in western Ethiopia with special emphasis on prevalence of Wuchereria bancrofti antigenaemia in and around onchocerciasis endemic areas. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (2011) 1.17
Integrated community-directed intervention for schistosomiasis and soil transmitted helminths in western Kenya - a pilot study. Parasit Vectors (2012) 1.17
A novel electronic data collection system for large-scale surveys of neglected tropical diseases. PLoS One (2013) 1.14
Nationwide integrated mapping of three neglected tropical diseases in Togo: countrywide implementation of a novel approach. Trop Med Int Health (2012) 1.05
Integrated surveys of neglected tropical diseases in southern Sudan: how much do they cost and can they be refined? PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2010) 1.03
Tropical lymphedemas--control and prevention. N Engl J Med (2012) 0.98
Spatial distribution of podoconiosis in relation to environmental factors in Ethiopia: a historical review. PLoS One (2013) 0.95
Integrated rapid mapping of neglected tropical diseases in three States of South Sudan: survey findings and treatment needs. PLoS One (2012) 0.92
Schistosoma haematobium hotspots in south Nyanza, western Kenya: prevalence, distribution and co-endemicity with Schistosoma mansoni and soil-transmitted helminths. Parasit Vectors (2014) 0.88
Mapping neglected tropical diseases: a global view. Community Eye Health (2013) 0.87
Lymphatic filariasis in Luangwa District, South-East Zambia. Parasit Vectors (2013) 0.87
Remote sensing and disease control in China: past, present and future. Parasit Vectors (2013) 0.85
Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2012) 41.47
Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2012) 26.95
Leishmaniasis worldwide and global estimates of its incidence. PLoS One (2012) 18.07
Visceral leishmaniasis: what are the needs for diagnosis, treatment and control? Nat Rev Microbiol (2007) 7.36
The relationship between leishmaniasis and AIDS: the second 10 years. Clin Microbiol Rev (2008) 5.32
Global numbers of infection and disease burden of soil transmitted helminth infections in 2010. Parasit Vectors (2014) 4.28
A systematic analysis of global anemia burden from 1990 to 2010. Blood (2013) 3.94
Out-of-Africa migration and Neolithic coexpansion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with modern humans. Nat Genet (2013) 3.89
Factors associated with use and non-use of mosquito nets owned in Oromia and Amhara regional states, Ethiopia. Malar J (2009) 3.66
Systematic evaluation of serotypes causing invasive pneumococcal disease among children under five: the pneumococcal global serotype project. PLoS Med (2010) 3.25
Malaria indicator survey 2007, Ethiopia: coverage and use of major malaria prevention and control interventions. Malar J (2010) 3.23
The challenges of Chagas Disease-- grim outlook or glimmer of hope. PLoS Med (2007) 2.79
Clinical characteristics and treatment outcome of patients with visceral leishmaniasis and HIV co-infection in northwest Ethiopia. Trop Med Int Health (2010) 2.62
Khat and alcohol use and risky sex behaviour among in-school and out-of-school youth in Ethiopia. BMC Public Health (2005) 2.52
The use of insecticide treated nets by age: implications for universal coverage in Africa. BMC Public Health (2009) 2.45
A multi-country non-inferiority cluster randomized trial of frontloaded smear microscopy for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. PLoS Med (2011) 2.38
Poor immunogenicity of BCG in helminth infected population is associated with increased in vitro TGF-beta production. Vaccine (2008) 2.37
Podoconiosis: non-infectious geochemical elephantiasis. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (2007) 2.30
Economic costs of endemic non-filarial elephantiasis in Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia. Trop Med Int Health (2006) 2.20
Duffy negative antigen is no longer a barrier to Plasmodium vivax--molecular evidences from the African West Coast (Angola and Equatorial Guinea). PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2011) 2.15
Steep declines in population-level AIDS mortality following the introduction of antiretroviral therapy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. AIDS (2009) 2.09
HLA class II locus and susceptibility to podoconiosis. N Engl J Med (2012) 2.08
Prevalence of podoconiosis (endemic non-filarial elephantiasis) in Wolaitta, Southern Ethiopia. Trop Doct (2003) 2.04
High levels of misconceptions and stigma in a community highly endemic for podoconiosis in southern Ethiopia. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (2008) 2.00
Identification of the causative organism of tuberculous lymphadenitis in ethiopia by PCR. J Clin Microbiol (2002) 1.99
The burden of neglected tropical diseases in Ethiopia, and opportunities for integrated control and elimination. Parasit Vectors (2012) 1.99
Recognition of stage-specific mycobacterial antigens differentiates between acute and latent infections with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2006) 1.99
The global limits and population at risk of soil-transmitted helminth infections in 2010. Parasit Vectors (2012) 1.98
Influence of Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin on antibody and cytokine responses to human neonatal vaccination. J Immunol (2002) 1.98
Changing patterns of Plasmodium blood-stage infections in the Wosera region of Papua New Guinea monitored by light microscopy and high throughput PCR diagnosis. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2006) 1.93
A real-time PCR-based assay for detection of Wuchereria bancrofti DNA in blood and mosquitoes. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2006) 1.92
Chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium vivax malaria in Debre Zeit, Ethiopia. Malar J (2008) 1.91
Plasma cytokines and chemokines differentiate between active disease and non-active tuberculosis infection. J Infect (2012) 1.84
The role of acetaminophen and geohelminth infection on the incidence of wheeze and eczema: a longitudinal birth-cohort study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2010) 1.84
Factors influencing place of delivery for women in Kenya: an analysis of the Kenya demographic and health survey, 2008/2009. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2013) 1.78
Impact of social stigma on the process of obtaining informed consent for genetic research on podoconiosis: a qualitative study. BMC Med Ethics (2009) 1.75
The impact of repeated rounds of mass drug administration with diethylcarbamazine plus albendazole on bancroftian filariasis in Papua New Guinea. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2008) 1.74
LED fluorescence microscopy for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis: a multi-country cross-sectional evaluation. PLoS Med (2011) 1.74
Malaria infections are randomly distributed in diverse holoendemic areas of Papua New Guinea. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2002) 1.73
Knowledge of malaria and its association with malaria-related behaviors--results from the Malaria Indicator Survey, Ethiopia, 2007. PLoS One (2010) 1.73
Primary drug resistance in newly diagnosed smear positive tuberculosis patients in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ethiop Med J (2008) 1.72
Mycobacterial lineages causing pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis, Ethiopia. Emerg Infect Dis (2013) 1.72
The burden of mycobacterial disease in ethiopian cattle: implications for public health. PLoS One (2009) 1.70
Determinants of success in national programs to eliminate lymphatic filariasis: a perspective identifying essential elements and research needs. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2008) 1.70
Insecticide resistance in Anopheles arabiensis (Diptera: Culicidae) from villages in central, northern and south west Ethiopia and detection of kdr mutation. Parasit Vectors (2010) 1.69
Tailoring consent to context: designing an appropriate consent process for a biomedical study in a low income setting. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2009) 1.66
Haemophilus ducreyi associated with skin ulcers among children, Solomon Islands. Emerg Infect Dis (2014) 1.64
How effective is school-based deworming for the community-wide control of soil-transmitted helminths? PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2013) 1.63
Knowledge, health seeking behavior and perceived stigma towards tuberculosis among tuberculosis suspects in a rural community in southwest Ethiopia. PLoS One (2010) 1.63
High prevalence and increased severity of pathology of bovine tuberculosis in Holsteins compared to zebu breeds under field cattle husbandry in central Ethiopia. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2007) 1.62
Factors associated with mosquito net use by individuals in households owning nets in Ethiopia. Malar J (2011) 1.60
Genetic studies of African populations: an overview on disease susceptibility and response to vaccines and therapeutics. Hum Genet (2008) 1.57
Detection of a substantial number of sub-microscopic Plasmodium falciparum infections by polymerase chain reaction: a potential threat to malaria control and diagnosis in Ethiopia. Malar J (2013) 1.56
Population differences in immune responses to Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccination in infancy. J Infect Dis (2009) 1.52
Discordant patterns of genetic variation at two chloroquine resistance loci in worldwide populations of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2008) 1.50
Comparative high-resolution analysis of linkage disequilibrium and tag single nucleotide polymorphisms between populations in the vitamin D receptor gene. Hum Mol Genet (2004) 1.48
Healthy individuals that control a latent infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis express high levels of Th1 cytokines and the IL-4 antagonist IL-4delta2. J Immunol (2004) 1.48
Insecticidal bed nets and filariasis transmission in Papua New Guinea. N Engl J Med (2013) 1.48
Burden of podoconiosis in poor rural communities in Gulliso woreda, West Ethiopia. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2011) 1.47
Rapid increase in ownership and use of long-lasting insecticidal nets and decrease in prevalence of malaria in three regional States of ethiopia (2006-2007). J Trop Med (2010) 1.47
Coinfection and clinical manifestations of tuberculosis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected and -uninfected adults at a teaching hospital, northwest Ethiopia. J Microbiol Immunol Infect (2007) 1.47
Development and testing of a de novo clinical staging system for podoconiosis (endemic non-filarial elephantiasis). Trop Med Int Health (2008) 1.46
Molecular characterization of human isolates of Giardia duodenalis from Ethiopia. Acta Trop (2007) 1.45
Reduced Plasmodium vivax erythrocyte infection in PNG Duffy-negative heterozygotes. PLoS One (2007) 1.45
Impact of intermittent preventive treatment with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine on malaria in Ugandan schoolchildren: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Clin Infect Dis (2014) 1.44
Can chemotherapy alone eliminate the transmission of soil transmitted helminths? Parasit Vectors (2014) 1.44
Podoconiosis in East and West Gojam Zones, northern Ethiopia. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2012) 1.44
Performance of three multi-species rapid diagnostic tests for diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria in Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia. Malar J (2010) 1.43
Interleukin-10, polymorphism in SLC11A1 (formerly NRAMP1), and susceptibility to tuberculosis. J Infect Dis (2002) 1.42
Sodium stibogluconate (SSG) & paromomycin combination compared to SSG for visceral leishmaniasis in East Africa: a randomised controlled trial. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2012) 1.41
Prevalence and risk factors for soil-transmitted helminth infection in mothers and their infants in Butajira, Ethiopia: a population based study. BMC Public Health (2010) 1.41
Risk factors of visceral leishmaniasis in East Africa: a case-control study in Pokot territory of Kenya and Uganda. Int J Epidemiol (2008) 1.40
The impact of a school-based hygiene, water quality and sanitation intervention on soil-transmitted helminth reinfection: a cluster-randomized trial. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2013) 1.39
Treatment outcome of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Tigray Region, Northern Ethiopia. BMC Public Health (2012) 1.39
Higher prevalence of anti-HCV antibodies among HIV-positive compared to HIV-negative inhabitants of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. J Med Virol (2002) 1.38
Sustained reduction in prevalence of lymphatic filariasis infection in spite of missed rounds of mass drug administration in an area under mosquito nets for malaria control. Parasit Vectors (2011) 1.37
Effectiveness of a simple lymphoedema treatment regimen in podoconiosis management in southern ethiopia: one year follow-up. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2010) 1.37
Antiretroviral treatment adherence and its correlates in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ethiop Med J (2006) 1.36
The Global Trachoma Mapping Project: Methodology of a 34-Country Population-Based Study. Ophthalmic Epidemiol (2015) 1.36
Therapeutic efficacy of Artemether/Lumefantrine (Coartem(R)) against Plasmodium falciparum in Kersa, South West Ethiopia. Parasit Vectors (2010) 1.35
Inference of population structure of Leishmania donovani strains isolated from different Ethiopian visceral leishmaniasis endemic areas. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2010) 1.31
Cattle husbandry in Ethiopia is a predominant factor affecting the pathology of bovine tuberculosis and gamma interferon responses to mycobacterial antigens. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2006) 1.31
Laboratory malaria diagnostic capacity in health facilities in five administrative zones of Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia. Trop Med Int Health (2010) 1.31
Prevalence of CYP2B6 alleles in malaria-endemic populations of West Africa and Papua New Guinea. Eur J Clin Pharmacol (2006) 1.30
Priorities for research on meningococcal disease and the impact of serogroup A vaccination in the African meningitis belt. Vaccine (2012) 1.30
Malaria Panel Assay versus PCR: detection of naturally infected Anopheles melas in a coastal village of Equatorial Guinea. Malar J (2004) 1.30
Monitoring and evaluating the impact of national school-based deworming in Kenya: study design and baseline results. Parasit Vectors (2013) 1.30