CONTEXT: There is significant controversy about how best to control cholera epidemics in refugee settings.
Neisseria meningitidis is responsible for high levels of morbidity and mortality in the developing countries of the African meningitis belt.
Microhematocrit centrifugation (Woo test) and miniature anion exchange are the most widely used techniques for routine detection of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense in endemic areas.
Monkeypox is an orthopoxvirus with enzootic circulation in the rainforests of central and western Africa; the virus can be transmitted to humans and cause a syndrome clinically similar to smallpox (e.g., pustular rash, fever, respiratory symptoms, and
