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1 | Staffing remote rural areas in middle- and low-income countries: A literature review of attraction and retention | BMC Health Services Research | 2008 | 443 |
2 | Which intervention design factors influence performance of community health workers in low- and middle-income countries? A systematic review | Health Policy and Planning | 2015 | 356 |
3 | Sequence analysis of small subunit ribosomal RNA genes and its use for detection and identification of Leishmania parasites | Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology | 1992 | 326 |
4 | Identifying factors for job motivation of rural health workers in North Viet Nam | Human Resources for Health | 2003 | 284 |
5 | Global Burden of Leptospirosis: Estimated in Terms of Disability Adjusted Life Years | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases | 2015 | 281 |
6 | (null) | Health Technology Assessment | 2001 | 268 |
7 | The Participation Scale: Measuring a key concept in public health | Disability and Rehabilitation | 2006 | 264 |
8 | Equity in financing and use of health care in Ghana, South Africa, and Tanzania: implications for paths to universal coverage | Lancet, The | 2012 | 253 |
9 | Patterns of vaccination acceptance | Social Science and Medicine | 1999 | 251 |
10 | Detection of seven species of pathogenic leptospires by PCR using two sets of primers | Journal of General Microbiology | 1993 | 238 |
11 | Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in clinical samples by using polymerase chain reaction and a nonradioactive detection system | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 1992 | 225 |
12 | The SWPER index for women's empowerment in Africa: development and validation of an index based on survey data | The Lancet Global Health | 2017 | 213 |
13 | A simple and economical direct agglutination test for serodiagnosis and sero-epidemiological studies of visceral leishmaniasis | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 1986 | 208 |
14 | How does context influence performance of community health workers in low- and middle-income countries? Evidence from the literature | Health Research Policy and Systems | 2015 | 206 |
15 | A more reliable PCR for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in clinical samples | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 1994 | 202 |
16 | Improvement of a direct agglutination test for field studies of visceral leishmaniasis | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 1988 | 187 |
17 | Effectiveness of single dose rifampicin in preventing leprosy in close contacts of patients with newly diagnosed leprosy: cluster randomised controlled trial | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2008 | 184 |
18 | Physical Distance, Genetic Relationship, Age, and Leprosy Classification Are Independent Risk Factors for Leprosy in Contacts of Patients with Leprosy | Journal of Infectious Diseases | 2006 | 178 |
19 | Climate change, violent conflict and local institutions in Kenya’s drylands | Journal of Peace Research | 2012 | 178 |
20 | Clinical significance of small-intestinal microsporidiosis in HIV-1-infected individuals | Lancet, The | 1991 | 176 |
21 | Beyond fragmentation and towards universal coverage: insights from Ghana, South Africa and the United Republic of Tanzania | Bulletin of the World Health Organization | 2008 | 176 |
22 | Diagnosis of Mycobacterium microti Infections among Humans by Using Novel Genetic Markers | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 1998 | 172 |
23 | Barriers to access to antiretroviral treatment in developing countries: a review | Tropical Medicine and International Health | 2008 | 167 |
24 | Human resource management interventions to improve health workers' performance in low and middle income countries: a realist review | Health Research Policy and Systems | 2009 | 155 |
25 | Health policy and system support to optimise community health worker programmes: an abridged WHO guideline | The Lancet Global Health | 2018 | 154 |
26 | A Single Multilocus Sequence Typing (MLST) Scheme for Seven Pathogenic Leptospira Species | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases | 2013 | 153 |
27 | Detection of leptospires in urine by PCR for early diagnosis of leptospirosis | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 1994 | 147 |
28 | Results from early programmatic implementation of Xpert MTB/RIF testing in nine countries | BMC Infectious Diseases | 2014 | 144 |
29 | Anthropometric Measurements and Body Silhouette of Women | Journal of the American Dietetic Association | 2002 | 143 |
30 | Use of Light Microscopy to Diagnose Small-Intestinal Microsporidiosis in Patients with AIDS | Journal of Infectious Diseases | 1988 | 142 |
31 | Cloned suppressor T cells from a lepromatous leprosy patient suppress Mycobacterium leprae reactive helper T cells | Nature | 1986 | 140 |
32 | PCR assay based on DNA coding for 16S rRNA for detection and identification of mycobacteria in clinical samples | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 1995 | 136 |
33 | Improvement of maternal health services through the use of mobile phones | Tropical Medicine and International Health | 2011 | 135 |
34 | Rapid tests for diagnosis of leptospirosis: Current tools and emerging technologies | Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease | 2014 | 135 |
35 | Leishmania donovani: Intraspecific Polymorphisms of Sudanese Isolates Revealed by PCR-based Analyses and DNA Sequencing | Experimental Parasitology | 2001 | 134 |
36 | The 14,000-molecular-weight antigen of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is related to the alpha-crystallin family of low-molecular-weight heat shock proteins | Journal of Bacteriology | 1992 | 133 |
37 | Application of a direct agglutination test for detection of specific anti-Leishmania antibodies in the canine reservoir | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 1989 | 133 |
38 | The match between motivation and performance management of health sector workers in Mali | Human Resources for Health | 2006 | 132 |
39 | Quantification of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes in differential stages of development by quantitative nucleic acid sequence-based amplification | Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology | 2004 | 130 |
40 | Mycobacterium leprae-specific protein antigens defined by cloned human helper T cells | Nature | 1986 | 129 |
41 | LEPTO dipstick, a dipstick assay for detection of Leptospira-specific immunoglobulin M antibodies in human sera | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 1997 | 128 |
42 | Nucleic acid sequence-based amplification (NASBA) for the identification of mycobacteria | Journal of General Microbiology | 1993 | 127 |
43 | Real-Time Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification Is More Convenient than Real-Time PCR for Quantification of Plasmodium falciparum | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2005 | 127 |
44 | Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) in vitro and in situ using an electronic nose in combination with a neural network system | Biosensors and Bioelectronics | 2004 | 124 |
45 | Detection of leptospires in urine by polymerase chain reaction | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 1989 | 123 |
46 | Sexual Torture of Men in Croatia and Other Conflict Situations: An Open Secret | Reproductive Health Matters | 2004 | 114 |
47 | Evaluation of the polymerase chain reaction for early diagnosis of leptospirosis | Journal of Medical Microbiology | 1995 | 112 |
48 | Leptospirosis, Water Sports, and Chemoprophylaxis | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2002 | 112 |
49 | Expression and Distribution of Leptospiral Outer Membrane Components during Renal Infection of Hamsters | Infection and Immunity | 1999 | 110 |
50 | Residual Plasmodium falciparum Parasitemia in Kenyan Children After Artemisinin-Combination Therapy Is Associated With Increased Transmission to Mosquitoes and Parasite Recurrence | Journal of Infectious Diseases | 2013 | 109 |