Aim: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a notorious multidrug-resistant biovar of S. aureus associated with infections that result in high morbidity and mortality in humans and animals. Its persistence in both host and non-host environments adds a major ecologi...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2021/v42i2130549
Background: Co-infection of malaria with gastrointestinal parasites alter host immune responses, contribute to anemia, and affect clinical presentation and treatment outcomes. Aim: This study investigated the prevalence and risk factors of Giardia lamblia, Entamoeba histolytica,...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2026/v47i61749
Background: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the leading causes of hospital- and community-associated infections impacting national and global health. In recent years, MRSA has been detected in livestock species and their products. WHO has MRSA among t...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2024/v45i121610
Escherichia coli, a facultative anaerobic bacterium existing in symbiosis in the gut of warm-blooded animals, has several strains some of which are pathogenic. Its virulence and pathogenicity have been associated with one of several phylogenetic groups. We examined bovine mastiti...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2024/v45i61551
Background: Escherichia coli O157, a Shiga toxin-producing serotype of E. coli implicated in severe foodborne diseases, is a major public health concern worldwide. Most human infections are attributed to the consumption of infected beef and contaminated bovine products. The burde...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/42423
Background: Cameroon is among the 11 countries that account for 92 % of malaria infection in sub-Saharan-Africa in 2018, and Maroua III Health District and her environs witnessed a malaria outbreak in 2013 with hundredths of deaths. Aim: To determine the risk factors of malaria i...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2023/v44i81426