Background: Geohelminth infections are endemic in Cameroon affecting millions of people and have serious nutritional and developmental effects especially among children. Aims: There is paucity of information on the prevalence, risk factors and nutritional effect of geohelminths o...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2023/v44i111437
In December 2019, the occurrence of several cases of pneumonia of unknown origin in Hubei province in China led to the identification in January 2020 of a new coronavirus, named SARS-CoV-2 by the Coronavirus Working Group of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. In...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2023/v44i101435
Aims: To establish mean values for serum ferritin at different gestational ages. To determine the relationship between serum ferritin and gestational age. Methodology: This was a prospective, comparative, cross sectional study carried out at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of th...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2023/v44i101436
Introduction: Severe COVID-19 infection is associated with significant mortality in the elderly. This is even more so, when the elderly patient with the disease also has multiple chronic co-morbidities, and is resident in a resource-constrained area. Aims/ Objectives: To outline...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2023/v44i101434
Background: The coronavirus disease 2019, (COVID-19) pandemic dealt a catastrophic blow to health systems globally, especially those of middle and low-income-countries, whose health systems were already frail, pre-pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes six build...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2023/v44i101433
Objective: Infection due to Treponema pallidum (syphilis) is a major challenge and continues to be a public health problem around the world. It is a bacterial infection transmitted commonly through sexual contact, blood and also through mother-to-child (vertical). A cross-section...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2023/v44i101432
Simon Eyongabane Ako, Celine N. Nkenfou, Jules N. Assob, Thumamo Benjamin Pokam, Moses Njutain Ngemenya, Roland N. Ndip, Anong Damian Nota, Marcel Tongo, Christopher Njopin, Enoh Jude Eteneneng, Federick Nchang Cho, Mbanya Gladice Mbanya, Woguia Gilles-Fils, Ngoume Moukoma Y. Franck & Eric Achidi Akum·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2023
Background: Knowledge of the core gut microbiome among Cameroonians is a preliminary step for a better implementation of treatment strategies to correct dysbiosis and improve health care management. HIV infection has continued to cause high mortality among those infected, but the...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2023/v44i91431
Simon Eyongabane Ako, Céline Nguefeu Nkenfou, Jules Ngudia Assob, Thumamo Benjamin Pokam, Marcel Tongo, Enoh Jude Eteneneng, Mbanya Gladice Mbanya & Eric Achidi Akum·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2023
The human digestive tract harbors complex microbial communities within its epithelial cell lining. Disruption in enteric immunity will promote gut dysbiosis, which can successively induce chronic inflammation within the mucous membrane and periphery. Interpretation of the specifi...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2023/v44i91430
Introduction: The goal of the study was to assess the knowledge and management of Buruli ulcer disease in the Sekyere Afram Plains District of Ashanti Region. Methods: The study used a quantitative study type and cross-sectional study design with a sample size of 251 comprising B...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2023/v44i91428
This research focuses on the progression of the coronavirus pandemic in Ghana, measures put in place to fight the pandemic and evaluation of Ghana’s response in terms of both containing the pandemic and mitigating the social and economic effects of the COVID 19 pandemic. Methods:...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2023/v44i91429