Background: Chronic liver disease (CLD) is an extremely common clinical condition that causes significant morbidity and mortality and was responsible for 1.3 million deaths worldwide. There had been a 46% increase in CLD mortality in the world between 1980 and 2013 and most of th...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2022/v43i1530645
Introduction: In global health, critical challenges have erupted from infectious diseases, including the emergence and re-emergence of old and new infectious diseases. This is directly attributed to rapid human development including massive demographic changes, increasing populat...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2022/v43i1530644
Schistosomiasis is a chronic disease caused by parasitic flat worms also known as trematodes, which belongs to the genus Schistosoma. Schistosomiasis is considered to be the third most acute tropical illnesses globally, after malaria and helminthiasis as it is a main origin of mo...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2022/v43i1430642
Geostatistical models have been widely used to represent disease prevalence in spatial disease mapping. More recently, these models have been employed to estimate geographic ‘spread’ of artemisinin resistance (AR) in South East Asia from genetic mutations identified in the K13 ge...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2022/v43i1530643
The aim of this study was to confirm the feasibility of using hybrid immunoglobulin-binding reagents in ELISAs for IgG/IgY detection and detection of specific antibodies against an infectious microorganism (Salmonella spp.) in various animal species using a universal diagnostic E...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2022/v43i1430641
Schistosomiasis is a freshwater parasitic disease caused by infection with the trematode of the genus Schistosoma. The common species of Schistosoma that affect humans are the Schistosoma haematobium, S. japonicum, and S. mansoni. The clinical manifestations of Schistosoma are de...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2022/v43i1430640
Introduction: Typhoid fever infection is one of the most prevalent diseases in developing countries. It is caused by Salmonella species and can affect multiple organs in the body if left untreated. The purpose of this study was to determine the biochemical patterns of renal and l...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2022/v43i1430639
Twaibu Semwogerere, Samuel Baker Kucel, Huzairu Igga, Badru Lusiba, Yahaya Gavamukulya, Sophie Namwanje, Richard Opaka Awichi, Joseph Matovu KB & Banson John Barugahare·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2022
The Corona Virus Disease - 19 (COVID-19) pandemic is one of the most devastating events in the history of human health for the last several decades. Our analysis aimed at a cross-section of events, models and theories surrounding the pandemic. These included mathematical modeling...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2022/v43i1430638
Background: There was tremendous use of telemedicine since the inception of COVID - 19 pandemic everywhere to curb the social distancing and close contact. Information and technology given new dimension of delivery of health care to the public. Objectives: To find the telemedicin...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2022/v43i1330637
Aims: Household wastes constitute favorable environment for the development of human pathogens, posing thus important public health problem in the absence of appropriate waste management. This study aimed to assess health problems of people living close to household refuse collec...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2022/v43i1330636