Noé Patrick M’Bondoukwé, Joyce Coella MIHINDOU, Christian Mayandza, Bridy Chesly Moutombi Ditombi, Dimitri MOUSSAVOU MABIKA, Jacques Mari Ndong Ngomo, Bédrich Pongui Ngondza, Luccheri Ndong Akomezoghe, Ornella Anaïse Mbang Nguema, Reinne MOUTONGO, Roger Hadry SIBI MATOTOU, Marielle Karine Bouyou Akotet & Denise Patricia Mawili-Mboumba·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2026
Aims: Rapid antigen testing plays a crucial role in COVID-19 triage, particularly in settings where access to molecular diagnostics is limited. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of the PanbioTM COVID-19 Ag Rapid Diagnostic Test in symptomatic patients for the...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2026/v47i11713
Methods: A detailed report was provided on the diagnosis and treatment of an 11-year-and-9-month-old male patient, including clinical manifestations, laboratory tests (such as cerebrospinal fluid analysis and anti-NMDAR antibody testing), neuroimaging features (diffuse abnormal s...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2026/v47i11712
Miriam Andrade-Orta, Mariel Andrea del Rio-Parra, Martha Sofía Cárdenas-Vega, Nathalie Lizbeth Torres-Alarcón, Aaron Israel Mancera-Torres, Héctor Andrés Romero-González, Aarón Humberto Ramírez-Mora & Nicolás Padilla-Ragoza·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2026
Background: Patellar fractures represent approximately 1% of all skeletal fractures, with a peak in young adults due to high-energy trauma and another in older adults due to bone fragility. Patients typically present with pain, joint effusion, and a palpable separation of the pat...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2026/v47i11711
Background: Nigeria’s continued dependence on imported malaria commodities like Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies (ACTs), Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs), and Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) restricts the growth of local pharma...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2026/v47i11710
Aim: to describe updated pleuropulmonary amebiasis diagnosis and management. Discussion: Pleuropulmonary amebiasis (PA) is the second most common complication of extraintestinal amebiasis. Pleuropulmonary complications occur in 7-20% of patients with amebic liver abscess (ALA) an...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2026/v47i11709
Soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) remains a major public health concern in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) despite years of mass drug administration (MDA). Women of reproductive age (WRA) are particularly vulnerable, yet their compliance with MDA is often suboptimal. T...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2025/v46i121708
Background: Gestational toxoplasmosis when transmitted from a mother to her child leads to miscarriages, preterm labour, and intrauterine fetal death. For babies who survive intrauterine life congenital toxoplasmosis is characterized by hydrocephalus, microcephaly, seizures, lear...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2025/v46i121707
Dimitri Ardin Moussavou-Mabicka, Coella Joyce Mihindou, Bridy Chelsy Moutombi Ditombi, Noé Patrick M’Bondoukwé, Luccheri Ndong Akomezoghe, Bédrich Pongui Ngondza, Jacques Mari Ndong Ngomo, Onella Anaϊse Mbang Nguéma, Christian Mayandza, Héléna Kono, Tatiana Nymane, Ahmed Adissa Agbanrin, Marielle Karine Bouyou Akotet & Denise Patricia Mawili Mboumba·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2025
Background: Anyone suspected of malaria should undergo biological confirmation using microscopic examination (thick smear) or a rapid diagnostic test (RDT) and be treated with a combination therapy based on artemisinin (ACT) or an artemisinin derivative according to the severity...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2025/v46i121706
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) and dysglycaemia are interrelated public health challenges, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. The bidirectional interaction between TB and disorders of glucose metabolism, including prediabetes and diabetes mellitus, is increasingly r...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2025/v46i121704
Nepal’s health policy landscape has shifted from a centralized, curative model to a more preventive, equitable, and decentralized system. Since the first National Health Policy in 1991, subsequent reforms in 1997, 2014, and 2019 have aimed to expand access, strengthen institution...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2025/v46i121705