Aims: To determine perceived causes, challenges and coping mechanisms of women living with obstetric fistula (OF) in Uganda. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of the Study: Mulago National Referral Hospital Uganda – January to July 2009. Methodology: Thirty...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/7505
Aim: To investigate the potential role of serum hepcidin as a biomarker for histological cirrhosis in hepatitis C virus patients. Methods: Serum hepcidin was measured in 80 patients with hepatitis C virus and 15 age and sex matched healthy subjects as control. Liver biopsy was av...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/5922
The increasing spread of drug-resistant malaria parasite has necessitated the continuous search for even more effective malaria treatment including the combination of drugs known to have significant anti malarial potentials. Effort in this study was therefore, devoted to evaluati...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/6788
Background: Human Herpes Virus 2 (HSV-2) infection has been shown to be significantly associated with several obstetric complications, especially if the infection occurred during the pregnancy. Advocacy for policy formulation and the design of interventions requires local data on...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/7020
Aims: In India, annual incidence of animal bite is estimated as 1.7 per 100 population and that of human rabies as 1.7 per 1,00,000 population. Since rabies is universally fatal it requires prevention through timely management by wound care, Anti-Rabies Vaccine (ARV) and rabies i...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/5683
Aims: Detection of drug resistance M. tuberculosis isolates is one of the most important strategies to control the disease. Nowadays, with advances in molecular technology, various methods are available to detect drug resistant M. tuberculosis strains such as those based on captu...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/6726
Aims: To establish the current status and control management of malaria infection among Fulani Pastoralists in their various bush encampments in Rivers State, Nigeria. Study Design: Cross –sectional, descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Six bush encampments in Rivers S...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/6962
Aims: The purpose of this study is to contribute to the study of the relationships between stigma and HIV/AIDS treatment adherence in South Africa. Study Design: A mixed method investigation employed cross-sectional exit surveys in four sites in South Africa (N=1200) and in-depth...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/6468
Objectives: The objectives of this study are three-fold. First, to highlight areas of shortage in postgraduate dental education in Nigeria, secondly to propose the introduction of dental advisors into our postgraduate dental training and thirdly, to propose a model that could aid...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/6670
Background: Brucellosis is a serious re-emerging zoonosis which vastly afflicts human health and animal productivity. The reported incidence may under-represent the real burden of the disease that has drastically evolved during the past decade. Incomplete epidemiological data par...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/7025
Introduction: Intestinal parasites continue to be a significant health problem in renal transplantation patients. Strongyloides infection is unique that it excretes larvae and can continue life cycle by auto infective cycle also. Presentation of the case: We present a 26 years ol...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/6568
Background: Computed tomography (CT) is a cross sectional imaging tool that has dramatically improved diagnosis. Its increasing availability was recently extended to University of Uyo teaching hospital (UUTH), Uyo, Nigeria. Aim: Evaluating pioneer CT examinations in UUTH, Uyo. Ma...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/6677
O. Erhabor, A. Yakubu, I. Z. Isaac, A. L. Sule, A. Wase, A. C. Ezimah, A. Mainasara, B. A. Isah, E. K. Uko, F. Udomah, T. C. Adias, I. P. Iwueke, D. Ikhuenbor, F. Aghedo & O. O. Igbineweka·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2013
Aims: Alcoholism is a global public health problem with significant socioeconomic implications. The aim was to investigate the effect of alcoholism on the haematological and haemostatic parameters of consecutively recruited alcoholics in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State and North Wester...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/6187
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a public health burden in Nepal. In patients burdened by this disease epileptic seizures are common. Computerized tomography scan (CT-scan) and Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques are most commonly used investigative tools for the diagnosis of...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/5029
Aims: The aim of this review is to present Rickettsioses sensu lato, with emphasis on their current and future clinical diagnosis. The review presents the conditions, the agents that cause them, and the current gold standards on their diagnosis in national and international refer...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/6019