Indiscriminate use of chloroquine (CQ) has resulted in chloroquine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) in almost all regions of India. Due to the emergence of resistance to CQ in India, the current recommended first line of treatment for Pf has been the combination of artesu...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2013/2806
Aims: The aim of this study is to investigate the timeliness and out-of-sequence vaccination among children aged less than five years through the data of a local Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) in Burkina Faso. Study Design: Cross-sectional study nested into an...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2013/2920
Background: The average numbers of Nigerians who have been incarcerated over the past three decades when HIV/AIDS was discovered have been increasing and the seroprevalence of HIV/AIDS amongst the prison inmates remained higher than the national average due to the occurrence of r...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2013/2901
Introduction: HIV/AIDS and Noncommunicable diseases are the major public health threats of developing countries. Analysis of joint epidemiological patterns of these diseases will help in designing and implementing appropriate interventions to mitigate their impacts. Objectives: T...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2013/2523
Aim: To assess differences in schistosomiasis knowledge in farmers working in traditional, improved traditional and modern irrigation schemes in Tanzania. Study Design: A cross-sectional survey among farmers practicing irrigation rice farming, in 2 different regions and 6 differe...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2013/2479
Background: Surgical site infections [SSI] are one of the most common nosocomial infections. This study was therefore carried out to determine the incidence and risk factors associated with surgical site infection among patients in a tertiary care center in Western Nigeria. Metho...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2013/1769
Aims: To assess the present endemicity of urinary schistosomiasis among school aged pupils in Ipogun, a notable endemic village in Ondo state, Nigeria and also the efficacy of single dose Praziquantel in chemotherapy. Study Design: The overall goal of the study was to assess the...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2013/2606
Vitex doniana Sweet and Cinchona calisaya WEED are tropical medicinal plants endued with important pharmacological properties. The effects of aqueous extracts of V. doniana leaves and C. calisaya bark on alloxan-induced diabetes mellitus in Wistar albino rats were evaluated. Diab...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2012/1693
Valérie R. Louis, Athanase Badolo, Tabea Schröer, Wamdaogo M. Guelbeogo, Justin Tiendrebéogo, Albrecht Jahn, Maurice Yé, N’Falé Sagnon & Olaf Mueller·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2012
Aims: The aim of the study was to evaluate the field performance of insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs) in north-western Burkina Faso. Study design: Cross-sectional survey. Place and Duration: The study took place between September and November 2008 (end of rainy season) in...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2012/2110
Aims: The frequency of the mutant gene for sickle cell is widely distributed in the sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent. There is epidemiologic evidence that sickle cell trait confers a survival advantage against malaria and that the selection pressur...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2012/1762
Background: Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) have increased worldwide equally burdening people from different ethnic and socio-economic groups. Hypertension is an eminent modiï¬able risk factor for CVD and relates to body adiposity, which can be evaluated by various anthropometric...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2012/1750
This project outlined use of the diffusion of innovations model to disseminate bone marrow transplantation technology for the cure of sickle cell anemia and other hemoglobinopathies. Besides, we Identified technologically developed nations that have the relevant medical workforce...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2012/1793
Aims: Malaria infection leads to the formation of circulating immune complexes (CICs) which have been implicated in the pathogenesis of complicated malaria which includes severe malarial anemia. Children with sickle cell trait (HbAS) are less predisposed to getting severe manifes...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2012/1761
Aims: This study was to assess victim’s environmental and behavioural risk factors that promote bites from two viperid snakes. Study Design: A case control study. Place and Duration of Study: Medical wards, General Hospital, Kurunegala, Sri Lanka, between June to December 2010. M...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2012/1904
Aims: To compare contraceptive practices among rural and urban women in Osun State, South-western Nigeria. Study Design: Cross-sectional descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Osun state in southwestern Nigeria. The study was carried out between January and June 2010. Me...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2012/1308