Huguette Bocanestine Laure Feudjio, Marie Stéphanie Chekem Goka, Josias Djenguemtar, Gabriel Tchuente Kamsu, Jean Baptiste Sokoudjou, Louis-Claire Ndel Famen, Norbert Kodjio & D. Gatsing·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2023
Salmonellosis is a major public health problem in developing countries where it is endemic. The genus Salmonella express the oxyR gene that codes for several proteins that allow them to resist free radicals. To investigate the antioxidant activity in vitro (aqueous and hydroethan...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2023/v44i221494
Yimelong Tsayem Sibylle, Kouam Kouam Charles, Nguemaim Flore Ngoufo, Mohamed Isah, Egbe Sangasu Eni, Misonge Kapnang Ivan, Sintieh N. N. Ekongefeyin & Samuel Kingue·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2023
Background: Cardiovascular diseases have emerged as a growing public health problem worldwide, with heart failure being the end point of a greater majority of poorly diagnosed and managed heart diseases. In Sub-Saharan Africa, traditional medicine still has a remarkable influence...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2023/v44i211493
All people in the world were used perfume in different manufactures and marker, in this study, we wanted to be found the effect of continues using of perfume and still inhaling these compound on the human healthy by electrochemical analysis using cyclic voltammetry. In the scient...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2023/v44i211491
Background: Antibiotics are amongst the most frequently prescribed drugs for children in outpatient clinics but irrational prescribing can cause medication errors, antibiotic resistance and treatment failure. Examples of irrational prescribing includes poly-pharmacy, over use of...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2023/v44i211492
Background: Iodine is a trace element essential for the synthesis of thyroid hormones, thyroxine and triiodothyronine, which in turn play a crucial role in the growth and development of most organs, especially the brain. Iodine deficiency is therefore a serious medical condition...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/23/v44i211490
Background: Burkholderia pseudomallei is a Gram –negative bacteria that can cause the fatal disease of Melioidosis with mortality ranging from 21-40% in different countries. Further, Burkholderia pseudomallei is a highly resilient environmental pathogen and can live as a free-liv...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/23/v44i211489
Introduction: Feedback is vital for clinical students to improve their learning, growth, and raise self-awareness of their clinical skills. It also provides an important vista for faculty members to appraise their teaching practices for quality assurance process. Therefore, it is...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2023/v44i201487
Background: There has been little progress made in Sub-Saharan Africa in achieving Sustainable Development Goal of reducing maternal deaths. Maternal mortality can be reduced significantly by skilled delivery. Women in low-income countries choose home deliveries despite the risks...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2023/v44i201488
Aims: The study to assess the prevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis/ S. stercoralis infection, and to correlate environmental risk factors with the prevalence of S. stercoralis infection. Study Design: We perform a cross-sectional study in rural community in Muarakaman and Mar...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2023/v44i201486
Adolescent high blood pressure (HBP), now a growing significant health problem with lasting consequences on cardiovascular health, was considered rare at a time. Several end-organ complications could occur if this asymptomatic condition is uncontrolled, and tracks into adulthood....
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2023/v44i201485
Hypertension is one of the non-communicable diseases linked with heart disease and accounts for about 64% of stroke cases globally. BP is becoming the leading global public health problem with over 10M death every year. Despite growing evidence that high blood pressure is on the...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2023/v44i191483
Introduction: Traditional bullying (face to face bullying, that occurs within or around the school premises) among secondary school students is a persistent global public health problem; with varying long lasting mental, physical and academic consequences, not only on the victims...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2023/v44i201484
Sitarah M. Mathias, Akhila Aarya P. V., King David Edward, Dileep Unnikrishnan, Dileep Raman, Michelle Niescierenko, Suraj Sarvode & Carl D. Britto·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2023
A nationwide multicentric pharmacoepidemiologic analysis of antimicrobial use in critical care settings over a 2 year period in India, revealed that 76.0% (22,920) received at least one antimicrobial with 36.6% (11,027) receiving multiple antimicrobials. When classified based on...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2023/v44i191482
Aim: Cryptosporidiosis is the fifth leading cause of diarrhoea-related death globally among under-five children. This study was conducted to identify and characterize oocysts of Cryptosporidium in under-five children with diarrhoea in Ile-Ife. Study Design: It was a case-control...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2023/v44i191481
Background: Malaria and intestinal coccidian parasites are both protozoan and their interaction in co-infected patients is still not clear. Patients infected with both malaria and coccidian parasites experience diarrhoea, gastro-intestinal and health problems that maybe life thre...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2023/v44i191480