This study is conducted to determine the population density of mosquitoes in three selected area (Kofar Taramniya, Mabera and Bello Way) in Sokoto metropolis. To identified and count the population of mosquito, different breeding sites were investigated for the preferences of mos...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2020/v41i830305
Background/Aim: Overall patients’ satisfaction with services provided in a hospital is an objective of care, and also a desired outcome. Dissatisfied patients are more likely not to comply with prescriptions, follow-up appointments, or further use the health facility. Services pr...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2020/v41i830304
Aims: To establish the prevalence and concurrent diseases in outbreaks presenting with respiratory signs, major associated clinical signs and postmortem lesions and proportions of those diseases in clinically and autopsied small ruminants for a proper diagnosis and control strate...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2020/v41i730302
Viviane Ferraz Ferreira de Aguiar, Dayara de Nazaré Rosa de Carvalho, Dandara de Fátima Ribeiro Bendelaque, Rafael Everton Assunção Ribeiro da Costa, Jaqueline Dantas Neres Martins, Sara Melissa Lago Sousa, Daiane de Souza Fernandes, Mônica Custódia do Couto Abreu Pamplona, Antônia Margareth Moita Sá & Ivonete Vieira Pereira Peixoto·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2020
Objectives: This study aims to investigate in secondary databases the prevalence of TB / HIV co-infection in the elderly in the metropolitan region of Belém-Pará, Brazil, in the 2001-2018 historical series. Methodology: This is an epidemiological, retrospective study with a quant...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2020/v41i730303
Leishmaniasis has spread beyond the traditional areas of the Rift Valley and North Eastern provinces. There is more evidence of emergence and spread of leishmaniasis in Western Kenya. However, there is currently no comprehensive study on knowledge, attitude and prevention practic...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2020/v41i730306
Dayara de Nazaré Rosa de Carvalho, Viviane Ferraz Ferreira de Aguiar, Dandara de Fátima Ribeiro Bendelaque, Lorena Nayara Alves Neves, Celice Ruanda Oliveira Sobrinho, Jaqueline Dantas Neres Martins, Rafael Everton Assunção Ribeiro da Costa, Susi dos Santos Barreto de Souza, Mônica Custódia do Couto Abreu Pamplona, Marcia Helena Machado Nascimento, Antônia Margareth Moita Sá, Elisa da Silva Feitosa & Ivonete Vieira Pereira Peixoto·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2020
Aims: Explore national and international literature about mortality in elderly caused by COVID-19. Methodology: An integrative literature review was performed using the databases: Virtual Health Library (VHL), PubMed/Medline (National Library of Medicine and National Institutes o...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2020/v41i730301
The WHO fascicule “Information systems for the evaluation of malaria control programmes” identified as outcome target “the proportion of households targeted for use of nets using at least one impregnated bednet” [1]. The parasitological evaluation of the efficacy of vector contro...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2020/v41i730296
The “Type of Article” of this paper is “Letter to the Editor”. This paper discuses about: “Challenges of Indian Health System Supporting Migrant Healthcare during a Pandemic”. No formal abstract is available. Readers are requested to read the full article.
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2020/v41i730293
Background: Schistosomiasis and Malaria are among the most prevalent afflictions of humans who live in areas of poverty in the developing world. The present study was aimed at determining the socio demographic characteristics and prevalence of schistosomiasis and malaria in child...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2020/v41i730295
Aim: To determine spectrum of bacteria infecting burn wound and its antibiotic susceptibility at Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH). Study Design: A one year prospective study of the microbial profile in burn wound infection at BSUTH, Makurdi. Methodology: All patie...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2020/v41i630290
Pneumonia continues to be the leading infectious cause of death among children under the age of five worldwide. Diagnosis of this disease is primarily dependent on physical examination, clinical history, and radiographic studies. Microbiological studies of the lower respiratory t...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2020/v41i730291
Aims: This study aimed at determining the prevalence, infection intensities and risk factors associated with Schistosomiasis (SCH) and Soil transmitted helminthiasis (STH) among school aged children (SAC) in Tiko Health District (THD). Study Design: A community-based cross-sectio...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2020/v41i730292
Aim: To uncover information gap on the health extension program contribution in improving access, the study explored the lived experiences towards creating enabling environments for contraceptive service provision and use in light of the health extension program. Methods: Interpr...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2020/v41i630289
Background: Gastric cancer accounts for many cancer-related deaths, is one of the top leading cause of cancer-associated mortality. Tumor staging and classification depends upon histological, immune histochemical tests along with the radiological imaging. In the preoperative T st...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2020/v41i630285
The major problem threatening the continued success of antimicrobial drugs is the development of resistant organisms. This study was designed to determine the occurrence and prevalence of carbapenem resistance among enterobacteriaceae isolated from in-patients attending Usmanu Da...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2020/v41i630288