Many water sources in Nigeria are contaminated with pathogens. Several towns have witnessed outbreaks of enteric diseases due to poor hygienic standards of available drinking water. This research was undertaken to determine the spatiotemporal trends of waterborne diseases (WBDs)...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2019/v38i330188
Bluetongue is an infectious, arthropod-borne viral disease principally affecting ruminants. The occurrence of bluetongue virus (BTV) antibodies in sheep and cattle from backyard farms, cattle markets and abattoirs in Ogun and Osun states of Nigeria was investigated. Three hundred...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2019/v38i330187
Briseida Mayel Perez-Avelino, Nicolas Padilla-Raygoza, Verónica Benítez-Guerrero, María Luisa Sánchez Padilla, Vicente Beltrán-Campos & María de Lourdes García-Campos·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2019
Objective: To determine the relationship of the perception of lifestyle with the level of physical activity in people with type 2 diabetes and without type 2 diabetes. Study Design: Analytical cross-sectional observational study in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico. Methodology: Sample...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2019/v38i330186
Background: Diabetes mellitus is an emerging metabolic disorder of the 21st century and has continued to attract the attention of health practitioners, as it continues to decrease the efficiency of its victims without any promise of change in the near or far future if more is not...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2019/v38i330185
Background: Typhoid is a vital health hazard globally but its incidence is greater in developing compared to developed countries owing to low sanitation, poor hygiene practices, unsafe food and drinking water. Objective: This study was designed to determine the changes in renal p...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2019/v38i230183
Soil Transmitted Helminthiases (STH) are a group of chronic infections, typically very common or endemic in low income countries and are classified as Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD). Despite the World Health Organization (WHO) laid down control strategies and goal to eradicate...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2019/v38i230184
We present a case of a patient who presented with pituitary macroadenoma complicated with hydochephalus. He presented late to the referral hospital in a comatose state and died a few hours later. He was a 33-year-old, male who gave a history of highly accelerated symptoms lasting...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2019/v38i230182
Female genital tuberculosis is one the known causes of infertility in the tropics. The symptom complex are diverse and it is one of the known causes of pyrexia of unknown origin. Instances of mimicry of ovarian cancer with raised CA125, have been reported. We present a case repor...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2019/v38i230180
Background and Aim: It is certain that without readily available water in sufficient quantity, and free of pathogens, man's progress is tremendously hindered. In Muyuka, Cameroon, though there exist public taps littered “here and there”, the population most often find themselves...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2019/v38i230181
Aim: To determine the relationship between maternal serum 25(OH) D concentrations and development of preeclampsia. Study Design: A cross sectional comparative study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Abuj...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2019/v38i130179
This study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence of HCV and HIV antibodies in TB confirmed patient attending the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Ido Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. A total of 500 tuberculosis confirmed patients were selected by random sampling. Their blood sam...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2019/v38i130177
Aims: This study aims to find out the prevalence of cancer in the different age groups in the rest of Cross River state not covered by the Calabar cancer registry. Study Design: Descriptive retrospective study involving a trend analysis of the cancers incident in the University o...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2019/v38i130178
Aim: To determine the correlation between Ocular axial length (AL) and body mass index (BMI) in a black population. Methods: This was a descriptive cross sectional study carried out in Port Harcourt City LGA, Nigeria. Subjects were selected using multistage random sampling with i...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2019/v38i130175
The study was carried out to determine rate of co-infection between tuberculosis infection and HIV infection in the study population. Record books on tuberculosis (TB) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) tests for 15years from year 2002 to 2017 were obtained; data includes the...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2019/v38i130176
Aim: To assess the prevalence of intestinal parasite infections among patients who visit the Ho Teaching Hospital for stool examination from 2012 to 2016. Study Design: Retrospective study. Place and Duration of Study: Ho Teaching Hospital, August 2017 to January 2018. Methodolog...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2019/v37i430173