Introduction: Malaria in pregnancy imposes great burden on the country in terms of maternal morbidity, anaemia and low birth weights for children. World Health Organization (WHO) recommends insecticide-treated nets (ITN) usage for pregnant women to reduce the burden of malaria in...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2017/37809
Pius, Simon, Ibrahim, Halima Abubakar, Akuhwa, Randolph Tartenger, Alhaji, Mohammed Arab, Ikunaiye, Nasiru Yakubu, Mava, Yakubu, Denue, Ballah Akawu & Bello, Mustapha·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2017
Introduction: Large scale epidemic meningococcal meningitis outbreaks had occurred in the African meningitis belt every 5-12 years for the past century. Children are at high risk yet little attention had been directed toward them. Methods: This was a prospective cross-sectional s...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2017/38025
Aims: This study was done to evaluate the epidemiological aspects of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in the patients who were presented to dermatology clinic of main referral hospital in Zliten, and to discover its distribution in relation to age, sex, season, and residency. Study D...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2017/37808
Malaria is one of the leading causes of death around the world. Plasmodium vivax is supposed to contribute over 80% of total malaria cases in Pakistan. However, data on transmission pattern is inconsistent and scanty in Pakistan. Aim: The present study was aimed to determine the...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2017/38190
Aim: To evaluate the pattern of seminal fluid parameters (sperm concentration, motility and morphology) observed on seminal fluid analysis. Study Design: A Retrospective study. Place and Duration of Study: The Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology of University of P...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2017/36788
Aim: This study determined the prevalence of malaria among patients having malaria symptoms that reported for malaria test at the Health Centre of the Federal University of Technology, Akure. Place and Duration of Study: The research was carried out in the Health Centre of the Fe...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2017/35340
Joël Bizimanasharale Bikoroti, John Byimana, Augustin Ndatinya, Justin Bayisenga, John Muganda Rwibasira, Alphonse Gasangwa, Emmanuel Ntirenganya & Sadock Rumenge·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2017
Background: Malaria has been recognized as a disease affecting peacekeeping forces serving in malaria endemic countries. We wanted to determine the short term outcome of malaria at Rwanda Level 2 hospital. Methods: Malaria cases were prospectively reviewed and followed at Rwanda...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2017/36787
The “Type of Article” of this paper is “Letter to the Editor”. This paper discuses about: “Actinomyces-like Organisms on Intrauterine Devices from Asymptomatic Users”. No formal abstract is available. Readers are requested to read the full article.
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2017/37416
This study evaluated the prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis infections among females internally displaced persons (IDP) in Maiduguri, Nigeria. A cross-sectional survey of 200 women aged 11 to 45 years, from the four internally displaced persons camps conducted between July to No...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2017/36084
Background: Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common viral disease that usually inflicts children. It usually resolves without major complications in about 1-3 weeks, however; there are various reports of onychomadesis occurring as a late complication of hand-foot-and-mout...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2017/35569
Aim: A cross-sectional sero-prevalence study was conducted from July 2008 to December 2014 in Meghalaya (India) to determine prevalence of bovine brucellosis and also for assessing the risk factors associated with the disease in cattle. Materials and Methods: In the present study...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2017/37080
Despite the improvement with blood screening, transfusion transmissible infectious (TTIs) agents such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and syphilis are still among some of the challenges in the blood safety for the recipient...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2017/34605
Background: Hepatitis B control, especially among pregnant women and prospective blood donors, in the developing world is still a disease that must be given attention considering its mortality and morbidity rates. Methods: This study was conducted among 153 subjects including pre...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2017/37581
Parasitic infections may be common in endemic areas. Giardia spp. infections are widespread and not endemic to one region. The combined presence of parasitic infections and high serum immunoglobulin level E (IgE) levels, can be found in isolation or as a clinical manifestation of...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2017/37426
Staphylococcus aureus has a notable ability to acquire resistance to methicillin and other antibiotics, and represents a growing public health challenge globally. This study was aimed at evaluating the cefoxitin resistance profile of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from the Univer...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2017/34544