Background: Intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) are significant public health problems in sub- Saharan Africa. Establishment of effective control strategies such as mass drug administration of anthelminthic are implementing while recent local data in urban areas are lacking. A...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/26774
Arpit Kumar Shrivastava, Bala Chandra Sekhar Pappala, Subrat Kumar, Venkata Naga Vara Prasad Seeram, Madhusmita Sahu, Shubhransu Patro & Priyadarshi Soumyaranjan Sahu·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2016
Purpose: Seizures being one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in many developing countries still the etiological profile is less documented in many regions. This retrospective study aimed to understand regionally identified etiologies of seizure in Odisha, an eastern...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/29394
Background: Hepatitis viruses cause problems at almost all the stages of chronic renal failure (CRF). Most of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infected patients live in developing countries with infections rate varying from country to country. Objective: This study aimed to find prevalenc...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/29780
Aim: To determine the prevalence of Gardnerella vaginalis and Trichomonas vaginalis among female students in Bingham University. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out in the Department of Biological Sciences, Bingham University, Karu between the months of March t...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/29115
Aim: The study was carried out to explore the sexual risk practices of women of childbearing age in sub-urban communities of Rivers State, Nigeria in order to redirect programme interventions. Study Design: The study utilized a quantitative household-based cross-sectional design...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/29469
Background: Viral hepatitis B is a common cause of liver disease with considerable morbidity and mortality throughout the world. As the liver is responsible for producing many haemopoietic factors and performs many critical functions that affect metabolism throughout the body, ha...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/28944
Dengue virus infection is an epidemic infectious disease and currently a major public health problem in Thailand. The epidemiology of dengue is characterized by cyclic epidemic activity alternating between years of relatively low and high dengue incidence. The annual change of pr...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/30034
Background: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder which leads to a myriad of psychiatric and stoical consequences. Aim: Analyze the relationship between junk food and soft drinks (JFSDs) consumption of pregnant and lactating mothers and...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/29718
Background: Human Papilloma virus (HPV) (Cervical growth) has overall central dissemination and is observed second most elevated recurrence in females after breast malignancy in a decade ago among developing countries. The severity of disease is related to society attitude, pract...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/29610
Aims: This study was carried out to know the frequency of occurrence of different clinical types of dermatophytosis and Pityriasis versicolor and its distribution among different age groups and sexes and also, in particular groups of patients, who attended dermatology clinic of Z...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/28809
Background: Candida infection has been shown to be a source of morbidity in pregnancy and in immunocompromised individuals due to elaboration of virulence factors. Study Design: The study was designed to identify various Candida species that were isolated from the vaginal and oro...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/29386
The 21st century has been marked with highest distribution of wars and conflicts at local, national, regional, and international levels in world history. This has increased greatly in the last decade with a growing number of internally displaced people (IDP), refugees, and those...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/28019
Background: Intestinal parasitic infections are still endemic in many parts of Cameroon and for effective control measures, epidemiological data are indispensable. This will enable adequate recommendations for the National control program for these infections. Aim: This study aim...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/29273
Christopher Kankpetinge, Margaret Kweku, Frank Baiden, Eric Agboli, Damian Akapoeh, Wisdom Takramah, Elvis Tarkang, Ishmael Norman & Fred Newton Binka·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2016
Background: The World Health Organization emphasized testing and confirming every suspected malaria case with either Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) or microscopy before treatment with anti-malarial drugs. Over 80% of cases in endemic countries of Africa are still treated without d...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/29468
Typhoid fever and typhoid perforation has become a major burden and causes a lot of deaths in the world especially in developing countries. This study considered a total of 418 patients diagnosed of Typhoid fever at the Tamale Teaching Hospital covering the period January 2010 to...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/28551