Background: Urinary schistosomiasis is endemic in many areas in Cameroon and for effective control measures, an efficient, quick and cheap diagnosis should be integrated. This will ensure the proper management of infection due to Schistosoma haematobium in low resource communitie...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/18687
Aim: Vertical transmission of Hepatitis C virus, often enhanced in the presence of HIV co-infection, results in unidentified perinatally infected children who present in adulthood with long-term complications of chronic liver disease. This study was set out to determine the preva...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/23584
Aims: Determine the impact of malaria and gastrointestinal helminthiasis co-infection on anaemia and severe malaria among children aged 1 – 15 years. Study Design: A cross sectional study was carried out. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out in fifteen health ce...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/23241
Background: Tuberculosis is an infectious disease with an estimated 2 million deaths every year. In 2013 the estimated global burden of disease was 9 million cases. Many patients get infected as a result of ignorance of the risk factors that contribute to disease transmission. A...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/23621
Background: Cockroaches are insects recognized to be mechanical vectors of disease-causing agents but in the Philippines there is little information on what particular parasites inhabit these organisms. Objectives: This study assessed the parasitic infestation in cockroaches obta...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/23820
Objectives: Experimental infections of Trypanosoma brucei and Trypanosoma congolense in albino rats was done to compare their haematologic effects and then treated with Pantizen®, a brand of diminazene aceturate to ascertain its therapeutic effect on the heamatological value of t...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/22862
Objectives: Review of the various clinical presentations of cysticercosis in head and neck and its diagnosis. Materials and Methods: Data Sources: PubMed was searched with MeSH terms Cysticercosis, Oral cavity, Tongue, Buccal, Lip Cheek, Neck, Muscle neck, Muscle head, Parotid,...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/23606
Aims: To evaluate the bacterial diversity and degree of contamination obtainable on the ATM buttons as money is being collected and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of the isolates. Study Design: Cross-sectional study including all ATM user interface in the banks within Umuahia...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/22812
Background: Disease morbidity, mortality and speed of spread vary substantially spatially. These have important implications for effective planning and targeting intervention strategies. The purpose of this study was to model the spatial dependence of fever prevalence and suspect...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/13191
Background: We have previously described two patients with a paraviral exanthem known as unilateral mediothoracic exanthem, which we believe to be intimately related to asymmetric periflexural exanthem and/or unilateral laterothoracic exanthem. Presentation of Case: A 20-year-o...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/22992
Aim: This study was carried out to isolate and identify the microbial pathogens of medical importance on the external body surfaces of Periplaneta americana collected from toilet areas, residential/hostel areas and health facilities in Umuahia metropolis, Abia State, south-easter...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/22891
Objective: We performed a one year follow up case series study to evaluate any residual systemic diseases in the patients who presented to our intensive care unit with H1N1pdm09 infection during the 2010/2011 flu epidemic. Twelve patients were admitted with H1N1pdm09 infection ov...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/20420
Background: Diarrhoeal diseases remain the second global leading cause of infant mortality accounting more than the combined effects of AIDS, Measles, and Malaria. It remains the leading cause of under-5 mortality, in poor underdeveloped regions. The protective effects of good br...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/22830
im: This study was conducted to compare different cytological findings with cervical HPV infection among women presenting for cervical cancer screening in Gombe north-eastern Nigeria. Study Design: It is a hospital based cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Departm...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/23084
Background: Approximately 800 women die from pregnancy-related conditions daily with 99% of these maternal deaths occurring in low resource countries. Primary postpartum haemorrhage accounts for 25.7% of maternal deaths in Africa. In Cameroon, primary postpartum hemorrhage remain...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/23078