Background: Dental fluorosis with its attendant complication of aesthetic distortion of the teeth has now become another focus of public health intervention worldwide. We studied the prevalence of dental fluorosis among school children at Oloibiri, Ogbia Local Government Area of...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/20773
Charles Jérome Sossa, Flora F. T. Laleye, Victoire D. Agueh, Justine Guedégbé, Colette Azandjeme, Badirou Aguemon, Edgard-Marius Dona Ouendo, Laurent T. Ouédraogo & Michel Makoutode·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2015
Aims: To assess feeding practices in children aged 6 to 23 months living in rural setting in southern Benin. Study Design: Population based cross-sectional and evaluative study. Place and Duration of Study: Southern Benin, from 1st April to 27th June, 2014. Methodology: Two hundr...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/20499
Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) has become a major threat to global peace and security. Since 1976, when Ebola virus was discovered, over 20 outbreaks have been reported. Most of these outbreaks occurred in rural areas of East and Central Africa. But the current 2014 outbreak, which st...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/19066
Hookworm infection (Ancylostomiasis) and its association with hematopoietic micronutrient deficiency, contributes significantly to anaemia in poor countries. In these countries, teenage pregnancy is a major health problem characterized by high prevalence of anemia, exacerbating p...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/16330
Aims: This study was carried out to assess aspects of the epidemiology of hookworm infection and the influence of some epidemiological factors on their prevalence in some farming communities in Afikpo South L.G.A. of Ebonyi State. Study Design: This was a laboratory-based observa...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/19916
Background: Anemia is an underestimated but important condition to reckon with among HIV infected people especially as it affects their morbidity and mortality. Aim and Objective This study was therefore aimed at determining the prevalence, burden and risk factors associated with...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/19657
This study is aimed at investigating the level of environmental pollution and the potential impacts of municipal solid wastes on public health. The health risk assessment was determined through a survey of the present facilities used for solid waste management in the metropolis....
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/20023
Joseph K. L. Opare, John Koku Awoonor-Williams, John Kofi Odoom, Edwin Afari, Abraham Oduro, Baba Awuni, Dorcas Kyeiwa Asante, Olivia Serwaa Opare & Patricia Akweongo·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2015
Introduction: Meningitis is an acute inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and the spinal cord. It can cause severe brain damage and is fatal in 50% of cases if untreated. The Upper East Region (UER) of Ghana recorded 70 case-patients in 2014 with a case fat...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/19398
Introduction: The revised national tuberculosis control program of India has been able to reduce the disease burden significantly. Despite; TB continues to affect 40% of our population. To achieve the desired goal of NSP {national strategic plan} 2012-2017 we need to have a focus...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/19094
Isaac Anim-Baidoo, Charles Narh, Dorotheah Obiri, Christabel Ewerenonu-Laryea, Eric S. Donkor, David N. Adjei, Uri S. Markakpo, Richard H. Asmah, Charles A. Brown, George E. Armah, Ben A. Gyan, Andrew A. Adjei & Patrick F. Ayeh-Kumi·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2015
Background: Diarrhoeal diseases are common among children in developing countries, and are caused by several aetiological agents including Cryptosporidium sp. Several species of this parasite exist which may belong to either anthroponotic or zoonotic forms. With recent applicati...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/18532
Setting: Public and private tuberculosis (TB) treatment facilities in Lagos State, Nigeria Objective: This study compares the treatment outcomes of tuberculosis (TB) patients managed at the public and private treatment facilities in Lagos Nigeria. Methods: A descriptive comparati...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/19933
Aim: Blastocystis spp. is currently classified as a gastrointestinal protozoan parasite and has become quite a controversial organism. This study was aimed to obtain information about the prevalence of Blastocystis infection among an otherwise healthy, asymptomatic Thai populatio...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/19299
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a very common medical disorder and a major health problem in North Africa including Libya. DM is associated with an increase in the risk of stroke and hospitalization. Objectives: To estimate the importance of DM as a stroke risk factor among people livi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/19028
Tassiana Barbosa Dantas, Sávio Benvindo Ferreira, Lilian Sousa Pinheiro, Camilla Pinheiro de Menezes, Felipe Queiroga Sarmento Guerra, Janiere Pereira de Sousa & Edeltrudes de Oliveira Lima·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2015
Aims: The incidence of fungal infections has increased over the last ten years and fungi of the genus Penicillium can be found in various substrates and affect immunocompromised people, hospitalized patients, many animals and plants, as well as compromise the quality of air indoo...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/19210
Background: Tetanus infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in many developing countries. The infection results from contamination of wound by Clostridium tetani in unimmunized individuals. The morbidity is mainly due to sustained skeletal muscle spasms from unoppos...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/16368