Introduction: Opportunistic infections (OIs) remain the single main cause of ill-health and death among HIV/AIDS patients in resource poor countries. We assessed the prevalence of 17 OIs and associated factors among HIV positive patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy (H...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/18953
Background: Malaria is the infectious disease causing the highest morbidity and mortality in Angola. Existing tools for the diagnosis of malaria include microscopy, rapid diagnosis tests (RDTs) and molecular tools. Nested-PCR is commonly used as a reference technique in the diagn...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/18744
Introduction: The prevalence of rifampicin, isoniazid and pyrazinamide induced elevations in serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels were compared in a cohort of Nigerians with and without HIV seropositivity. Methods: Records of all the patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (2...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/19448
Aims: This study was aimed at generating updated baseline data on co-infection of malaria and typhoid fever and finding out the implications of these co-infections in disease severity. Study Design: The study was cross-sectional. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/18935
Now a day, antibiotic resistance is a global health threat which is considered as the major cause of treatment failures in bacterial infection. H. pylori (Helicobacter pylori) is a spiral-shaped gram negative bacterium that colonizes in gastric mucosa and is responsible for serio...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/18719
Lassa is a highly contagious and devastating re-emerging vector-borne disease transmitted primarily by Mastomys natalensis. Lassa fever virus (LFV) and its vector are largely conserved to West African communities hence they experience frequent sporadic outbreaks. Lassa are usuall...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/19391
Aims: The hospital environment can act as a reservoir for microorganisms, which in turn can contaminate a range of hospital equipment and survive for long periods of time. One of these environments the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), for the initial post partum period servin...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/18522
Background: Viral intestinal infections are the most common cause of acute infectious diarrhea among children worldwide. Aims: This study was carried out to investigate the prevalence of enteric viruses in young children 0-24 months in an urban secondary health center in Benin Ci...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/18726
Aims: The forecast is a topical subject, which aid in decision making and its performance. The aim of this study is to predict the disease between 1995 and 2010. Place and Duration of Study: The choice of the disease is of after its appearance in our survey in the region of Gharb...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/18115
Background: The National Tuberculosis and Leprosy control programme commenced the implementation of the revised national tuberculosis/human immunodeficiency virus (TB/HIV) guideline in line with the recommendations from the World Health Organization in January 2013. This study ev...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/18982
Philip Dwek, Ling Yuan Kong, Meghan Wafer, William Cherniak, Romina Pace, Isabelle Malhamé, Dean Simonsky, Geoffrey Anguyo, Eben Stern & Michael Silverman·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2015
Aims: This report presents one confirmed and two suspected cases of podoconiosis in the Kabale region of southwestern Uganda. Podoconiosis has not previously been described in Uganda outside of the eastern region bordering Kenya. The aim of this case report is to increase awarene...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/17672
In this study, the negative attitude of some Nigerians which inhibits a total successful HIV/AIDS campaigns in the country is critically examined. This was motivated by the reported persistent high national prevalence rate of between 5% to 3.6% of this dreaded health problem over...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/17217
Background: The present study was conducted with objectives to elucidate the existence of sylvatic cycle of plague and to document the changing pattern of relationship between rodents and fleas. Methods: Collection of samples was done from 15 sites (25 locations) from plague affe...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/18486
Background: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected pregnant women represent a unique population and co-infection with hepatitis B Virus (HBV) is considered a major health problem worldwide. Aims: This study was undertaken to determine the prevalence and determinants of hepat...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/18458
Aims: To determine the prevalence of Pulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB) and its risk factors among prison inmates at the Ho central prison. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Ho Central Prison in the Ho Municipality of the Volta Region, between May and Ju...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/17246