Aims: The aim of the study was to assess providers’ perception of quality of care and constraints to delivery of quality maternal health services in urban and rural primary health centers of Enugu state, Nigeria. Study Design: This was a qualitative descriptive study. Methodology...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/16380
Aim: This study was done to assess and evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of cholesterol and protein in differentiating ascites into malignant and non-malignant group in comparison with cytology. Study Design: A cross sectional study to determine the correlation between ascitic flu...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/12611
Hepatitis C virus constitutes an epidemic in Egypt having the highest prevalence in the world of 14.7%. The reasons behind this unique epidemic may be dated back to iatrogenic role of parenteral antischistosomal therapy campaigns to control endemic schistosomiasis. Other routes o...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/15727
Aims: To describe hospitalized dengue cases and characterize the hospitalization length and cost of dengue based on clinical and laboratory classification in a primary hospital in Paramaribo, Suriname. Study Design: A retrospective study was conducted to identify patients at high...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/17487
Aims: To assess the community’s views on the socioeconomic effects of primary pyomyositis to patients, family, health facilities and community. Study Design: A cross-sectional study design using qualitative research methods Place and Duration of Study: Gulu Regional and other Hos...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/14726
Aim: Helicobacter pylori stool antigen (HpSAg) is associated with chronic antral gastritis and peptic ulceration among young children. The major transmission mechanism is most probably fecal-oral infection among children. Study Design: To study the prevalence and associated demog...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/15986
Aims: This study was carried out to ascertain the prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection and its relationship to gender and age among apparently healthy students of a tertiary institution in North-eastern Nigeria. Study Design: Sero-prevalence of HBsAg in relation to gender an...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/16469
Background: Malaria still remains a life-threatening disease worldwide causing between 190 and 311 million cases of malaria in 2008. Due to the ever increasing resistance to malaria drugs, source reduction has been recognized as a complementary approach to further reduce malaria...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/11813
Aim: The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of Disabling Hearing impairment and describe socio-demographic and hearing related risk factors as possible predictors of disabling hearing impairment. Study Design: This was a Cross-sectional and descriptive study Place a...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/16822
Studies on highland malaria have been spurred by reports of rising incidence of the infection at altitudes where the malaria vector was not previously found. Preliminary studies were carried out in Obudu Cattle Ranch communities located at an altitude of 1,585 meters above sea le...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/14609
Aim: To characterize clinical isolates of Candida species from a tertiary hospital in South West Nigeria and also to determine their susceptibility to antifungal agents in order to guide in the course of empirical treatment of patients visiting hospitals in Nigeria. Study Design:...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/16116
Background: Present scenario of Bihar and neighboring Indian states reveals dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) being an insecticide of choice for controlling the vector of Indian Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) i.e., Phlebotomus argentipes, that had reported to attain resistance/t...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/16170
Insect vector-symbiotic relationships are widely reported in literature with several microorganisms reported to play a key role in growth, development, survival and evolutionary success of insect disease vectors. Symbiotic bacteria are prevalent in insects like mosquitoes, sand f...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/16149
The immunological alteration in vaccinated dogs with single hookworm, Ancylostoma caninum (A. c) and conjunct infection with Trypanosoma congolense (T. c) and Trypanosoma brucei (T. b) was determined. Sixteen dogs grouped into 4 of 4 members each were used. Group 1 was the uninfe...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/14905
Background: Detailed information on the severity of malaria and other diseases across operational areas is a prerequisite to the judicious utilization of limited effective tools for the control in Africa. Methods: Records of Patients, from the 18 Local Government Areas (LGAs), wh...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/15093