John Koku Awoonor-Williams, Paschal Awingura Apanga, Maurice Anyawie, Thomas Abachie, Stephen Boidoitsiah, Joseph Larbi Opare & Martin Nyaaba Adokiya·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2015
Background: Anthrax is a bacterial infection that affects both animals and humans. It is caused by gram positive bacterium, Bacillus anthracis. It is an acute, specific infectious disease of mainly grass eating animals including cattle, sheep, goats and pigs and common in areas w...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/22359
Introduction: Public health surveillance is a key strategy in controlling and preventing meningitis outbreaks especially in northern Ghana which continues to suffer yearly focal outbreaks. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of the meningitis surveillance system...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/22489
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