Nicolas Padilla-Raygoza, Gilberto Flores-Vargas, Cuauhtémoc Sandoval-Salazar, Efraín Navarro-Olivos, María de Jesús Gallardo-Luna, Elia Lara-Lona, Francisco J. Magos Vázquez & Daniel Alberto Díaz-Martinez·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2021
Aims: To compare the signs and symptoms in COVID-19 and another respiratory virus, among children. Study Design: A cross-sectional study was designed based on data from the National Epidemiological Surveillance System of the General Directorate of Epidemiology. Place and Duration...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2021/v42i130433
One of the parasitic infection faced by school age children in developing countries is intestinal parasitic infection. This study was designed to determine risk factors associated with gastrointestinal helminthic infections among school age children. A total of 600 stool samples...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2021/v42i130432
Lassa fever is of public health concern in West Africa due to its endemic nature. Housing conditions have been revealed to be important sites for primary transmission. This study assessed environmental and housing conditions of a low-income community for factors that could contri...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2021/v42i130429
Background: In the literature, there appears to be a lot of data on speech delay in children but most emanated from the western world, but little from sub-Sahara Africa especially Nigeria. This study therefore is to determine the prevalence and the risk factors of speech and lang...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2021/v42i130430
Aims: This paper aims to analyze the effect of public governance on the spread and mortality of the new corona virus. It focuses on the effects of differences observed in government’s responsiveness on the spread and mortality of this pandemic around the world. Sample: Our study...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2021/v42i130428
I. I. Tunde-Oremodu, O. A. Okosun, U. Idholo, A. S. Ujuanbi, K. K. Odinaka, O. O. Adeyemi, O. E. Kunle-Olowu, C. O. Duru, P. P. F. Numbere & N. Oyeyemi·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2021
Background: Congenital malformations (CM) are significant causes of childhood morbidity and mortality impacting negatively on the affected family’s emotional and financial life. It also results in an enormous burden on a nation’s health and socio-economic systems. However, few st...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2021/v42i130424
Varieties of plants, including Cymbopogon citratus, are traditionally used in controlling hyperglycemia by either stimulating insulin secretion, inhibition α- Glucosidase or α-amylase activity. This study evaluated hypoglycemic effects of Cymbopogon citratus ethanol leaves' extra...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2020/v41i2230408
Aims: To review the diagnosis challenges and control strategies of the diseases presenting with respiratory signs. The emphasis being more on two transboundary animal diseases of small ruminants; contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP) and peste des petits ruminants (PPR). Clin...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2020/v41i2230409
Objective: To determine the prevalence rate of intestinal parasites/malaria co-infections and their associated risk factors in Melong and Denzo, Littoral region- Cameroon Materials and Methods: Study period was from November 2019-March 2020. Blood samples were collected after inf...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2020/v41i2230410
Okeke, Obiageli Panthe, Ononye Benjamin Uzonna, Imakwu, Cyril Ali, Chukwuebuka Uzochukwu Uzochukwu, Amana Gabriel Unekwu, Udeh, Nwabundo Peace, Eyo, Joseph Effiong, Okafor, Fabian Chukwuemenam & Aniekwe, Maduabuchi Isaac·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2020
Malaria remains endemic in Sub-Saharan Africa. Haematological and biochemical changes that occur have been suggested as potential predictors of malaria. This study was aimed at evaluating the diagnostic relevance of some haematological and biochemical parameters in predicting mal...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2020/v41i2230411