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
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