Background and Aim: Meningitis is an emergency condition, particularly bacterial meningitis for young and elderly patients. Differentiation between septic and aseptic meningitis may be difficult, the search for biochemical markers and laboratory tests to help in this task is cruc...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/18410
Background: Tuberculosis is one of the potentially serious human diseases and is still one of the major causes of mortality. It ranks as the second most leading cause of death from a single infectious agent, after the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Objective: The aim of the...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/18133
Background: Less is known about sexual activity, unwanted pregnancy rate, and emergency contraception decision-making among female students in Rwandan Higher Education. By gathering such information, we are better able to develop preventive efforts that can reduce the likelihood...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/18475
Séverin Donald Kamdem, Palmer Masumbe Netongo, Michel Kengne, Jacqueline Dongtsa, Takam Patricee, Donfack Sontsa Olivier Trésor & Barbara Atogho-Tiedeu·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2015
Aim: We aimed at studying the influence of some potential interference factors on the immunochromatographic Rapid Diagnostic Tests commonly used in Cameroon for the diagnosis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus / Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) and Hepatitis B (HBV) wh...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/16624
Background: Despite the evidence that lifestyle modifications (LSMs) play important role in glycaemic control, adherence to healthy lifestyles has been variable in Nigeria and this has great impact on the success or failure of pharmacological care. Aim: The study was designed to...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/16069
Gregory Edie Halle Ekane, Fulbert George Nkwele Mangala, Thomas Egbe Obinchemti, Charlotte Tchuente Nguefack, Theophile Nana Njamen, Jacques Tsingaing Kamgaing & Eugene Belley Priso·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2015
One of the objectives of the fifth Millennium Development Goal [MGD] is to decrease annually by 5.5% the maternal mortality so as to attain a three- quarter’s reduction of the world’s burden by the year 2015. The health care referral system has been shown to play an important rol...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/18111
Aim: To determine the sensitivity of Staphylococcus aureus to commonly used antibiotics in patients with skin, soft tissue and upper respiratory tract infections. Study Design: Cross sectional. Place and Duration of Study: Samples were obtained from Ruiru District Hospital, Kenya...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/16516
Malaria prevalence, the use of intermittent preventive therapy (IPT) and long lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) was studied among pregnant women in Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria. Peripheral blood were obtained from 204 pregnant women and examined microscopically for malaria par...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/16630
Judith Lum Ndamukong-Nyanga, Helen Kuokuo Kimbi, Irene Ule Ngole Sumbele, Yannick Nana, Sunjo Cyrilla Bertek, Kenneth J. N. Ndamukong & Leopold Gustave Lehman·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2015
Aims: Malaria and soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are parasitic diseases afflicting populations that are impoverished and malnourished. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of altitude and urbanisation on Co-infection of malaria and soil-transmitted helmin...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/17926
Malaria is a deadly disease that needs proper and prompt diagnosis in order to treat its symptoms as early as possible. Rapid diagnosis test is a pre-requisite for the effective treatment of malaria in other to reduce the mortality and morbidity of the disease especially at the P...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/17725