Aim: This study was conducted in order to provide information and evaluate the epidemiology of cutaneous leishmaniasis, incidence, geographical distribution and clinical spectrum of the disease for the period 2001- 2010 in Salfit district (Northwestern West Bank). Study Design: A...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2012/1204
Dehydrogenase activity (DHA) in Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus isolated from degenerated wound, Gram-negative Salmonella typhi isolated from stool, and Gram-negative Escherichia coli from a high vaginal swab were assayed. Inhibition of dehydrogenase activity of the test orga...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2012/1050
Background and Aim: Anaemia is a common cause of morbidity and mortality in the tropics. World Health Organization estimated that anaemia affects one-quarter of the world's population and is concentrated within preschool age children and in resource-poor countries like ours. The...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2012/851
Aims: To study anticonvulsant and central nervous system depressant activity of methanol leaf extract of Croton zambesicus (MECZ) in Swiss albino mice and investigate the role of serotonin in these activities. Methodology: Anticonvulsant activity of graded doses (200, 300 and 40...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2012/1043
Background: Although peripheral lymphadenopathy is a common presentation in Red Sea State, Sudan, no previous work was made to assess its causes. So, this study is done to identify the underlying causes of peripheral lymph nodes enlargement in the adult patients. Place and Durati...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2012/1008
The Nigerian rural people demonstrate undesirable health-seeking behavior because of their cosmological and nosological notions which ascribe etiology of diseases and ill-health to entities far beyond the realm of the stethoscope. The present review is therefore solicited to enha...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2012/973
Aim: In order to integrate malaria Intermittent Preventive Treatment in infants (IPTi) into the Ghana national immunization programme, there was the need to evaluate the feasibility of IPTi by assessing the intervention operational issues including its implementation costs, and i...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2012/1017
Aims: To determine the prevalence and associated factors of stillbirths in the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH), Port Harcourt, south-south Nigeria. Study Design: Retrospective study. Place and Duration of Study: Data were obtained from the delivery registers...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2012/707
Aim: This study confirmed the establishment of Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1894) and provided information about its distribution during the period of July to October 2012 in Salfit district (Northwestern West Bank). Study Design: A cross- sectional study. Methods: A cros...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2012/2660
Aim: The study identified the incidence of undiagnosed gestational diabetes and its consequences on maternal/neonatal mortality and highlighted screening importance in an African urban setting in the Niger Delta region in Nigeria. Study Design: Randomised study. Place and Durati...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2012/648