Introduction: Microorganisms are ubiquitous in nature and transient airborne microorganisms have been shown to constitute major health hazards. Aim: This study was carried out to assess the microbial air quality in ten (10) domestic toilets located in mile-3, Alakahia, Choba, Ada...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2024/v45i41526
Christie N. Mato, Rex Friday Ogoronte A. Ijah, Nkemsinachi M. Onodingene, Michael I. Ogamba, Friday E. Aaron, Beniboba J. Eleki, Boma Athanasius, Mienye Bob-Manuel & Emmanuel N. Aguwa·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2024
Background: Services rendered in exchange for reward or payment may be referred to as a job. Different rewards exist for different services; however, some services are associated with varying levels of discomfort, deprivations or denials which the individual may perceive as stres...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2024/v45i31522
Aim: This documentary review aimed to make a synthesis of bioactive plants or natural compounds on schistosomes. We carried out a review from 2000 to 2022, oriented towards the plants in order to search natural compounds bioactive on schistosomes which can be a great contribution...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2024/v45i31523
Background: Cesarean section has increased from year to year. The 2018 Indonesia Basic Health Research found that the percentage of cesarean deliveries was 17.6% of 78.736 deliveries. It has almost twice from the 2013 Indonesia Basic Health Research of 9.8%. Various reasons were...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2024/v45i31521
Background: Puerperal sepsis is the 3rd leading cause of direct maternal death in developing countries. The case fatality rate of puerperal sepsis was reported to be as high as 8%, and it complicates 1-8% of all deliveries. It is an infection of the genital tract occurring anytim...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2024/v45i31520
Jean Thierry Ebogo-Belobo, Rodrigue Roman Dongang-Nana, Lucie Josiane Ojong, Edward Ndzi, Nathalie Amvongo-Adjia, Lesley Ngum Ngum, Ginette Irma Kame-Ngasse, Ngwene Hycentha Diengou, Efietngab Atembeh-Noura, Ousmanou Djabidatou, Salioh Mbuh & Valerie Makoge·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2024
Aim: The aim of our study was to investigate the prevalence of malaria and helminth infection among asymptomatic primary school children in rural and urban Yaoundé-Cameroon, to assess pupils’ knowledge about malaria and STH infection, and to evaluate the association between this...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2024/v45i31519
Cigarettes are still a source of health problems in Indonesia. Several non-communicable diseases, which are increasing in number, are mostly caused by smoking behavior. Diseases caused by smoking include prolonged cough, lung disease, pregnancy disorders, atherosclerosis infertil...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2024/v45i21518
Aims: The goal of this study was to determine the diagnostic importance and cut-off value of serum PCT as a vital biomarker in differentiating bacterial and non-bacterial causes of exacerbation of COPD. Study Design: It was a comparative cross-sectional study. Place and Duration...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2024/v45i21517
Background: Co-morbidity of infections and non-infectious diseases is increasing in developing societies with little effort in identifying these trends. The study aimed to estimate the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, malaria infections, and high ser...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2024/v45i21515
This paper seeks to explore the significance and impact of malaria on Kenya’s economic growth. This will help to understand the impact that malaria has or have had on household economic status especially for the vulnerable population in Kenya and how it has been unfolding slowly...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2024/v45i21516