Aim: There has not been any critical assessment of the efficacy and choice of biocides/disinfectants used in various tertiary hospitals of Nigeria despite several reports of high-level bacterial resistance to the antibiotics. The aim of the study was to determine the activity of...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/41707
Introduction: The World Health Organization defines intimate partner violence or domestic violence as any behaviour within an intimate relationship that causes physical, psychological or sexual harm to those in the relationship. The Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) 20...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/42085
The recent Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa exposed many fundamental weaknesses in the healthcare delivery system in affected countries, principally the poor disease surveillance, preparedness and outbreak response mechanisms. The cross-border importation of dise...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/41774
Background: In Nigeria, malaria remains an important public health problem accounting for 25% of infant mortality, 30% of under-five mortality and 11% of maternal mortality. Between 2000 and 2010, at least 50% of the population had an episode of malaria per year while under-five...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/40520
Background: Pityriasis versicolor is a superficial infection of the skin caused by the yeast of Malassezia sp. genus. Although the disease has been described at the beginning of the 19th century, classification of its etiological agent was a matter of debate. There is only scanty...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/41886
Background: The significant indicator to access to effective treatment is the constant availability of essential drugs in health facilities and the accessibility to essential drugs is part of the fulfilment of the right to the highest attainable standard of health, that is, the r...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/39854
Aims: Among the most clinically significant multidrug-resistant bacteria are the carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) which are detected all over the globe, with a marked endemicity according to enzyme type. These bacteria usually remain susceptible to polymyxins like...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/41856
Aims: The main aim of this study was to monitor the efficacy of artesunate-amodiaquine (AS-AQ) against Plasmodium falciparum malaria in a 42 day follow-up in the Ikata-Likoko area of Southwest Cameroon. Specifically the late clinical failure (LCF), late parasitological failure (L...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/41651
Aim: This study aimed at ascertaining the survival ability of S. typhi in both fermented and unfermented pito. Study Design: The study followed an experimental design pattern. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out at the Microbiology Laboratory of Radford Univer...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/41604
Leptospirosis is an acute febrile illness of zoonotic origin that is endemic in many tropical and subtropical regions. Infection results from direct or indirect exposure to infected reservoir host animals that carry the pathogenic leptospires in the renal tubules and are shed in...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/41314