Background: Epidemiological data of Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) prevalence among students is relatively few. This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of S. Aureus and MRSA nasal colonization among healthy students. Method: One hundred and twenty nasal sam...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/46076
Aim: The study investigated whether a 100 cm high livestock protective fence (LPF), effectively protects humans against anthropophilic mosquitoes and hence malaria. Study Design: Four experimental segregated, half-roofed shelters with concrete floors, each measuring 6m x 7m, sepa...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/46829
Melioidosis is sporadically reported from various parts of Sri Lanka. It is a major recent endemic in Northern Sri Lanka. The causative organism Burkholderia pseudomallei, a Gram-negative, oxidase positive bacillus. The first case of melioidosis was reported in a European tea bro...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/46361
Gloria Ivy Mensah, Ezekiel Kofi Vicar, Patrick K. Feglo, Samuel E. K. Acquah, Courage S. K. Saba, Samuel Ofori Addo, Juventus B. Ziem & Kennedy Kwasi Addo·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2019
Objective: To evaluate the bacteriological quality of raw cow milk and milk products produced and retailed in the Northern Region of Ghana based on total bacteria and coliform count, prevalence of bacteria pathogens and antibiotic residues. Methodology: A cross sectional study wa...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/46626
Background: Breastfeeding is the appropriate method recommended by World Health Organization (WHO) for feeding infants. The recommendations includes initiation of breastfeeding within the hour of life, exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months then the introduction of comp...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/44461
Aim: The aim of the current study was to investigate in vitro anti-protozoal activity of camel, cow, and goat raw milks against Blastocystis sp. strains isolated from symptomatic patients. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out in two major health care centres of...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/45844
Background: Patient satisfaction is a useful measure to provide a direct indicator of quality in health care. Assessing patient perspectives gives them a voice, which can make public health services more responsive to people's needs and expectation. Objective: To evaluate and com...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/46156
Painful crisis is the commonest and most distressing clinical manifestation of sickle cell anaemia (SCA), thus prompt and adequate analgesia should be provided to ameliorate the suffering of the patient. Pentazocine is a potent opioid analgesic with mixed receptor activities comm...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/46603
There have been many case reports in the literature of mixed infection with two or more pathogenic organism including Dengue virus, Malaria parasite, Hepatitis virus, Scrub typhus, and Influenza virus but so far there have been no case reports of Dengue virus, Malaria parasite an...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/46127
Background: Both obesity and vitamin D inadequacy are closely related; yet the relationship between body fat (BF) distribution pattern and vitamin D concentration needs further scrutiny. Study Aim: Analyze the relationship between visceral fat area (VFA) and impaired vitamin D le...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/46267