Objective: To evaluate efficacy, safety, and tolerability of efinaconazole topical solution, 10% in a cohort of Japanese patients with mild to moderate toenail onychomycosis. Methods: A subgroup analysis of patients, aged 22-70 years, randomized to receive efinaconazole topical s...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/36283
Background: Accidental poisoning is a monumental challenge internationally and a major cause of morbidity and mortality among children in Nigeria. There is a paucity of data on the knowledge and perception of primary caregivers with regards to accidental childhood poisoning in th...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/39099
Aim: To determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites and their associated risk factors among children living in some selected shanty settlements in Port Harcourt Metropolis, Rivers State, Nigeria. Study Design: A cross-sectional descriptive study. Place and Duration: The stud...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/39180
Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) treatment is the most effective strategy for preventing the spread of the disease. Default in TB treatment remains an important contributor to treatment failure, resurgence of multidrug resistance (MDR-TB), prolonged infectiousness, relapse and dea...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/39170
Dengue virus (DV) is omnipresent, globally distributed flavivirus and is primarily transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, found through-out the tropical and subtropical regions of over 100 countries. Unusual manifestations of Dengue fever (DF) with severe organ involvement su...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2017/39181
Leopold Gustave Lehman, Loick Pradel KOJOM FOKO, Calvin Tonga, Hervé Nyabeyeu Nyabeyeu, Else Carole Eboumbou, Larissa Kouodjip Nono, Lafortune Kangam, Arlette Linda Ngapmen, Peguy Brice Assomo Ndemba, Isabelle Matip & Nicolas Policarpe Nolla·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2018
Aims: Determine factors associated with malaria infection, the prevalence of asymptomatic carriage of malaria parasites and fevers of non malarial origin. Study Design: This was a cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out in three districts of...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/38804
Aim: Against the background that most disease eradication drives dwell more on controlling the proximal causes of diseases and the development of innovative measures for diseases treatment, this study investigates the impact of climatic parameters and the population’s socioeconom...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2017/38942
Michael Adjabeng, Evelyn Korkor Ansah, Michael Ntiri, Badu Sarkodie, Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, Emmanuel Dzotsi, Sally-Ann Ohene, Joseph Humphrey Kofi Bonney & William Ampofo·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2018
Aims: Acute respiratory tract infections are among the most common causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide and rank second among the top causes of health facility attendance in Ghana. A well-positioned case detection system can efficiently identify respiratory illnesses and d...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2017/38865
Background: There are about 34 million Ugandans (UBOS 2016) of which 7% adults are living with HIV/AIDS. Although the prevalence of HIV/AIDS among the youth is estimated at 3.7% relatively lower than in adults, about 60% of the Ugandans are youth hence more than 50% of Uganda’s t...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2017/38084
Objectives: To determine the prevalence of malaria and helminth infection in pregnancy and their relationship with anaemia at booking at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study of 192 pregnant women wh...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2017/38278