High cost is the primary barrier reported by physicians who prescribe vaccines not included in India's Universal Immunization Program.

abstract：:Congenital malaria, defined as the presence of malaria parasites in the erythrocytes of newborns aged <7 days, was considered rare in endemic areas until recent studies started reporting high prevalence rates. Various theories have been postulated to explain this phenomenon, but they are not proven conclusively from r...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Sotimehin SA,Runsewe-Abiodun TI,Oladapo OT,Njokanma OF,Olanrewaju DM

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital anomalies exist all over the world. The management and outcome, however, vary considerably between the developed and the developing countries. This study looks at the impediments to the management of surgically correctable anomalies in South-east Nigeria. A prospective study was undertaken on 223 children w...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Ekenze SO,Ikechukwu RN,Oparaocha DC

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess whether the key informant method (KIM) is an effective method to identify children with disabling sensory or physical impairments, or epilepsy (tonic-clonic seizures), in a low-income setting. METHODS:In one subdistrict each, the Key Informants (KIs) were trained to recognize children with visual imp...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Mackey S,Murthy GV,Muhit MA,Islam JJ,Foster A

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this prospective, randomized and controlled study was to compare the clinical efficacy of intravenous magnesium sulfate (MgSO₄) and oral sildenafil therapies with persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn. A total of 34 infants in the MgSO₄ group and 31 infants in the sildenafil group completed the s...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Uslu S,Kumtepe S,Bulbul A,Comert S,Bolat F,Nuhoglu A

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombocytopoenia is a well-described marker of human immunedeficiency virus type 1 (HIV) infection of children. After documenting thrombocytopoenia in a HIV-exposed neonate, who was subsequently shown not to be infected, we evaluated thrombocytopoenia (platelets < 150 x 10(9)/l) as a marker for HIV exposure in newbor...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Roux W,Pieper C,Cotton M

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-thalassaemia major, an autosomal recessive hemoglobinopathy, is one of the most common single gene disorders in multi-racial Malaysia. The control of beta-thalassaemia major requires a multi-disciplinary approach that includes population screening, genetic counselling, prenatal diagnosis and the option of termina...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Thong MK,Tan JA,Tan KL,Yap SF

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluates the impact of a milk-based cornstarch porridge fortified with iron, in 4-year olds, compared with control on hemoglobin levels and anemia prevalence. This trial was a cluster-randomized, double-blind one, and used milk-based cornstarch porridge fortified with 10 mg elemental iron (FeSO(4)), daily,...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Arcanjo FP,Arcanjo CC,Arcanjo FC,Campos Lde A,Amancio OM,Braga JA

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social factors influencing diarrhoea prevalence rates, in Saudi communities, were studied during 1991 taking statistically representative samples from the whole population. The factors included mother's age, child's age, birth order, parent's education, feeding pattern, and urban, rural, and regional residences. This ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： al-Mazrou YY,Khan MU,Aziz KM,Farag MK,al-Jefry M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iodine deficiency disorders IDD are major public health problems in India, including West Bengal. Existing programme to control IDD needs to be continuously monitored through recommended methods and indicators. The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of goitre, status of urinary iodine excretion UIE l...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Biswas AB,Chakraborty I,Das DK,Roy RN,Ray S,Kunti SK

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the birthweight, gestational age, and body proportions of home births in a malarious area of Papua New Guinea. A population based cohort of pregnant women was followed longitudinally through pregnancy. Within the first few days of birth anthropometric measures were taken and a gestational age a...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Garner P,Dubowitz L,Baea M,Lai D,Dubowitz M,Heywood P

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Early diagnosis and treatment is necessary to prevent HIV-infected infants progressing to AIDS. Antibody testing is not confirmatory before the age of 18 months and PCR not widely available in resource-poor settings. We studied the accuracy of CD4(+) T-lymphocyte count, CD4% and CD4/CD8 ratio as surrogate ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Navaneethapandian PG,Karunaianantham R,Subramanyan S,Chinnayan P,Chandrasekaran P,Swaminathan S

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined 397 school children for ankle clonus in five communities in three districts affected by konzo, spastic paraparesis associated with cassava consumption. From a subsample of 131 children, we analysed urine specimens for urinary thiocyanate, linamarin, and inorganic sulphate. The proportion of children with c...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Cliff J,Nicala D,Saute F,Givragy R,Azambuja G,Taela A,Chavane L,Gani A

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Portable hanging scales are a common means of weighing young children. Weighing trousers used to suspend children from a hanging scale are uncomfortable and require insertion of the child's legs through the trousers. The 'weighing seat' holds the child in a more natural, comfortable, and secure position, thus increasi...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Murãmoto ML

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported the case of a boy who fled from Chechnya to Belgium. He was diagnosed with a human immune deficiency virus (HIV)/Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) coinfection. In both countries, the prevalence of HIV-infected children is low and VL is not endemic. Migration of people results in confrontation with diseases that ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Peeters E,Verhulst S,Wojciechowski M,Vlieghe E,Jorens P,Van Marck V,Ramet J,De Dooy J

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen cases of external hydrocephalus (EH) were seen from January 1993 to June 1995. There were 13 (81.3 per cent) male and three female children. Fourteen (87.5 per cent) were under 12 months of age. Three siblings with EH were seen in one family. All but three of the 16 recovered over time without medical or surgi...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Roshan K,Elizabeth C,Chacko A,Rajendra J,Gururaj A,Dilip S

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was carried out to examine the correlation between clinical diagnoses at the time of death and autopsy findings in newborn babies who died in the regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of King Edward VII Memorial Hospital affiliated to Bombay University. A consecutive sample of 240 newborns that died ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Kabra NS,Udani RH

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are no evidence-based guidelines for the treatment of neonatal sepsis although standard text books recommend 14 days of antibiotics for blood culture-proven neonatal sepsis. OBJECTIVE:The present study compared the effectiveness of a 10-day course of antibiotic therapy with the conventional 14-day cou...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Gathwala G,Sindwani A,Singh J,Choudhry O,Chaudhary U

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiological spectrum of 558 children (< 16 years) with partial seizures seen in a university hospital in south India, was analysed using syndromic classification proposed by the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE). Partial seizures accounted for 57 per cent of childhood epilepsies. Idiopathic localization...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Murthy JM,Yangala R

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the effects of high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) administration on various protein parameters, including inflammatory profiles, in children with Kawasaki disease (KD). Sixty-three children with KD were treated with IVIG at 2 g/kg over 12 h. Serial examinations of laboratory indices were performe...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Lee KY,Lee HS,Hong JH,Han JW,Lee JS,Whang KT

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports the results of a cross-sectional study of the growth of Fulani children, aged 1-16 years, living in the Jos Plateau of northern Nigeria. This particular population of Fulani are semi-nomadic pastoralists whose economy and culture are centered on cattle. We measured the heights and weights of 176 gir...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Glew RH,Conn CA,Bhanji R,Calderon P,Barnes C,VanderJagt DJ

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to identify the reasons for hospitalization associated with abortion and pregnancy termination among women attending the Maternity Unit of IMIP, Recife, Brazil. In a case-control study, 230 women who were hospitalized consecutively between August 1994 and June 1995 due to causes related to pr...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： de Souza AI,Cecatti JG,Ferreira LO,Santos LC

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neonatal mortality continues to be a significant problem in the Indian setting, especially in very low birth weight (VLBW) neonates. Selenium (Se) has been shown to possess antioxidant properties, and some recent studies have shown a reduction in the sepsis-attributable neonatal mortality with its use. India...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Aggarwal R,Gathwala G,Yadav S,Kumar P

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to explore the relationship between protein nutritional status and the development of rickets in children living in northern Nigeria. The diagnosis of rickets in 16 children between the ages of 10 months and 7 years was confirmed using established, and recently developed clinical and biochemic...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Walter EA,Scariano JK,Easington CR,Polaco AM,Hollis BW,Dasgupta A,Pam S,Glew RH

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute suppurative parotitis is a rare disease in childhood. Its incidence is higher in premature newborns. Parotid swelling and pus drainage from Stenson's duct is pathognomonic, and Staphylococcus aureus is the causative agent in most cases. Here, a 33-day-old patient with acute suppurative parotitis is presented. ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Avcu G,Belet N,Karli A,Sensoy G

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocyte subsets, activation markers and apoptosis were assessed in 20 HIV-exposed noninfected (ENI) children born to HIV-infected women who were or not exposed to antiretroviral (ARV) drugs during pregnancy and early infancy. ENI children and adolescents were aged 6-18 years and they were compared to 25 age-matched...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Miyamoto M,Pessoa SD,Ono E,Machado DM,Salomão R,Succi RC,Pahwa S,de Moraes-Pinto MI

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low birthweight (LBW) infants are at risk of increased mortality, impaired growth, and increased morbidity. We studied the progress of all LBW infants (less than 2.5 kg) born in a West African village where there is a resident pediatrician and midwife. There were 426 live births during the 8 years studied of which 42 ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Downes B,Downes R,Foord F,Weaver L

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-three children with tuberculous meningitis (TBM) were studied in parallel with 37 children with primary pulmonary complex (PPC), 32 tuberculin skin positive controls, and 38 skin negative controls for immunological evaluation. Proportions of peripheral blood total T and T helper lymphocytes (TH) were significant...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Rajajee S,Narayanan PR

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 4-year period, March 1989 to February 1993, 22 children with proven urinary tract infections (UTI) due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa were studied retrospectively. The infections were more common in males (59 per cent), with the highest number of cases 10 (46 per cent) occurring in the 1-4 year age group. Sixty-ei...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Ozumba UC

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This prospective study was carried out to evaluate the clinical and anthropometric profile of 71 children confirmed to have celiac disease on the basis of clinical features, duodenal biopsy and unequivocal improvement on gluten-free diet. Serological tests were performed in 35 cases. The patients were divided into thr...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Pooni PA,Chhina RS,Jaina BK,Singh D,Gautam A

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eosinophilia is very common among rural poulation in Barabanki and neighbouring districts with no access to hygienic mode of stool disposition. Significant proportions of these children are suffering from anemia, undernutrition, anorexia, pain abdomen, cough and hence long term morbidity. This adds to the DALY of a de...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Thakur N,Rai N

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00