The activities of urinary alpha-esterases in bilharziasis and their possible role in the diagnosis of bilharzial bladder cancer in Egypt.

abstract：:A prospective series of 156 patients systemically envenomed following the bite of a Papuan taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus canni) were studied. All patients were treated with appropriate antivenom and clinical course and outcome were compared. The proportion of patients requiring intubation was significantly smaller, an...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Trevett AJ,Lalloo DG,Nwokolo NC,Naraqi S,Kevau IH,Theakston RD,Warrell DA

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lesions due to Mycobacterium ulcerans infection may have more synonyms and eponyms than any other disease. New diseases are named for the person who discovered them, from the place from which they were first described or some major clinical feature. 'Buruli ulcer', the name by which the disease is most frequently know...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Radford AJ

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmodium falciparum in Thailand is highly resistant to available antimalarial drugs. Artemether, a derivative of artemisinin, is a promising compound currently used to cope with this situation but the course of treatment has to be at least 5 d. An effective short treatment course of this drug is possible when used i...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Karbwang J,Na-Bangchang K,Thanavibul A,Ditta-in M,Harinasuta T

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to investigate complement activation in uncomplicated, early phases of human malaria. Fifteen healthy volunteers were experimentally infected with Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Parasitemia and complement activation products were assessed. During blood stage parasitemia, volunteers show...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Roestenberg M,McCall M,Mollnes TE,van Deuren M,Sprong T,Klasen I,Hermsen CC,Sauerwein RW,van der Ven A

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological data gathered by the Onchocerciasis Control Programme from 66 villages in West Africa have been analysed. All of these villages were surveyed twice and 10 a third time. The first surveys were conducted around the time when control activities started and provide baseline data against which to assess the...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Kirkwood B,Smith P,Marshall T,Prost A

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antibiotic resistance is a global health crisis and irrational prescribing behaviour has been identified as a contributing factor. The current study aimed to assess the knowledge of, attitudes towards and practices regarding antibiotic prescribing of medical doctors providing free healthcare services in the ...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Kabba JA,Tadesse N,James PB,Kallon H,Kitchen C,Atif N,Jiang M,Hayat K,Zhao M,Yang C,Chang J,Fang Y

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Chronic hepatitis B infection affects 240 million people, with the highest prevalence in Africa and Asia, and results in 700 000 deaths annually. Access to diagnostics, particularly for hepatitis B virus viral load quantification (HBV DNA), is a major barrier to treatment. We aimed to test World Health Organ...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Laing N,Tufton H,Ochola E,P'Kingston OG,Maini MK,Easom N

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-two hydatid cysts have been accurately located in the abdomens of seven patients by ultrasound B-scanning. Lapartomy has confirmed the presence of 19 of these cysts. Grey-scale techniques do not appear to add appreciably to the ease of diagnosis in this condition. Ultrasound can give the clinician a good idea o...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Vicary FR,Cusick G,Shirley IM,Blackwell RJ

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective cohort study of mortality rates and potential predictors of death was conducted in public-sector patients initiating highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) between October 2005 and September 2007 in a rural, under-resourced region of South Africa. The aims were to determine the relative contribut...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： MacPherson P,Moshabela M,Martinson N,Pronyk P

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cryptosporidium spp. are enteric parasites that infect humans and animals. In immunocompromised patients infection can be fatal. This study was conducted to identify sub-populations of Cryptosporidium hominis and C. parvum isolates from HIV-seropositive patients in Equatorial Guinea. METHODS:In a previous s...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Blanco MA,Montoya A,Iborra A,Fuentes I

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stool specimens from 90% of the population of 2 marginal communities in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, were examined by the Kato-Katz technique for the estimation of eggs per gram of faeces (epg). Average epg values for Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura were calculated for each family in the community, based on the...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Forrester JE,Scott ME,Bundy DA,Golden MH

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper provides an overview of the methods in which geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing (RS) technology have been used to visualise and analyse data related to vectorborne diseases (VBD) in West Africa and to discuss the potential for these approaches to be routinely included in future studies ...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Ratmanov P,Mediannikov O,Raoult D

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori epidemiology in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly among children, has been little investigated. A secondary endpoint of our study was to examine for associations between the seroprevalence of H. pylori and the incidence of malaria. We explored H. pylori prevalence by measuring serum IgG antibodies t...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Gupta V,Perez-Perez GI,Dorsey G,Rosenthal PJ,Blaser MJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The optimum treatment for louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) has not been fully established. Eliminating spirochetes is often associated with the potentially lethal Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (JHR). The objective of this meta-analysis was to review the evidence supporting the use of antibiotics usually employed for t...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Guerrier G,Doherty T

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Turkey has a national tuberculosis (TB) control program that follows the standards set by the World Health Organization's (WHO) global TB control program. METHODS:In this record-based retrospective study, contact screening and chemoprophylaxis of 469 TB contacts registered at the Samsun Tuberculosis Dispens...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Dundar C,Oztomurcuk D,Terzi O

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By microinjection of cryopreserved microfilariae (mf) into nulliparous flies, a comparison of the lengths of the infective larvae (L3) of Onchocerca volvulus and O. ochengi from the head of Simulium damnosum s.l. (presumed S. sirbanum) has been made. The suitability of S. sirbanum as a host was similar for both Onchoc...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： McCall PJ,Townson H,Trees AJ

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A limited outbreak of symptomatic intestinal and extraintestinal amoebiasis within a family complex is described. The infection was almost certainly transmitted by a Philippino housemaid, who was an asymptomatic carrier of Entamoeba histolytica infection acquired in her native country. Starch-gel electrophoresis showe...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Gatti S,Cevini C,Bruno A,Novati S,Scaglia M

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review discusses three inter-related topics: (1) the immaturity of the neonatal and infant immune response; (2) heterologous immunity, where prior infection history with unrelated pathogens alters disease outcome resulting in either enhanced protective immunity or increased immunopathology to new infections, and ...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Gil A,Kenney LL,Mishra R,Watkin LB,Aslan N,Selin LK

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The study aimed to determine factors contributing to the acceptability of home-based HIV counselling and testing (HBHCT) among commuters in Johannesburg inner city. METHODS:Simple random sampling was used to select participants in a venue based intercept survey at Noord Street taxi rank in Johannesburg cent...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Muloongo K,Tshuma N,Chimoyi L,Setswe G,Sarfo B,Nyasulu P

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both northern and southern Sudan are deploying artemisinin-based combinations against uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria (artesunate+sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine [AS+SP] in the north, artesunate+amodiaquine [AS+AQ] in the south). In 2003, we tested the efficacy of 3 day AS+SP and AS+AQ regimens in vivo in the is...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Hamour S,Melaku Y,Keus K,Wambugu J,Atkin S,Montgomery J,Ford N,Hook C,Checchi F

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleeping arrangements under long-lasting impregnated nets (LLIN) were recorded in 2467 households during the low malaria transmission season (May-June 2007) and the same families were followed up during the high malaria transmission season (December 2007-January 2008) in two malaria-endemic areas of Sri Lanka. Approxi...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Fernando SD,Abeyasinghe RR,Galappaththy GN,Gunawardena N,Ranasinghe AC,Rajapaksa LC

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective seroepidemiological survey for latent congenital toxoplasmosis was carried out among 4,136 women and 3,787 of their offspring in and around Montreal. The indirect immunofluorescent antibody test was used to titrate specific IgG and IgM antibodies and results were standardized in international units. The ...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Viens P,Auger P,Villeneuve R,Stefanescu-Soare I

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneous leishmaniasis was detected in 4 of 117 feral dogs, none of which presented any evidence of visceral involvement, in the Al-Hassa area of Saudi Arabia where neither Leishmania infantum nor L. tropica are transmitted. The parasites isolated from 3 of the animals were identified by biochemical techniques as L. ...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Elbihari S,Cheema AH,el-Hassan AM

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) have proven highly effective in reducing malaria morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa. Artemether-lumefantrine (AL) was introduced in 2005 as a first-line ACT for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Rwanda. Monitoring the therapeutic efficacy of ACTs is necessa...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Uwimana A,Penkunas MJ,Nisingizwe MP,Warsame M,Umulisa N,Uyizeye D,Musanabaganwa C,Munyaneza T,Ntagwabira E,Hakizimana D,Muvunyi CM,Kayobotsi C,Kabera M,Murindahabi M,Mbituyumuremyi A

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune reactions to the surface of microfilariae (mff) of Wuchereria bancrofti were investigated among persons living in an endemic filariasis area of Tanzania. The sera from a proportion of mff-negative persons contained antibodies to the microfilarial sheath, and a clear correlation was seen between presence of anti...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Simonsen PE

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tropical sprue, a primary malabsorption syndrome affecting residents and visitors to several tropical regions, occurs in southern India in endemic and epidemic forms. The stomach, the small intestine and colon are affected and malabsorption results in nutrient deficiency. Enterocyte damage, the primary lesion in south...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Mathan VI

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measured fever often forms the basis for defining clinical malaria episodes in children from endemic areas. We measured body temperature every 3 h from 08:00 to 20:00 in 69 children aged 1-5 years during the malaria season in a rural area of The Gambia. Body temperature varied on average by more than one degree Celsiu...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Schellenberg JR,Greenwood BM,Gomez P,Menendez C,Alonso PL

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although intestinal helminth and protozoan infections are prevalent throughout the world, their impact is poorly known. Nevertheless, the morbidity and mortality that occur have stimulated research into host resistance and pathogenesis. Unfortunately, despite an increasing knowledge base, the actual effector molecules...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Befus D

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) accounts for the majority of childhood malignancies seen in sub-Saharan Africa. In Malawi, cyclophosphamide (CPM), the mainstay of treatment for endemic BL, is effective in around 50% of cases. Evidence exists in support of an association between activation of replication of Epstein-Barr virus ...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Phillips JA,Griffin BE

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first case of Sarcocystis infection is reported from West Malaysia. A cyst was seen as an incidental finding in a biopsy specimen from the larynx of the patient. The cyst and the cystozoites were of the small size with no evidence of cytophaneres or compartments. ...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Kutty MK,Dissanaike AS

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00