The immunological response to polyvalent meningococcal vaccine in Bauchi State, Nigeria.

abstract：:This review suggests that we are on the threshold of a new epoch in the control of ticks and the diseases transmitted by them. Ecological studies of parasitic and non-parasitic stages of the tick life cycle have shown how strategic dipping can lead to effective control of Boophilus ticks. However, this approach can le...

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

authors： Smith RD,Kakoma I

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmanial antigen in circulating immune complexes (CIC) from sera of cotton-rats experimentally infected with Leishmania donovani and visceral leishmaniasis patients (VLP) was detected using a polyethylene glycol (PEG) enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (PEG-ELISA). The immune complexes were precipitated in the cold ...

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

authors： Azazy AA,Devaney E,Chance ML

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polymerase chain reaction was applied to capillary blood spots dried on filter paper from 20 parasitologically proved cases of visceral leishmaniasis (VL), 21 subclinical cases, and 11 healthy controls in a longitudinal study of anthroponotic VL in Baringo District, Kenya. Leishmania deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) wa...

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

authors： Schaefer KU,Schoone GJ,Gachihi GS,Muller AS,Kager PA,Meredith SE

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The venom of the South American rattlesnake Crotalus durissus terrificus was first reported to have mainly haemolytic and neurotoxic physiopathological activities. Later studies demonstrated the systemic myotoxic action of the venom, characterized by the release of myoglobin from damaged skeletal muscle into serum and...

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

authors： Cupo P,Azevedo-Marques MM,Hering SE

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:In Nigeria, little is known about the development of new or additional physical disability during leprosy treatment. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and evaluate factors associated with worsening of physical disability during leprosy treatment in Nigeria. Methods:This was a retro...

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

authors： Chukwu JN,Ekeke N,Nwafor CC,Meka AO,Alphonsus C,Mbah OK,Eze CC,Ukwaja KN

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bacteria are sources of numerous molecules used in treatment of infectious diseases. We investigated effects of molecules produced by 26 Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains against infection of mammalian cell cultures with Trypanosoma cruzi, the aetiological agent of Chagas disease. METHODS:Vero cells were infec...

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

authors： Sass G,Miller Conrad LC,Nguyen TH,Stevens DA

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mapping an area at risk of epidemics of meningococcal meningitis in Africa has significant implications for their prevention and case treatment, through the targeted development of improved surveillance systems and control policies. Such an area was described using information obtained from published and unpublished r...

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

authors： Molesworth AM,Thomson MC,Connor SJ,Cresswell MP,Morse AP,Shears P,Hart CA,Cuevas LE

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dengue fever (DF) is an urban vector-borne disease transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. Both species deposit their eggs in favorable breeding sites either in natural or artificial containers. An understanding of their habitat characteristics is crucial in curbing DF outbreaks METHODS:A search ...

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

authors： Dom NC,Faiz Madzlan M,Nadira Yusoff SN,Hassan Ahmad A,Ismail R,Nazrina Camalxaman S

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of enteric pathogens in 143 children with diarrhoea, 116 age-matched controls and 524 asymptomatic people of all ages in a commercial farming area was carried out over a period of one year. Giardia lamblia was detected in 34% of the cases, 29% of the controls and 23% of asymptomatic people of all ages. Variou...

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

authors： Simango C,Dindiwe J

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assessment of antimicrobial resistance among commensal bacteria is an indicator of the spread of antimicrobial resistance. Rapid screening methods for detection of antimicrobial-resistant faecal Escherichia coli directly on MacConkey plates have been successfully adopted but suffer from lack of standardisation. Th...

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

authors： Bartoloni A,Benedetti M,Pallecchi L,Larsson M,Mantella A,Strohmeyer M,Bartalesi F,Fernandez C,Guzman E,Vallejos Y,Villagran AL,Guerra H,Gotuzzo E,Paradisi F,Falkenberg T,Rossolini GM,Kronvall G

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare the clinical outcome of treatment of cholera in children with ampicillin, erythromycin or tetracycline, a double-'blind' randomized four-cell trial was carried out in Bangladesh. Ampicillin was chosen as additional therapy for acute respiratory tract infection, present in many subjects with diarrhoea. One h...

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

authors： Roy SK,Islam A,Ali R,Islam KE,Khan RA,Ara SH,Saifuddin NM,Fuchs GJ

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rotavirus was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in faecal specimens collected from two (1.35%) of 148 marsupials trapped in the Amazon jungle environment. The positive samples were both from the "common opossum", Didelphis marsupialis. No infections were found in the stools of 198 animals belonging to othe...

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

authors： Linhares AC,Pereira JD,Nakauth CM,Gabbay YB

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Roots of Pseudocedrela kotschyi are commonly used as chewing sticks in West Africa. This study examined the effects of the plant extract on the in-vitro growth of Plasmodium falciparum. Ring-stage synchronised cultures of the malaria parasite were exposed to 30 and 60 microg/ml of P. kotschyi extract for 51 h. Aliquot...

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

authors： Kassim OO,Loyevsky M,Amonoo H,Lashley L,Ako-Nai KA,Gordeuk VR

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Foreign-born populations carry a significant TB burden in low-prevalence countries, composing over half of all cases in parts of Europe and North America. This study systematically reviewed evidence of risk factors for nonadherence to TB drug therapy in this group. METHODS:On 28 October 2013 MEDLINE, CINAHL...

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

authors： Lin S,Melendez-Torres GJ

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcal infection remains almost the sole cause of the clinical syndrome of acute glomerulonephritis in African children. Evidence for this is in elevated levels of antistreptolysin "O" (ASO) titre in 93% of 28 patients and growth of Group Abeta haemolytic streptococci from the skin and throat in 32%. Spread of ...

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

authors： Hallett AF,Adhikari M,Cooper R,Coovadia HM

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty surgically confirmed cases of hydatid disease in Eastern Libya were investigated. Of these, 30 had cysts of the liver, five had extra-hepatic abdominal cysts and 15 had cysts in the chest, including the lungs. Ten cases of malignancy of the liver and five cases of malignancy of the lung were used as controls. Di...

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

authors： Taguri S,Dar FK

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Promotion of breastfeeding is a key component of infant health policies globally. However, maternal HIV infection is a possible contraindication for breastfeeding since it can result in mother-to-child transmission. Research into infant-feeding strategies which will promote the health of all infants but also protect a...

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

authors： Filteau S

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lack of a convenient diagnostic method for onchocerciasis has motivated attempts to develop better detection techniques. Preliminary results indicate that a dot blot assay of the total immunoglobulin G (IgG) response to an easily available and simply prepared Tris buffer soluble fraction (TSF) of whole female worm...

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

authors： Lavebratt C,Dalhammar G,Adamafio NA,Nykänen-Dejerud U,Mingarini K,Ingemarsson K,Opoku N,Akuffo HO

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune response in a 49-year-old Italian nun affected by Tetrapetalomena (Dipetalonema) perstans following an eight-year stay in Cameroon is reported. On admission the patient presented with polyarthralgia, conjunctival pruritus and irritation, oedema of the limbs, generalized itching, hypereosinophilia and low to...

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

authors： Almaviva M,Galli M,Rizzi M,Simonelli E,Negri C,Vigevani GM

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our laboratory is characterizing Leishmania stabilates and isolates from active leishmaniasis cases. Smears and cultures from aspirates made on different dates from a single lesion on the bridge of the nose of an 18 years old Kenyan male from Nyandarua District contained Leishmania. The isolates, NLB-271 and NLB-271-I...

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

authors： Mebrahtu YB,Van Eys G,Guizani I,Lawyer PG,Pamba H,Koech D,Roberts C,Perkins PV,Were JB,Hendricks LD

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three strains of Trypanosoma cruzi, used previously as prototypes for a classification based on the host-parasite relationships, as well as several stocks isolated from different geographical areas in Brazil, were submitted to isoenzymic analysis. Their isoenzyme patterns revealed a clear correlation with the biologic...

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

authors： Andrade V,Brodskyn C,Andrade SG

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Out of 938 parasitologically confirmed patients with visceral leishmaniasis treated with amphotericin B (1 mg/kg bodyweight daily infused in 2 h for 20 days), 935 were cured clinically, 933 parasitologically and 931 ultimately (no relapse within 6 months). Two parasitologically 'not cured' and 4 relapsed patients were...

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

authors： Thakur CP,Singh RK,Hassan SM,Kumar R,Narain S,Kumar A

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are few reports of parasitic disease prevalence in the Dominican Republic. The most recent study was that by Mackie et al. (1951). Examination of purged specimens from individuals employed by two sugar plantations demonstrated generally high prevalences of a number of helminths and protozoans. We report here the...

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

authors： Collins RF,Edwards LD

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:963 sera from contacts, persons from various localities, and blood donors were examined with a commercially produced kit for micro-immunofluorescence for the presence of antibodies to Rickettsia conorii. 10.6% of sera were serologically positive. The higher rates of positivity were observed in sera of contacts (19%) a...

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

authors： Mansueto S,Vitale G,Miceli MD,Tringali G,Quartararo P,Picone DM,Occhino C

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two cases of people from different states in India who developed polyneuropathy following intake of mefloquine for treatment of malaria. To the best of our knowledge this has not been reported before. ...

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

authors： Jha S,Kumar R,Kumar R

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1986 and 1993 visceral leishmaniasis (VL) was diagnosed in 50 adult patients with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection (8 females, 42 males: 31 intravenous drug users, 11 homosexual or bisexual men, 6 heterosexual individuals, 2 blood recipients) from 5 hospital centres in southern France. Dia...

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

authors： Rosenthal E,Marty P,Poizot-Martin I,Reynes J,Pratlong F,Lafeuillade A,Jaubert D,Boulat O,Dereure J,Gambarelli F

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a large scale control programme for falciparum malaria in Xinyang prefecture, China, from the early 1980s to 1992. Falciparum malaria, transmitted mainly by Anopheles anthropophagus, was epidemic in Gusi, Huangchuan, Shangcheng and Huaibin counties in the prefecture in the early 1980s, 2922 cases ...

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

authors： Dapeng L,Leyuan S,Xili L,Xiance Y

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In developing countries, micronutrient deficiencies are common and associated with poor pregnancy outcomes, which may in turn have longer-term effects on human health. The peri-conceptional period represents a particularly sensitive window of feto-placental development, during which suboptimal maternal micronutrition ...

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

authors： Owens S,Fall CH

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study shows the relationship between lymphocyte subpopulations and their response to non-specific stimulant phytohaemagglutinin (PHA) and specific stimulant (amoebic antigen) in cases of amoebic liver abscess in relation to the duration of disease, based on the first appearance of symptoms and/or signs, 26 patien...

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

authors： Ganguly NK,Mahajan RC,Gill NJ,Koshy A

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present paper records the incidence of chancroid in northern Nigeria. Out of 776 new patients registered at the Special Treatment Clinic (STC) of the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH) Zaria during February to August 1982, 34 cases (4.38%) were diagnosed as chancroid. Direct smear examination for Ha...

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

authors： Joshi RM,Lawande RV

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00