The superiority of the miniature Anion-Exchange Centrifugation Technique for detecting low grade trypanosome parasitaemias.

abstract：:An estimated 129 million people are infected with urogenital schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa. Current control recommendations endorse mass administration of praziquantel. Health education is an important component of effective schistosomiasis prevention and control, but there has been limited research on its eff...

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

authors： Price A,Verma A,Welfare W

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies on resistance to blood schizontocides in Plasmodium falciparum give a rational basis for the use of artemisinins combined with arylaminoalcohols for the treatment of uncomplicated chloroquine-resistant malaria in Africa. In areas where such combinations are introduced, there is reason to believe that th...

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

authors： Warhurst DC,Duraisingh MT

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endemic hepatitis E in Southeast Asia increases the risk of death in pregnant women. In Lao People's Democratic Republic, infection with hepatitis E virus (HEV) is widespread in pig farms. No human data are available yet. This study determined the prevalence and risk factors for HEV infection among women of ...

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

authors： Bisayher S,Barennes H,Nicand E,Buisson Y

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ciprofloxacin (20 mg/kg/d) or ofloxacin (12 mg/kg/d) given for a median of 15 weeks (range 12-40) were used for maintenance treatment of 57 adult patients with melioidosis. The median duration of follow-up in the 45 patients who complied with treatment and were followed for at least 6 months was 28 months (range 6-65)...

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

authors： Chaowagul W,Suputtamongkul Y,Smith MD,White NJ

更新日期：1997-09-01 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：:The aims of this study were to analyze the seasonal distribution of infective larvae on the soil surface, to determine whether numbers of infective larvae near faeces were related to the faecal egg count of individuals, and to relate the distribution of larvae to environmental characteristics. Larvae were recovered fr...

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

authors： Hominick WM,Dean CG,Schad GA

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hospital-acquired complications (HACs) contribute to increased morbidity, mortality and hospital costs. However, their burden is often overlooked in resource-limited settings. We sought to determine the incidence, risk factors and effects of HACs on direct medical costs. METHODS:This was a prospective cohor...

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

authors： Sih C,Mbatchou-Ngahane BH,Mboue-Djieka Y,Ngueng-Eke MC,Mbarga NT,Verla VS,Choukem SP

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A range of animal models of Burkholderia pseudomallei infection have been reported, and the host species differ widely both in their susceptibility to infection and in the pathogenesis of disease. In mice, and depending on the route of infection, dose, and mouse strain, the disease can range from a chronic, and in som...

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

authors： Titball RW,Russell P,Cuccui J,Easton A,Haque A,Atkins T,Sarkar-Tyson M,Harley V,Wren B,Bancroft GJ

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the mucosal immune response against Cryptosporidium has been suggested by studies on the therapeutic effects of hyperimmune colostrum. In order to study the intestinal response to this infection, we have developed a sandwich-type time-resolved immunofluorometric assay for the determination of anti-Cryptosp...

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

authors： Kapel N,Meillet D,Buraud M,Favennec L,Magne D,Gobert JG

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to conduct an epidemiological and clinical review of 1126 cases of envenoming by spider recorded in the national notifiable diseases information system (SINAN) files of the Municipal Health Secretary of the Criciúma region, Santa Catarina State, Brazil from 1994 to 2006. This work presents a c...

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

authors： Cristiano MP,Cardoso DC,Raymundo MS

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allopurinol and allopurinol ribonucleoside tested in vitro and in vivo for activity against Leishmania donovani. Activity in vitro was low against the amastigote form of this parasite with ED50 values of the order of 54 and 96 microM and 86 and 213 microM respectively for the two compounds. In vivo inhibition of up to...

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

authors： Neal RA,Croft SL,Nelson DJ

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously standardized the direct agglutination test (DAT) to detect anti-Leishmania chagasi promastigote antibodies (DAT-LPC) with good sensitivity and specificity for diagnosing visceral leishmaniasis (VL). In this paper, we present a technical upgrade by introducing some modifications into the antigen preparati...

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

authors： Oliveira E,Pedras MJ,de Assis IE,Rabello A

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indigenous natural drugs are in common use in Zimbabwe because modern life-saving drugs are beyond the reach of nearly 85% of the population. These natural drugs have caused a number of poisoning cases. In a study of the records of four hospitals from 1971 to 1982, carried out to see how many people had been poisoned ...

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

authors： Nyazema NZ

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was conducted in rural Malawi to verify (a) whether the Partec CyFlow Counter((R)) for CD4+ T-cell lymphocyte counting in HIV-positive individuals could be introduced into a district hospital laboratory and (b) whether it would produce CD4 counts of acceptable quality. CD4+ cell counting was performed using th...

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

authors： Fryland M,Chaillet P,Zachariah R,Barnaba A,Bonte L,Andereassen R,Charrondière S,Teck R,Didakus O

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) are being procured and used in increasing numbers. However, the resultant effect of RDT-based diagnosis on fever management has been limited by lack of confidence in RDT results or the inability to act on results appropriately. If the utilisation of malaria RDTs is going to achieve...

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

authors： Bell D,Perkins MD

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Union Territory of India, are home to six primitive tribes, namely the Great Andamanese, Onges, Jarawas and Sentinelese (Negrito race), and the Shompens and Nicobarese (Mongoloid race). These tribes account for about 8% of the island's population and the Nicobarese constitute >95% of t...

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

authors： Murhekar MV,Murhekar KM,Sehgal SC

更新日期：2008-08-01 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：:Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major cause of mortality despite availability of effective chemotherapy. This study was performed to identify contributing factors for poor outcome during anti-tuberculosis treatment at a teaching hospital chest clinic. Medical records of registered patients treated for TB between 1 January...

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

authors： Burton NT,Forson A,Lurie MN,Kudzawu S,Kwarteng E,Kwara A

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Active community and self-reporting surveillance techniques have been used to describe the dynamics of febrile illness and associated malaria infection in children aged 2 to 15 years from a rural area of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea (PNG). Both history of fever and fever in association with parasitaemia appeared ...

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

authors： Cox MJ,Kum DE,Tavul L,Narara A,Raiko A,Baisor M,Alpers MP,Medley GF,Day KP

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In sub-Saharan Africa, anaemia in pregnancy results from multiple causes including malaria, iron deficiency and haemoglobinopathies. In a cross-sectional study among 530 pregnant women in Ghana in November-December 1998, red blood cell indices were analysed with respect to malaria, serum concentrations of ferritin and...

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

authors： Mockenhaupt FP,Rong B,Günther M,Beck S,Till H,Kohne E,Thompson WN,Bienzle U

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fibroblast-like cell line derived from the mountain vole Microtus montanus was effective in promoting an increase in the multiplication rate of new and established isolates of Plasmodium falciparum. An increase in multiplication rate was also achieved in the absence of M. montanus cells when cultures of P. falciparu...

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

authors： Trenholme KR,McMonagle FA,Phillips RS

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tungiasis (jigger) is endemic in many impoverished communities in many parts of Brazil. Forty-seven individuals entering an endemic area were followed up for a period of six weeks and regularly examined for the presence of newly embedded sand fleas. At the end of the third week, the attack rate of Tunga penetrans infe...

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

authors： Heukelbach J,Franck S,Feldmeier H

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to understand better the relationship among Mycobacterium leprae, its transmission and the human host or the chain of infection which may lead to the development of leprosy, we performed a population survey in which nasal carriage of M. leprae was determined by a specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR), 2 ye...

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

authors： Hatta M,van Beers SM,Madjid B,Djumadi A,de Wit MY,Klatser PR

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary peritonitis that tends to occur especially in children, and cirrhotic spontaneous bacterial peritonitis are well recognized clinical entities. At the University College Hospital, Ibadan, cases of intra-abdominal abscess that do not fit the recognized criteria for primary peritonitis have been seen. These patie...

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

authors： Ajao OG,Ajao AO

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A dynamic model of the transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) was used to investigate some of the possible implications of the loss of vaccine-induced immunity on the effectiveness of mass HBV vaccination in high endemicity countries. The model, which describes the processes of horizontal and vertical transmission of...

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

authors： Edmunds WJ,Medley GF,Nokes DJ

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin disease is among the most frequent causes of morbidity in Ethiopia, showing high prevalence in the general population and being the sixth most frequent cause of outpatient visits nationwide to health facilities. This study was aimed at describing skin disease patterns in Tigray region, northern Ethiopia through a...

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

authors： Accorsi S,Barnabas GA,Farese P,Padovese V,Terranova M,Racalbuto V,Morrone A

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmaniasis is a worldwide disease, but due to the absence of surveillance systems is under-reported from low- and middle-income countries. In Ethiopia, the disease is found in the rural highlands and the incidence of Leishmania/HIV co-infection is increasing. Although some studies have been carried out in areas of ...

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

authors： Padovese V,Terranova M,Toma L,Barnabas GA,Morrone A

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two leishmanial stocks isolated in Egypt, one from a dog and the other from Rattus norvegicus, were typed according to their excreted factor (EF) serotype and the electrophoretic mobility of their glucose phosphate isomerase. The canine isolate was indistinguishable from L. donovani (= L. infantum ) strains. The rat i...

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

authors： Azab ME,Rifaat MA,Schnur LF,Makhlouf SA,El-Sherif E,Salem AM

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cold, acidified anthrone was used to test 200 wild-caught sandflies (Phlebotomus ariasi females) for the presence of fructose. This sugar, or others with a fructose moiety, were demonstrable in 157 (79%) of the flies; proportions of flies positive in different tests ranged from 44 to 91%. Higher proportions of flies g...

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

authors： Young CJ,Turner DP,Killick-Kendrick R,Rioux JA,Leaney AJ

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central nervous system involvement due to toxoplasmosis in an immunocompetent host is very rare. We report a case of an immunocompetent patient who presented with suspected tuberculous meningoencephalitis but showed no clinical response to antitubercular therapy. Later, toxoplasmic meningoencephalitis was proved by po...

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

authors： Kaushik RM,Mahajan SK,Sharma A,Kaushik R,Kukreti R

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00