Leishmania infecting man and wild animals in Saudi Arabia. 4. Canine cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Eastern Province.

abstract：:Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is an important cause of acute viral hepatitis in tropical and sub-tropical regions that occurs both as epidemic episodes and sporadic cases. The aim of this investigation was to estimate the prevalence of total immunoglobulin (Ig) anti-hepatitis E virus (anti-HEV) and the risk factor...

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

authors： Villalba MC,Guan M,Pérez A,Corredor MB,Frometa SS,Moreno AG,Hu WP,Howard T,Lay LA,Anderson D

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cohort of 48 Gambian children was protected against malaria by fortnightly administration of Maloprim (pyrimethamine and dapsone) for 2 years between their 3 and 5 birthdays. A matched cohort of 47 children received placebo. During the year following the termination of prophylaxis there was no increase in the freque...

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

authors： Otoo LN,Snow RW,Menon A,Byass P,Greenwood BM

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental and natural infections of Simulium sanchezi by Mansonella ozzardi were studied in the area of Síquita, Territorio Federal Amazonas, Venezuela. The microfilariae developed synchronously in the blackflies, reaching stage L3 in seven to eight days at temperatures between 23 degrees and 27 degrees C. Larvae i...

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

authors： Yarzábal L,Basáñez MG,Ramírez-Pérez J,Ramírez A,Botto C,Yarzábal A

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six villages in Lofa County, north-west Liberia, and one near the coast were surveyed for the presence of indirect fluorescent antibodies (IFA) to Lassa virus (LV). Prevalences were similar among males and females, and among various age groups. The prevalence of IFA positive sera, 6.4%, in two roadside villages was si...

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

authors： Yalley-Ogunro JE,Frame JD,Hanson AP

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The state of Rio de Janeiro has been important since 1986 as a portal for the introduction of dengue virus (DENV) into Brazil and dissemination of the virus throughout the country. This study describes an active surveillance of DENV in the state of Rio de Janeiro from 2004 to 2008. METHOD:A total of 14 408 ...

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

authors： Macedo GA,de Araújo JM,Schatzmayr HG,Costa FA,de Filippis AM,Santos FB,Nogueira RM

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leptospirosis has a mortality rate of 5-20%. Poor prognostic factors are older age; oliguria; elevated potassium, creatinine and/or bilirubin levels; and altered mental status. We conducted this retrospective study to analyse the predictors of mortality among Indian patients with leptospirosis. METHODS:Clin...

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

authors： Goswami RP,Goswami RP,Basu A,Tripathi SK,Chakrabarti S,Chattopadhyay I

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An attempt was made to estimate the prevalence of hydatid disease in nomadic pastoralists living in eastern Africa and to identify environmental, cultural and behavioural factors which may influence Echinococcus transmission. 18,565 nomadic pastoralists, from 12 different groups living in the vast, semi-desert regions...

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

authors： Macpherson CN,Spoerry A,Zeyhle E,Romig T,Gorfe M

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a Colombian immunosuppressed migrant hospitalized in France with fever, dry cough and altered general health. Results of blood culture and bronchoalveolar lavage led to the diagnosis of the first reported case of concomitant disseminated histoplasmosis and pulmonary coccidioidomycosis in an HIV-i...

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

authors： Pistone T,Lacombe K,Poirot JL,Girard PM,Meynard JL

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following the successful eradication of Brucella abortus infection in cattle, human brucellosis in England and Wales has become an uncommon imported disease. Culture of the organism presents a major laboratory hazard, and difficulties in identification may occur using a biochemical test-strip method. An overview of re...

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

authors： Luzzi GA,Brindle R,Sockett PN,Solera J,Klenerman P,Warrell DA

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The haemolymph of Panstrongylus megistus, infected by Trypanosoma cruzi, was examined by light and electron microscopy. Numerous parasites lie inside the haemocytes, each one in a vacuole. Their well-preserved morphological features support the concept of parasite multiplication in cells of the insect haemolymph. ...

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

authors： Lacombe D,Barth OM

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The harmful effects of malaria are most pronounced during first pregnancies and chemoprophylaxis is most effective when given at this time. However, restriction of chemoprophylaxis to first pregnancies might lead to enhanced susceptibility to malaria during second pregnancies. We have investigated this possibility by ...

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

authors： Greenwood AM,Menendez C,Alonso PL,Jaffar S,Langerock P,Lulat S,Todd J,M'Boge B,Francis N,Greenwood BM

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a lack of information on the disease burden due to Taenia solium taeniasis and its associated risk factors in pig farming communities throughout the world. The present study was conducted in a rural pig farming community of north India to estimate the prevalence of T. solium taeniasis and associated factors. ...

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

authors： Prasad KN,Prasad A,Gupta RK,Pandey CM,Singh U

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hypervariable deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) probe was isolated by screening a Leishmania donovani genomic DNA library with L. donovani total DNA. The probe was used to characterize L. donovani stocks on the basis of restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs). The molecular karyotype of the same stocks was exami...

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

authors： Bishop RP,Akinsehinwa F

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and eighteen patients with acute falciparum malaria were randomized into treatment with either intramuscular or oral sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (Fansidar, Roche) and the results were compared with those from 68 patients treated in parallel with chloroquine. Parasitological cure rate was 97% with oral sulfad...

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

authors： Salako LA,Adio RA,Sowunmi A,Walker O

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A seroepidemiological and clinical study was performed in an area of West Africa (The Gambia) where Plasmodium falciparum is endemic with seasonal transmission. Plasma samples were tested by intermediate gel immunoelectrophoresis for antibodies against 7 soluble P. falciparum antigens. There were marked differences in...

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

authors： Jakobsen PH,Riley EM,Allen SJ,Larsen SO,Bennett S,Jepsen S,Greenwood BM

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nutritional status, parasitic infections and general health of 801 male roadworkers living in four different areas of Kenya, namely, the highlands, coastal lowlands, Lake Victoria basin and the semiarid north-west, were investigated. Undernutrition was common in all areas but was most marked among men in the semi-...

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

authors： Latham MC,Stephenson LS,Hall A,Wolgemuth JC,Elliott TC,Crompton DW

更新日期：1982-01-01 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：: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：:In the global effort to eliminate lymphatic filariasis, annual mass treatments are conducted with diethylcarbamazine (DEC) or ivermectin, combined with albendazole. The success of this strategy depends on achieving high levels of drug coverage, which reduces the number of persons with circulating microfilariae so that...

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

authors： Mathieu E,Deming M,Lammie PJ,McLaughlin SI,Beach MJ,Deodat DJ,Addiss DG

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early identification of patients at risk of severe dengue disease (DD) is critical to guide its management. We evaluated whether the atypical lymphocyte count (ALC), generated from the Sysmex automated full blood count analyzer, is predictive of severe thrombocytopenia secondary to Dengue infection. METHODS...

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

authors： Abeysuriya V,Choong CSH,Thilakawardana BU,de Mel P,Shalindi M,de Mel C,Chandrasena L,Seneviratne SL,Yip C,Yap ES,de Mel S

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown previously that baboons (Papio anubis) develop high levels (greater than 80%) of protection against challenge infection following immunization with Schistosoma haematobium cercariae irradiated with 20 krad. In the present study baboons were immunized with schistosomula irradiated with either 20 krad or 6...

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

authors： Harrison RA,Bickle QD,Kiare S,James ER,Andrews BJ,Sturrock RF,Taylor MG,Webbe G

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lassa fever convalescent plasma (LFCP) has been administered to 27 patients in hospitals at Jos and Vom, Nigeria. Among serologically or virologically confirmed cases of Lassa fever (LF) given plasma on or before the 10th day, all eight survived, as did two of three possible LF cases. Of eight patients given LFCP afte...

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

authors： Frame JD,Verbrugge GP,Gill RG,Pinneo L

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensitivities for Chagas disease diagnosis of haemoculture, xenodiagnosis, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of Trypanosoma cruzi kinetoplast deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) were compared for 101 patients living in an endemic region who were serologically positive for T. cruzi. PCR gave 60 positive res...

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

authors： Junqueira AC,Chiari E,Wincker P

更新日期：1996-03-01 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：:The spread of chloroquine resistance throughout the world poses a major problem in combating malaria. In the present study, an efficient polymerase chain reaction-single strand conformational polymorphism (PCR--SSCP)-based assay detected the PfCRT K76T point mutation, which is a marker for chloroquine resistance. For ...

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

authors： Mishra S,Raj DK,Hazra RK,Dash AP,Supakar PC

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preserved sera from patients with various forms of leishmaniasis, acute and chronic Chagas's disease and from normal individuals were examined for the presence of IgG and IgA antibodies by the IFA test. The leishmanial antigen used in the IFA test was prepared from a hamster infected with the PH8 strain of Leishmania ...

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

authors： Shaw JJ,Lainson R

更新日期：1981-01-01 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：:This paper reports the morphological and biochemical characterization of the species of Schistosoma infecting humans in the Republic of São Tomé and Principe. The eggs are typical in shape and size of S. intercalatum, measuring on average between 174.5 microns and 189.1 microns. The eggs are voided in the faeces and n...

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

authors： Southgate VR,Rollinson D,Kaukas A,Almeda J,Sousa AM,Castro F,Soares E,Corachan M

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to estimate the importance as a public health problem of skin diseases, we investigated the prevalence and severity of skin diseases in a representative sample of children in Mali. 1817 children were randomly selected in 30 clusters by probability-proportional-to-size sampling in Koulikoro region. The mean pr...

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

authors： Mahé A,Prual A,Konaté M,Bobin P

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A possible association between nutritional status and Schistosoma mansoni infection or morbidity was investigated by comparing anthropometric indices among 362 children from 3 primary schools in Machakos District, Kenya. Matithini was a prosperous school in an area (Kangundo) of moderate intensity of schistosome infec...

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

authors： Corbett EL,Butterworth AE,Fulford AJ,Ouma JH,Sturrock RF

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00