Impact of sputum quality and quantity on smear and culture positivity: findings from a tuberculosis prevalence study in central India.

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：:A sensitive high-performance liquid chromatographic method has been developed for the separation and quantitative estimation of melaminophenyl arsenical drugs used in the treatment of human and veterinary trypanosomiases. Five clinically relevant compounds (melarsoprol, melarsonyl potassium, cymelarsan, melarsen oxide...

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

authors： Berger BJ,Fairlamb AH

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An outbreak of Ross River virus infection (epidemic polyarthritis), which occurred in American Samoa between August 1979 and January 1980, is described. On the basis of a serological survey performed near the end of the epidemic, it is estimated that at least 13,500 people were infected. Ross River virus was isolated ...

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

authors： Tesh RB,McLean RG,Shroyer DA,Calisher CH,Rosen L

更新日期：1981-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Aedes aegypti rapid larval surveys are mandatory in Brazil. Here, we retrospectively examined whether the house index estimated by larval surveys served as a useful tool in anticipating epidemics within Brazilian municipalities from 2009-2015. METHODS:We used correlation indices and classification analysis ...

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

authors： Enslen AW,Lima Neto AS,Castro MC

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible depression of cell-mediated immunity by long-term Brugia malayi infection in jirds (Meriones unguiculatus) was investigated. Different groups of infected jirds were sensitized with dinitrofluorobenzene, sheep red blood cells, Dirofilaria immitis adult antigens and B. malayi adult antigens. The 24-hour del...

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

authors： Kwa BH,Mak JW

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community-based malaria control with integrated primary health care appears to be the most feasible approach for endemic countries in their struggle against malaria. To plan and implement personal protection and vector control measures, there is the need for comprehensive information about local modes of transmission....

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

authors： Habluetzel A,Esposito F,Lombardi S

更新日期：1989-01-01 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：:Melioidosis has never been officially reported from Cambodia. Here we report two cases, a 58-year-old male (case 1) and a 49-year-old female (case 2) who presented with respiratory illnesses featuring multiple lung abscesses. The sputum culture of both patients, taken in the framework of a laboratory-based study on ae...

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

authors： Overtoom R,Khieu V,Hem S,Cavailler P,Te V,Chan S,Lau P,Guillard B,Vong S

更新日期：2008-12-01 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 post-vaccination antibody response to both Group A and Group C meningococcal polysaccharide antigen was studied in 397 male and 359 female vaccinated persons aged between 4 and 40 years from Bauchi Town and neighbouring villages in Nigeria. No difference in response was observed between the sexes. Highest antibody...

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

authors： Mohammed I,Damisah MM

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 29-year-old Dutch tourist of the Caucasian race had to break her return journey from Indonesia as she developed dengue haemorrhagic fever. She appeared to have been infected on Bali. Serological investigation revealed very high antibody titres against dengue virus types 1 and 3 and a moderately high titre against ty...

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

authors： van Tongeren HA

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Starting in 2008, the Central African Republic (CAR) experienced an unprecedented number of reported yellow fever (YF) cases. A risk assessment of YF virus (YFV) activity was conducted to estimate potential disease risk and vaccine needs. METHODS:A multistage cluster sampling design was used to sample human...

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

authors： Staples JE,Diallo M,Janusz KB,Manengu C,Lewis RF,Perea W,Yactayo S,Sall AA,RCA Risk Assessment Team.

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the role of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in the aetiology of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Zimbabwe, HCV antibodies (anti-HCV) were determined in sera from 63 HCC patients using a second generation enzyme immunoassay. Anti-HCV was found in 15 patients (23.8%), 12 of whom (80%) were males. The mea...

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

authors： Weinig M,Hakim JG,Gudza I,Tobaiwa O

更新日期：1997-09-01 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：:The seroepidemiology of Helicobacter pylori infection was studied in 681 randomly selected Black children from newborn to 13 years of age (333 boys, mean age 8.05 years, and 348 girls, mean age 7.76 years) in KwaZulu/Natal, South Africa. H. pylori infection was identified serologically using an enzyme-linked immunosor...

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

authors： Sathar MA,Gouws E,Simjee AE,Mayat AM

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) developed using Leishmania donovani promastigote soluble antigen gave positive responses in practically all the clinically and parasitologically diagnosed patients with kala-azar in a preliminary study. Healthy control subjects from non-endemic and endemic areas gave negati...

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

authors： Choudhry A,Guru PY,Saxena RP,Tandon A,Saxena KC

更新日期：1990-05-01 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：:Tuberculosis (TB) of the breast is a very rare pathology. The clinical presentations of this disease are manifold, often mimicking carcinoma of the breast. We conducted a retrospective analysis of 20 women with TB of the breast receiving care at the mastology clinic at Getúlio Vargas Hospital, PI, Brazil, between 1994...

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

authors： da Silva BB,Lopes-Costa PV,Pires CG,Pereira-Filho JD,dos Santos AR

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subclinical mastitis, defined as raised milk sodium/potassium (Na/K) ratio is common and associated with poor infant growth and increased mother-to-child HIV transmission. In 1996-97, we conducted a randomized controlled trial of multiple micronutrient supplementation, at recommended daily allowance levels, from 22 to...

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

authors： Gomo E,Filteau SM,Tomkins AM,Ndhlovu P,Michaelsen KF,Friis H

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:About 85% of the population of two Somali communities harboured soil-transmitted intestinal nematodes and/or protozoa. The commonest parasite (75% in the Lafoole institution and 59% in the Afgoye institution) was Trichuris trichiura. Mixed infections were common. The source of infection is contaminated fields around d...

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

authors： Ilardi I,Shiddo SC,Mohamed HH,Mussa C,Hussein AS,Mohamed CS,Bile K,Sebastiani A,Bianchini C,Sanguigni S

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of an unexpected side effect following the use of Maloprim (pyrimethamine/dapsone) for malaria chemosuppression in 3-59 months old children in Sierra Leone is reported. As part of a trial of chemoprophylaxis and insecticide-impregnated bed nets, 2000 children received either Maloprim or placebo; 4% of c...

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

authors： David KP,Marbiah NT,Lovgren P,Greenwood BM,Petersen E

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune responsiveness of schistosomiasis patients was assayed longitudinally, before and for two years after chemotherapeutic treatment with praziquantel, by in vitro peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMN) proliferation upon exposure to phytohaemagglutinin (PHA), or soluble schistosomal antigenic preparations from e...

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

authors： Colley DG,Barsoum IS,Dahawi HS,Gamil F,Habib M,el Alamy MA

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey for Schistosoma intercalatum conducted in Kinshasa, Zaire, in September 1994 revealed a prevalence of 3.6% (n = 167). Three isolates of schistosomes were made by exposing Bulinus wrighti to miracidia hatched from eggs collected from 2 infected children. Characterization of the isolates by biochemical (isoenzy...

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

authors： Tchuem Tchuenté LA,Southgate VR,Vercruysse J,Kaukas A,Kane R,Mulumba MP,Pagès JR,Jourdane J

更新日期：1997-05-01 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：:There are conflicting reports on the presence of neurocognitive dysfunction during the initial, medically asymptomatic stage of HIV infection. This study aimed to assess the psychomotor speed and attention ability of antiretroviral treatment-naïve Nigerian Africans with HIV/AIDS and the impact of CD4 levels on their c...

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

authors： Ogunrin AO,Odiase FE,Ogunniyi A

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amoebic liver pus has an acidic pH. Hence the pleural aspirate from an amoebic empyema due to rupture of an amoebic liver abscess has an acidic pH. In contrast, the pH of pleural aspirates from effusions and empyema of non-amoebic aetiology were noted to have an alkaline pH. The clinical significance of these observat...

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

authors： Ramachandran S,Induruwa PA,Perera MV

更新日期：1976-01-01 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：:Night blood surveys for filariasis were carried out in two camps of repatriates from Bangladesh. The sample consisted of 1,101 Biharis above one year of age of whom 9.0% were found infected with Wuchereria bancrofti. The infection rate was significantly higher in males (10.2%) than in females (6.7%). Of the three mosq...

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

authors： Aslamkhan M,Pervez SD

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the number of clients attending for voluntary human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing who are able to enter a trial of preventive therapy for tuberculosis, and the factors that determine who receives therapy, we studied 475 consecutive people attending for an HIV test at Lusaka's first voluntary HIV te...

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

authors： Godfrey-Faussett P,Baggaley R,Mwinga A,Hosp M,Porter J,Luo N,Kelly M,Msiska R,McAdam K

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00