Treatment of strongyloidiasis in HTLV-1 and Strongyloides stercoralis coinfected patients is associated with increased TNFα and decreased soluble IL2 receptor levels.

abstract：:Observations on canine leishmaniasis in Morocco (clinical symptoms, diagnosis, evolution, haematology, development of serum proteins, pathology and histopathology) are reported from dogs examined during 1979/80. Special reference is made to infantile kala-azar and its increasing incidence. The public health importance...

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

authors： Kirmse P,Mahin L,Lahrech TM

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Toxoplasmosis is one of the most common comorbidities in HIV-positive patients with CD4+ T lymphocytes below 200 cells/μl. Early diagnosis and treatment of toxoplasmosis reduces the mortality rate in HIV-positive people. The aim of this study was to estimate the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection ...

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

authors： Ahmadpour E,Pishkarie-Asl R,Spotin A,Samadi Kafil H,Didarlu H,Azadi Y,Barac A

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Global travel and migration trends have meant a huge increase in the numbers of people exposed to tropical parasitic diseases. Thus, there is an increasing need for robust, reproducible and reliable diagnostic techniques in the field. Advanced molecular and lateral flow techniques have pushed the boundaries of clinica...

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

authors： Shrivastava J

更新日期：2019-12-01 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：:Commercially available bovine liver catalase has been used to supplement chemically defined medium for growth of Trypanosoma cruzi. The protein extract was found to be contaminated with 25 to 30 protein bands as well as DNA and RNA polymers. ...

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

authors： O'Daly JA,Rodríguez MB

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High attack rates, increasing resistance to antibiotics and high mortality make shigellosis a serious problem. As Shigella is associated with poor hygiene we examined the effectiveness of a simple intervention, washing hands with soap and water, in checking the spread of the disease. The study population was comprised...

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

authors： Khan MU

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the results of a short study of the epidemiology of Leishmania tropica in the Sheikh Maksoud District of Aleppo, Syria. The present and past status of infection in a community of about 100,000 people are assessed from prevalence and incidence data obtained by active and passive case detection, and from a ski...

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

authors： Ashford RW,Rioux JA,Jalouk L,Khiami A,Dye C

更新日期：1993-05-01 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：:The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using Toxocara canis larva-specific antigens was used to confirm a presumptive clinical diagnosis of visceral larva migrans in patients whose serum specimens were submitted to the Center for Disease Control. The clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients with...

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

authors： Glickman LT,Schantz PM,Cypess RH

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ultrasound utilization studies in the developing world are important to support appropriate use. METHODS:A prospective, cross-sectional study in the medical wards at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi, was performed which aimed to assess referrals, reports and usefulness of scans to develop ...

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

authors： Brindle HE,Allain TJ,Kampondeni S,Kayange N,Faragher B,Bates I,Joekes E

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:To date, there is no consensus on ideal ways to measure antiretroviral treatment (ART) adherence in resource limited settings. This study aimed to identify markers of poor adherence to ART. Methods:Retrospective data of HIV-positive ART-naïve adults initiating standard first-line ART at Themba Lethu Clinic,...

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

authors： Nnambalirwa M,Govathson C,Evans D,McNamara L,Maskew M,Nyasulu P

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Potential multiple opportunistic infections in patients with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) cause the clinician considerable problems. Firstly there is the problem of the correct diagnosis of which organism is producing symptoms and there is the possibility of more than one organism being responsible. ...

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

authors： Gazzard BG

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information on the prevalence, incidence, and geographical distribution of malaria in Zimbabwe is reviewed. Malaria control operations carried out during the last 30 years are briefly described together with available information of their impact on malaria. From 1972 to 1981, 51,962 positive blood slides were submitte...

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

authors： Taylor P,Mutambu SL

更新日期：1986-01-01 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：: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：: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：:The prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in patients with short duration of cough was determined. Ninety-eight adult out-patients (60 men, 38 women; mean age 32 years) at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi, who had cough for 1-3 weeks which was unresponsive to a course of antibiotics, were succes...

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

authors： Banda HT,Harries AD,Welby S,Boeree MJ,Wirima JJ,Subramanyam VR,Maher D,Nunn PA

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kidneys were studied by light microscopy in 246 consecutive autopsies in Cairo, Egypt. Glomerulonephritis was not related to the presence or intensity of either S. haematobium or S. mansoni infection, and mesangial thickening and proliferation were also unrelated to schistosome infection. Acute and chronic pyelonephri...

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

authors： Sadigursky M,Andrade ZA,Danner R,Cheever AW,Kamel IA,Elwi AM

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori is strongly associated with peptic ulcer and gastric cancer and may be the most common human bacterial infection. The epidemiology of H. pylori has been poorly studied in Africa, where its relevance to disease has not been fully appreciated. Following a cross-sectional study design, H. pylori infec...

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

authors： Farag TH,Stoltzfus RJ,Khalfan SS,Tielsch JM

更新日期：2007-09-01 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:Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a disfiguring parasitic disease and one of the leading causes of disability in the world. This study aimed to assess the severity of lymphoedema, the physical restrictions and socio-economic impact on affected individuals living in an endemic community in Malawi. METHODS:In a si...

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

authors： Martindale S,Mkwanda SZ,Smith E,Molyneux D,Stanton MC,Kelly-Hope LA

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In The Gambia, insecticide impregnation of bed nets, used alone or combined with Maloprim, reduced morbidity and mortality from malaria amongst children between one and 4 years of age. Taking expenditure of both time and money by public authorities and village volunteers into account, the costs and cost-effectiveness ...

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

authors： Picard J,Aikins M,Alonso PL,Armstrong Schellenberg JR,Greenwood BM,Mills A

更新日期：1993-06-01 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：:A survey of phlebotomines has been made in the area of the Province of Grosseto (Tuscany, Italy) where human cases of both visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis have recently occurred. 12 collecting stations, placed around the leishmaniasis foci, were divided into three groups of localities, the Argentario Promontory, ...

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

authors： Maroli M,Bettini S

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow cultures in 15 Plasmodium falciparum patients were studied both during and after parasitaemia. Abnormalities were observed only in the group during parasitaemia. These abnormalities included: (1) decreased normoblastic number and cellular iron incorporation in all cases; (2) premature death of normoblasts ...

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

authors： Srichaikul T,Siriasawakul T,Poshyachinda M

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) categorisation has been developed as a phenotypic description of those TB strains that are resistant to most conventional anti-TB drugs. While widely accepted to have significant incidence in those areas, such as Eastern Europe, that have high levels of multidrug re...

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

authors： Jones KD,Hesketh T,Yudkin J

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a region of Sudanese savannah in Burkina Faso, insecticide-treated curtains were installed in 8 out of 16 zones, each covering an area of about 50 km2. Longitudinal entomological monitoring using CDC light traps was performed in 4 villages (2 intervention, 2 control) over a period of 3 years (including 1 year prior...

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

authors： Cuzin-Ouattara N,Van den Broek AH,Habluetzel A,Diabaté A,Sanogo-Ilboudo E,Diallo DA,Cousens SN,Esposito F

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) as a cause of diarrhoea in eastern Indonesia was investigated in 74 children during the dry season in Ujung Pandang. Six of the children less than five years old with diarrhoea were infected with ETEC. One child was infected with tetracycline-resistant bacteria...

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

authors： Maidin MA

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of an autopsy study of Opisthorchis viverrini infection in 181 accident subjects in northeast Thailand are presented. The age-prevalence profiles were similar whether determined by faecal examination for parasite eggs or by recovery of worms from the liver. The prevalence increased rapidly with age and rea...

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

authors： Sithithaworn P,Tesana S,Pipitgool V,Kaewkes S,Thaiklar K,Pairojkul C,Sripa B,Paupairoj A,Sanpitak P,Aranyanat C

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional malaria surveys based on the microscopic examination of blood do not always detect chronic, low-grade infections caused by immunity. A model incorporating differences in detectability within the host population shows how the false negative tests caused by poor detectability confound measures of prevalence...

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

authors： Aron JL

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00