Audiometry as a possible indicator of quinine plasma concentration during treatment of malaria.

abstract：:We found serological evidence of infection with Prospect Hill virus, a Hantaan-like virus isolated from meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus), in microtine and cricetid rodents trapped in Maryland, West Virginia, Minnesota and California, USA. Fluorescent antibodies were detected in sera from M. pennsylvanicus (74/27...

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

authors： Yanagihara R,Daum CA,Lee PW,Baek LJ,Amyx HL,Gajdusek DC,Gibbs CJ Jr

更新日期：1987-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:More than 95% of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) cases in Latin America occur in Brazil, most of them in the northeast. The objective of this study was to identify spatial clusters with the highest risks of VL and to analyse the temporal behaviour of the incidence and the effects of social vulnerability on the d...

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

authors： Andrade AWF,Souza CDF,Carmo RF

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-seven Egyptians with Schistosoma haematobium infection (current or past) and chronic dysuria seen at the Theodor Bilharz Research Institute outpatient urology clinic in Imbaba, Cairo, Egypt were investigated for Chlamydia trachomatis infection. Direct fluorescent antibody tests (DFAT) showed 30 urethral swabs (...

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

authors： Haberberger RL Jr,Mokhtar S,Badawy H,Abu-Elyazeed R

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten Trypanosoma cruzi stocks recently isolated from patients in acute and chronic phases of Chagas disease were inoculated to susceptible (A/Sn) mice. The mice were inoculated with 10(4) trypomastigotes intraperitoneally and monitored for parasitaemia and mortality for up to 300 d. The results demonstrated that (i) T....

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

authors： Oliveira EC,Stefani MM,Campos DE,Andrade AL,Silva SA,Rassi A,Luquetti AO

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Residents of a slum community of Dhaka city, Bangladesh were tested by serological and faecal examination for evidence of Strongyloides stercoralis infection. In stool specimens from a total of 147 participants Strongyloides larvae were found in 34 (23.1%) by Harada-Mori culture, 15 (10.2%) by agar plate culture (APC)...

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

authors： Sultana Y,Gilbert GL,Ahmed BN,Lee R

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A semi-automated cultivation apparatus for the in vitro culture of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes is described. This apparatus has been designed to produce large numbers of fertile sexual stages for use in the development of a gamete vaccine or for the infection of suitable mosquitoes. These mosquitoes in turn may ...

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

authors： Ponnudurai T,Lensen AH,Leeuwenberg AD,Meuwissen JH

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the distribution of rheumatoid factor isotypes amongst patients with loiasis with and without accompanying glomerulonephritis to determine the possible role of rheumatoid factor antiglobulins in this disease. Our findings indicate an increase in both immunoglobulin (Ig) G and IgM rheumatoid factor isot...

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

authors： Adebajo AO,Akinsola A,Maizels RM,Cawston TE,Hazleman BL

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple radioisotope scanner was used in a study of liver diseases in The Gambia. Scans were of value in localizing areas for biopsy or aspiration and in defining the liver in the presence of gross ascites. Although the scan was not helpful in diagnosis it provided a measure of the size of filling defects during trea...

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

authors： Ajdukiewicz AB,Bassett N,Crawley JC

更新日期：1985-01-01 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：:We report the successful treatment of envenoming by the Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica) and include results of in vitro investigations of the haemostatic properties of the whole venom. The patient was admitted to casualty soon after the bite with chest tightness, dizziness, nausea and swelling at the site of the bite an...

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

authors： McNally T,Conway GS,Jackson L,Theakston RD,Marsh NA,Warrell DA,Young L,Mackie IJ,Machin SJ

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections with Mansonella perstans are common in certain parts of Africa and South America. There is no standard treatment at present. We evaluated the effect of a single high dose of ivermectin (600 micrograms/kg) on microfilaraemia in 7 consecutive patients. No decrease in microfilarial counts could be demonstrated...

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

authors： Van den Enden E,Van Gompel A,Van der Stuyft P,Vervoort T,Van den Ende J

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Cryptosporidium spp. are enteric parasites that infect humans and animals. In immunocompromised patients infection can be fatal. This study was conducted to identify sub-populations of Cryptosporidium hominis and C. parvum isolates from HIV-seropositive patients in Equatorial Guinea. METHODS:In a previous s...

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

authors： Blanco MA,Montoya A,Iborra A,Fuentes I

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice were immunized with 0.25 ml culture supernatant intraperitoneally and challenged with 5 x 10(4) Naegleria fowleri intranasally. Survival rate was 11% after one and 25% after three immunizing doses, compared to 0% in controls. ...

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

authors： Thong YH,Ferrante A,Rowan-Kelly B,O'Keefe DE

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modified nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method for detection of Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax and P. malariae was combined with a simple blood collection and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) extraction method and evaluated in Malaysia. Finger-prick blood samples from 46 hospital patients and 120 individuals liv...

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

authors： Singh B,Cox-Singh J,Miller AO,Abdullah MS,Snounou G,Rahman HA

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A limited outbreak of symptomatic intestinal and extraintestinal amoebiasis within a family complex is described. The infection was almost certainly transmitted by a Philippino housemaid, who was an asymptomatic carrier of Entamoeba histolytica infection acquired in her native country. Starch-gel electrophoresis showe...

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

authors： Gatti S,Cevini C,Bruno A,Novati S,Scaglia M

更新日期：1995-07-01 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：:Although intestinal helminth and protozoan infections are prevalent throughout the world, their impact is poorly known. Nevertheless, the morbidity and mortality that occur have stimulated research into host resistance and pathogenesis. Unfortunately, despite an increasing knowledge base, the actual effector molecules...

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

authors： Befus D

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although diethylcarbamazine (DEC) and albendazole are recommended to interrupt transmission of Wuchereria bancrofti, little is known about the macrofilaricidal effect of this drug combination. Forty-seven men with W. bancrofti infection were randomly assigned to receive a single dose of either DEC alone (6 mg/kg) (n=2...

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

authors： Dreyer G,Addiss D,Williamson J,Norões J

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：:Thirty-eight patients with beri-beri (13 dry, 14 wet and 11 mixed type) were seen at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Banjul, The Gambia, in 1990-1991, with a peak in September-October (25 cases) during the latter half of the rainy season. They were all non-confined residents of urban areas. Overt risk factors were pregna...

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

authors： Rolfe M,Walker RW,Samba KN,Cham K

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims at estimating the recent trends in HIV-1 prevalence and the factors associated with infection among pregnant women in the Gulu District of north Uganda, a rural area severely affected by civil strife. In 2000-2003, a total of 4459 antenatal clinic attendees of Lacor Hospital were anonymously tested for...

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

authors： Fabiani M,Nattabi B,Opio AA,Musinguzi J,Biryahwaho B,Ayella EO,Ogwang M,Declich S

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori epidemiology in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly among children, has been little investigated. A secondary endpoint of our study was to examine for associations between the seroprevalence of H. pylori and the incidence of malaria. We explored H. pylori prevalence by measuring serum IgG antibodies t...

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

authors： Gupta V,Perez-Perez GI,Dorsey G,Rosenthal PJ,Blaser MJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between May and September 1982 an extensive epidemic of poliomyelitis occurred in Gazankulu in the north-eastern region of South Africa, with a total of 260 paralysed cases and 42 deaths. A three-part study was instituted, the first of which established the aetiological agent of the epidemic to be poliovirus type 1. T...

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

authors： Johnson S,Schoub BD,McAnerney JM,Gear JS,Moodie JM,Garrity SL,Klaassen KI,Küstner HG

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The response of Plasmodium falciparum to chloroquine in Zambia was determined by the in vivo and in vitro microtechniques. A total dose of 25mg chloroquine base/kg body weight (over 3 d) was administered to 60 children at Lubwe and 42 at Kalene. The in vivo test was successfully completed on 55 cases at Lubwe and 39 a...

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

authors： Lemnge MM,Inambao AW

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This prospective study was carried out from October 2003 to December 2005 and involved a cohort of 946 individuals of both genders, aged 1-89 years, from an endemic area for American visceral leishmaniasis (AVL), in Pará State, Brazil. The aim of the study was to analyze the dynamics of the clinical and immunological ...

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

authors： Silveira FT,Lainson R,Crescente JA,de Souza AA,Campos MB,Gomes CM,Laurenti MD,Corbett CE

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a laboratory worker who received close medical follow-up after accidently inoculating her hand with a needle containing a Humera strain of Leishmania donovani amastigotes. She developed a leishmanoma and histologic evidence of local lymphatic dissemination before being treated. The spectrum of di...

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

authors： Freedman DO,MacLean JD,Viloria JB

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new microplate assay for the determination of activity in vitro against Giardia intestinalis has been developed in which viability is measured by soluble formazan production from a tetrazolium reagent. Metabolic reduction of the latter gives rise to a coloured product which may be determined directly by optical dens...

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

authors： Wright CW,Melwani SI,Phillipson JD,Warhurst DC

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro effect of pyrimethamine (PYR) on human blood mononuclear cells stimulated with phytohaemagglutinin (PHA), pokeweed mitogen (PWM) and purified protein derivative of tuberculin (PPD) was studied by 14C-thymidine incorporation, by cell counting and by total DNA estimation. PYR in concentrations 10 times high...

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

authors： Bygbjerg IC,Odum N,Theander TG

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00