Seroprevalence of antibodies to hepatitis E virus in two large communities in Havana, Cuba.

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：:Serum and urinary RNase activity was determined in 15 normal children and in 52 children in various clinical stages of schistosomal hepatic fibrosis. The activity of serum RNase was compared with that of serum GOT, GPT and AP. The activity of serum and urinary RNase in the different schistosomal groups was significant...

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

authors： Zeitoun MM,Hamam MA,Kantoosh M,Abdel-Moneim MA,el-Sewedy SM

更新日期：1978-01-01 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 first case of Sarcocystis infection is reported from West Malaysia. A cyst was seen as an incidental finding in a biopsy specimen from the larynx of the patient. The cyst and the cystozoites were of the small size with no evidence of cytophaneres or compartments. ...

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

authors： Kutty MK,Dissanaike AS

更新日期：1975-01-01 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：:National tuberculosis control programmes (NTPs) in sub-Saharan Africa do not routinely record or report treatment outcome data on smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) patients. Twelve-month treatment outcome on patients with smear-negative PTB registered in all district and mission hospitals in Malawi during th...

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

authors： Harries AD,Nyirenda TE,Banerjee A,Boeree MJ,Salaniponi FM

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the early 1900s, visceral leishmaniasis (VL; kala-azar) has been among the most important health problems in Sudan, particularly in the main endemic area in the eastern and central regions. Several major epidemics have occurred, the most recent--in Western Upper Nile province in southern Sudan, detected in 1988--...

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

authors： Zijlstra EE,el-Hassan AM

更新日期：2001-04-01 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：:A Swedish tourist who had visited Kenya fell ill with Plasmodium falciparum malaria 11 days after returning home, in spite of taking pyrimethamine (50 mg weekly) as malaria prophylaxis. Chloroquine treatment (25 mg base/kg body-weight) giving serum concentrations of 0.30 mumol/l cleared the patent parasitaemia and the...

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

authors： Faehlmann M,Rombo L,Hedman P

更新日期：1981-01-01 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：:In South Africa, in urban but not rural areas, hypertension is far more common in Black than in White adults. To throw light on this adverse situation, blood pressures are being determined in various segments of Black populations, in the present instance on series of school pupils aged 16 to 17 years, in rural and urb...

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

authors： Walker AR,Walker BF,Daya L,Ncongwane J

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of an indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) performed in a "sandwich" technique has demonstrated: (i) the usefulness of the test for the diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the opossum Didelphis marsupialis; (ii) the existence of differences in the serological response of the opossum, that were rel...

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

authors： Jansen AM,Moriearty PL,Castro BG,Deane MP

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral gnathostomiasis is a severe form of human infection caused by Gnathostoma spinigerum. We report sequential brain imaging in serologically proven cerebral gnathostomiasis. The clinical and radiographic correlation showed the probable route taken by the parasite during its migration through the central nervous ...

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

authors： Sawanyawisuth K,Chlebicki MP,Pratt E,Kanpittaya J,Intapan PM

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmanial antigen in circulating immune complexes (CIC) from sera of cotton-rats experimentally infected with Leishmania donovani and visceral leishmaniasis patients (VLP) was detected using a polyethylene glycol (PEG) enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (PEG-ELISA). The immune complexes were precipitated in the cold ...

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

authors： Azazy AA,Devaney E,Chance ML

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：:Indoor-resting anopheline mosquitoes were collected from Obuasi, Ghana, and were identified morphologically and by PCR as Anopheles funestus Giles. Wild-caught females were induced to lay eggs. Samples of F1 progeny from each family were divided into cohorts and were either exposed to DDT and permethrin or were stored...

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

authors： Okoye PN,Brooke BD,Koekemoer LL,Hunt RH,Coetzee M

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2005, a Marburg haemorrhagic fever (MHF) outbreak occurred in Uíge province, Angola, which had its epicentre in Uíge municipality. Concurrently, a health facility located a considerable distance from the outbreak's epicentre reported a drastic reduction in attendance, possibly due to a remote effect of the ongoing ...

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

authors： Roddy P,Marchiol A,Jeffs B,Palma PP,Bernal O,de la Rosa O,Borchert M

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In helminthology, the mean number of eggs per gram of faeces (EPG) is a commonly used indicator for the severity of the infection in a population. The example presented here shows that, in my opinion, mean EPG (either calculated as arithmetic or geometric means) is not the best way to evaluate the impact of control me...

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

authors： Montresor A

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the Omdurman Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Sudan, from 6 October to 1 December 1986, 736 patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) were studied. The duration of the lesions varied from a few days to 4 months, usually (56%) 1-3 months. Multiple lesions ranging from one to 50 (mean = 4) were present in 80% of case...

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

authors： el-Safi SH,Peters W,el-Toam B,el-Kadarow A,Evans DA

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmania lainsoni has recently been recognized as a new peripylarian species belonging to the subgenus Viannia and the L. braziliensis complex. It has been isolated from its sandfly vector, reservoir host and cutaneous lesions of human patients. Microscopical examination has shown characteristics which are different...

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

authors： Eresh S,de Bruijn MH,Mendoza-León JA,Barker DC

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe anaemia in pregnancy is an important preventable cause of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. Different methods of screening for severe anaemia in pregnancy were evaluated in a 2-phased study conducted in Kilifi, Kenya. In phase 1 (in 1994/95), pallor testing was evaluated alone and in addition to r...

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

authors： Shulman CE,Levene M,Morison L,Dorman E,Peshu N,Marsh K

更新日期：2001-05-01 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：:Malaria remains an important health problem in Bangladesh, with approximately 14 million people at risk. Antimalarial drug resistance is a major obstacle to the control of malaria in endemic countries. In 2012, Bangladesh reported an estimated 29 522 malaria episodes, of which 94% were reported as being caused by Plas...

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

authors： Haque U,Glass GE,Haque W,Islam N,Roy S,Karim J,Noedl H

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosomiasis among pregnant women has been inadequately investigated. In order to determine the importance of Schistosoma mansoni in this subgroup, we conducted a cross-sectional survey of 972 women in Tanzania and investigated the prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni, hookworm and malaria and their associations with ...

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

authors： Ajanga A,Lwambo NJ,Blair L,Nyandindi U,Fenwick A,Brooker S

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:On return from duty in North Solomons Province (including Bougainville Island), Papua New Guinea, 586 Australian Defence Force personnel received either primaquine (14-d) or tafenoquine (3-d) post-exposure malaria prophylaxis. Within 12 months, 6 of the 214 volunteers receiving primaquine and 7 of 378 receiving tafeno...

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

authors： Nasveld P,Kitchener S,Edstein M,Rieckmann K

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This year-long study investigated the epidemiology of acute filarial episodes due to Wuchereria bancrofti in 2 rural villages in south India. The annual incidence of 96.5 episodes/1000 population was significantly higher in males (108.5) than females (84.1) an strongly age dependent. First occurrence of acute disease ...

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

authors： Ramaiah KD,Ramu K,Kumar KN,Guyatt H

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) and weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ) identify different populations of children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) with only some degree of overlap. In an urban slum in Bangladesh, we conducted a prospective cohort study on children assessed as being severely malnourished ...

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

authors： Ali E,Zachariah R,Shams Z,Vernaeve L,Alders P,Salio F,Manzi M,Allaouna M,Draguez B,Delchevalerie P,Harries AD

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphatic filariasis (LF) caused by Wuchereria bancrofti is widely prevalent in tropical and subtropical countries. Night blood film examination is most commonly used for diagnosis of filariasis but is cumbersome and labour intensive. In order to develop an indirect ELISA-based immunodiagnostic test, the importance of...

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

authors： Singh A,Kamal S,Rathaur S

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-six hospital in-patients in London had breath-hydrogen concentrations measured after 50 g lactose were given orally; in 23 or them serial blood glucose concentrations were also estimated. Eight had tropical malabsorption (TM), 14 were Europeans with no detectable disease (normal group) and 14 who also had no de...

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

authors： Cook GC

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00