Pneumocystis carinii is rare in AIDS in Central Africa.

abstract：:Recent studies delineating bacterial causes of fever in rural Asia indicate a major role for several previously under-recognized pathogens, including Rickettsia and Leptospira. The use of blood culture for the first time to investigate patients with febrile illness in rural Asia has also revealed some unexpected findi...

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

authors： Peacock SJ,Newton PN

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an urgent need for a non-toxic and low-cost treatment for cutaneous leishmaniasis. We synthesised and tested in vivo an amphotericin B-poly(methacrylic acid) drug (AmB-PMA) that had previously shown in-vitro activity against Leishmania major and L. donovani parasites. Efficacy was determined using L. major fo...

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

authors： Corware KD,Rogers M,Teo I,Müller I,Shaunak S

更新日期：2010-11-01 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：:The prevalence, intensity and clinical manifestations of onchocerciasis were investigated in three village communities along the Bahr El Arab and its tributaries in Southern Darfur, Western Sudan. Onchocerca volvulus has not been reported from this region before. Over 300 people were examined and the selection of pati...

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

authors： el Sheikh H,Ghalib H,Hussein SM,Barbiero V,Mustafa MB,Williams JF

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:HIV-associated TB is a serious public health problem in Myanmar. Study objectives were to describe national scale-up of collaborative activities to reduce the double burden of TB and HIV from 2005 to 2016 and to describe TB treatment outcomes of individuals registered with HIV-associated TB in 2015 in the Ma...

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

authors： Theingi P,Harries AD,Wai KT,Shewade HD,Saw S,Win T,Thein S,Kyi MS,Nyunt Oo H,Aung ST

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The seroprevalence of toxocariasis was investigated in 1997/98 in 1009 schoolchildren (aged 5-12 years) throughout Trinidad. Infection, as measured by titre, was found to be high compared to values obtained from children in other countries. Using an excretory-secretory antigen and performing an ELISA test, it was foun...

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

authors： Baboolal S,Rawlins SC

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was carried out to determine the role of non-biting cyclorrhaphan flies as carriers of human intestinal parasites at Woreta, northwestern Ethiopia. In total, 6530 flies were collected from four breeding sites and then examined for human intestinal parasites, mainly using the formol-ether concentration metho...

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

authors： Fetene T,Worku N

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

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:Low birth weight is known to be associated with postnatal growth failure. It is not yet established that both conditions are determinants of psychomotor development. The study investigated whether or not low birth weight leads to delayed psychomotor development of a child, and whether it can be mitigated by ...

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

authors： Avan BI,Raza SA,Kirkwood BR

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Achromobacter xylosoxidans is described as being resistant to antiseptics and disinfectants. We studied in vitro the ability of five strains to survive and grow in such solutions, with and without starvation. METHODS:Bacterial suspensions in rich media and in distilled water were inoculated into eight antis...

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

authors： Marion-Sanchez K,Pailla K,Cesarine M,Platon MG,Derancourt C,Olive C

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptospirosis was confirmed by the Leptospira Laboratory in 138 hospital patients on Barbados between early November 1979 and the end of 1982 (annual average 43.6 cases). These were the great majority of severe cases occurring on the island during that time. The crude incidence rate ranged between 15 and 23 per 100,00...

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

authors： Everard CO,Edwards CN,Webb GB,White HS,Nicholson GD

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasmosis is an anthropozoonotic disease endemic world-wide, caused by the apicomplexan Toxoplasma gondii. Although the course of infection is generally benign, it can cause significant morbidity and mortality in the developing fetus and in immunocompromised individuals. Biological diagnosis classically relies upo...

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

authors： Bastien P

更新日期：2002-04-01 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：:The effect of levamisole hydrochloride and mebendazole on Angiostrongylus malaysiensis infection in albino rats was studied. Animals at different stages of infection were treated with various oral doses of levamisole and mebendazole with the aim of finding an effective treatment regime. Levamisole was most effective f...

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

authors： Ambu S,Kwa BH,Mak JW

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

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：:The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of cholera in two groups: (i) people using covered latrine and piped water; (ii) people using uncovered surface latrine and pond and tubewell water. The study population consisted of cholera cases admitted to the ICDDR, B hospital from three refugee camps. In t...

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

authors： Khan MU,Shahidullah M

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteraemia associated with severe malaria in childhood is a sporadically reported phenomenon but its incidence and clinical importance are unknown. We have reviewed clinical and laboratory data from 783 Kenyan children sequentially admitted with a primary diagnosis of severe malaria. The overall incidence of bacterae...

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

authors： Berkley J,Mwarumba S,Bramham K,Lowe B,Marsh K

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the aftermath of a natural disaster, multispecialty rapid response teams are deployed to support health-related relief work. Microbiologists are often part of such teams, along with public health specialists, clinicians and entomologists, and can contribute to the response in multiple ways. The role of a microbiolo...

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

authors： Viswanathan R,Chakrabarty A,Basu S

更新日期：2021-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) allows sensitive detection of serum immunoglobulin (Ig) G against a soluble extract of Strongyloides stercoralis infective larvae. In this study, 40/40 (100%) human strongyloidiasis sera had high levels of anti-S. stercoralis IgG, but 30/40 (75%) filariasis sera, and ...

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

authors： Conway DJ,Atkins NS,Lillywhite JE,Bailey JW,Robinson RD,Lindo JF,Bundy DA,Bianco AE

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of epidemiological surveys and the follow-up of malaria endemicity are often difficult to compare due to the high frequency of low-density parasitaemia in semi-immune populations. Detecting malaria parasites is dependent on the conditions and methods of parasitological examination. A standardized method of...

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

authors： Trape JF

更新日期：1985-01-01 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：:The influence of haptoglobin polymorphisms on severe malaria occurrence was assessed in 1183 individuals from The Gambia. No significant association was found between severe malaria and either haptoglobin genotypes or phenotypes. The advantages of using a deoxyribonucleic acid-based haptoglobin typing method are discu...

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

authors： Aucan C,Walley AJ,Greenwood BM,Hill AV

更新日期：2002-05-01 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：BACKGROUND:Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease known to have wide-ranging clinical manifestations. Despite a number of published case series, culture-confirmed series are few and there is a paucity of data on Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (JHR) associated with treatment of leptospirosis. Our objective was to describe the...

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

authors： Tsuha S,Taniguchi T,Shiiki S,Narita M,Leung DT

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recently described simple kit for isolating African trypanosomes in vitro (KIVI) was tested further with blood samples from man and other animals in Côte d'Ivoire and République du Congo. A high rate of success was achieved, with positive cultures being found 5-36 d after inoculation. The method was also of value in...

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

authors： Truc P,Aerts D,McNamara JJ,Claes Y,Allingham R,Le Ray D,Godfrey DG

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Manual white blood cell (WBC) differential counts as a predictor for neonatal sepsis development in a low-resource setting have not been thoroughly evaluated. We hypothesized that manual differentiation (specifically immature:total [I:T] neutrophil ratios) would be feasible and useful as an adjunct to predic...

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

authors： Golding CN,Schaltz-Buchholzer F,Sanca L,Clipet-Jensen C,Benn CS,Au N,Chipperfield K,Kollmann TR,Amenyogbe NA

更新日期：2020-08-01 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：:Isoenzyme profiles of 28 stocks of Leishmania aethiopica were compared with those of reference strains of L. aethiopica, L. tropica and L. major using starch-gel electrophoresis of 13 enzymes (GPI, GD, ES, PGM, PEPD, NH, ASAT, ALAT, PK, MPI, 6PGD, SOD, MDH). 13 zymodemes were seen. L. aethiopica showed some infraspeci...

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

authors： Le Blancq SM,Belehu A,Peters W

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an increasing need to provide spatial distribution maps of the clinical burden of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Africa. Recent evidence suggests that risk groups and the clinical spectrum of severe malaria are related to the intensity of P. falciparum transmission. Climate operates to affect the vectorial ...

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

authors： Snow RW,Gouws E,Omumbo J,Rapuoda B,Craig MH,Tanser FC,le Sueur D,Ouma J

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quinine (n = 246) was used to treat uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum and chloroquine (n = 130) was used to treat P. vivax, in a total of 376 episodes of malaria in the first trimester of pregnancy, in 300 Karen women (Thailand, 1995-2000). Parasites were still present on day 6 or 7 in 4.7% (11/234) of episodes trea...

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

authors： McGready R,Thwai KL,Cho T,Samuel,Looareesuwan S,White NJ,Nosten F

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00