Abstract：
:Counts of nocturnally periodic Wuchereria bancrofti microfilariae (mf) in 20 mm3 finger-prick blood films were compared with membrane counts after filtration of 1 ml of venous blood for their efficacy in determining the prevalence of Bancroftian filariasis. The technique used for spreading and staining the blood films was critically important to the sensitivity of this screening procedure. There was good agreement between the 2 methods. Four statistical approaches were used to measure the correlation between the 2 sampling methods: 2 linear regression methods using untransformed and transformed data, and 2 non-parametric rank correlation methods. Based on the statistical analyses, this study strongly supports the general observation that finger-prick blood samples tend to contain more mf than equivalent volumes of venous blood, at mf densities high enough to be detectable by the finger-prick technique. It also demonstrates that finger-prick samples provide good estimates of mf densities and prevalence of infection except in areas of very low mf densities, where the membrane filtration method would provide a more accurate estimate of prevalence. Regression analyses using untransformed and transformed data, and the rank correlation tests, demonstrated a strong statistically significant correlation (P less than 0.001) between venous and finger-prick mf counts.
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Trans R Soc Trop Med Hygauthors
Sabry Mdoi
10.1016/0035-9203(91)90237-ssubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1991-07-01 00:00:00pages
506-10issue
4eissn
0035-9203issn
1878-3503journal_volume
85pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:Six patas monkeys (Erythrocebus patas) were fed a protein-free diet. Sixteen animals of the same species received a standard monkey diet. The protein-depleted patas showed reduced absorption of folic acid but not D-xylose, and 5 out of 6 had a decrease in the exocrine pancreatic function. Animals with reduced folic ac...
journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0035-9203(75)90163-7
更新日期：1975-01-01 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
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0035-9203(79)90077-4
更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1093/trstmh/trx045
更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.06.017
更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.07.015
更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0035-9203(95)90562-6
更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0035-9203(75)90161-3
更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1093/trstmh/trt018
更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.11.014
更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0035-9203(84)90260-8
更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The epidemiological coexistence of schistosomiasis and malaria is frequently observed in developing countries. Co-infection with malaria in children could influence the development of acquired immunity associated with the resistance or the pathology of schistosomiasis. In the present study, performed during May to Jun...
journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0035-9203(03)90170-2
更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of study was to estimate the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) of diagnostic options for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Brazil. METHODS:Six diagnostic tests were considered: IT LEISH, Kalazar Detect, DAT-LPC (DAT made in the Laboratório de Pesquisas Clínicas), IFAT, PCR and direct ex...
journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1093/trstmh/trw050
更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0035-9203(96)90526-x
更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.01.002
更新日期：2008-04-01 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
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1093/trstmh/trw061
更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The objectives of this study were to establish the prevalence of Chagas' disease among HIV seropositive patients and to define the clinical profile of co-infected cases. Cross-sectional study: the prevalence of co-infected subjects was 1.3% and there was no significant difference between co-infected and non co-infecte...
journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.02.004
更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0035-9203(96)90425-3
更新日期：1996-11-01 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
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0035-9203(93)90284-w
更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0035-9203(94)90199-6
更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Of 209 patients with liver disease attending the Al Qassimi Hospital, Sharjah, 172 were suffering from acute hepatitis. The proportion harbouring the hepatitis B surface antigen was unknown. Of the remainder, 10 were suffering from chronic active hepatitis, five from primary hepatoma and six from cirrhosis. Infection ...
journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0035-9203(81)90202-9
更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Actinomycotic liver abscess was diagnosed in a 35-year-old alcoholic farmer from southern India with tender hepatomegaly and fever. CT of the abdomen revealed three coalescing hypodense lesions in the liver. The causative organism could be demonstrated on direct microscopy and cultured from the pus. Treatment with i.v...
journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.06.004
更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Eight weeks following infection with Schistosoma mansoni ICR strain mice showed much more marked hepatic fibrosis than did C57BL/6 mice or hamsters. None the less, extracts of the hepatic granulomata of these animals had similar fibroblast stimulating activity when assayed in vitro. ...
journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0035-9203(85)90369-4
更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:An analysis was carried out of the mortality rate on the medical wards of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, over a 14-year period (1960-73). A total of 4,568 cases were reviewed with an annual death rate of between 300 and 400. Most of the deaths resulted from cardiovascular diseases, especially hypertension, t...
journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0035-9203(76)90131-0
更新日期：1976-01-01 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
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0035-9203(86)90040-4
更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Foreign-born populations carry a significant TB burden in low-prevalence countries, composing over half of all cases in parts of Europe and North America. This study systematically reviewed evidence of risk factors for nonadherence to TB drug therapy in this group. METHODS:On 28 October 2013 MEDLINE, CINAHL...
journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1093/trstmh/trw025
更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Cicely Williams, in her original description of kwashiorkor, implied that deficiency of protein in the baby's food could be a main cause of the syndrome. The hallmark of kwashiorkor is oedema. According to the 'classical' theory, an inadequate intake of protein leads to a low plasma albumin concentration, which in tur...
journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0035-9203(84)90053-1
更新日期：1984-01-01 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
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0035-9203(93)90427-r
更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Intrathecal cytokine levels and blood-cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) barrier function were studied in 91 Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense-infected patients. The CSF concentration of the cellular immune activation marker neopterin and the cytokines IL-6 and IL-10 were increased over control and post-treatment levels in all pa...
journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.03.013
更新日期：2006-03-01 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
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0035-9203(77)90107-9
更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Stool specimens from 90% of the population of 2 marginal communities in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, were examined by the Kato-Katz technique for the estimation of eggs per gram of faeces (epg). Average epg values for Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura were calculated for each family in the community, based on the...
journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0035-9203(90)90284-l
更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00
