Serological and blood culture investigations of Nepalese fever patients.

abstract：Background:Preventive chemotherapy (PC), the large-scale administration of anthelminthics, is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the control of soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH). Since 2010, donated anthelminthics for STH have boosted the implementation of PC programmes in children, achieving glo...

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

authors： Montresor A,Trouleau W,Mupfasoni D,Bangert M,Joseph SA,Mikhailov A,Fitzpatrick C

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the IgG fraction of a monospecific sheep antiserum against the circulating anodic antigen (CAA) of Schistosoma mansoni, an indirect haemagglutination reaction for the determination of this antigen was developed. This is the first time that an IHA has been applied to the detection of circulating antigens in paras...

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

authors： Deelder AM,Eveleigh PC

更新日期：1978-01-01 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

authors： Adetuyibi A,Akisanya JB,Onadeko BO

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An improved enzyme immunoassay technique (EIA) was used in the diagnosis of 311 suspected Russell's viper bite cases in Myanmar [Burma], 181 of whom (58%) had systemic envenoming. Russell's viper venom was detected in the sera of 175 (56.3%), cobra or green pit viper venoms in 4 (1.3%), and no venom in the remaining 1...

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

authors： Tun-Pe,Ba-Aye,Aye-Aye-Myint,Tin-Nu-Swe,Warrell DA

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical occurrence of Pneumocystis carinii and Mycobacterium tuberculosis was investigated in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who had clinical pneumonia of unknown aetiology in Lusaka, Zambia. The results were compared with a similar group of patients in Stockholm, Sweden. Induced sputum...

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

authors： Elvin KM,Lumbwe CM,Luo NP,Björkman A,Källenius G,Linder E

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Singapore in 2005 there were 14,209 documented cases of dengue fever, including 25 deaths. The epidemiology of dengue in Singapore is changing, with increasingly severe infection in adults with chronic disease being recognised. We performed a retrospective review of nine adult patients who died of dengue-related il...

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

authors： Lahiri M,Fisher D,Tambyah PA

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty human strains of Leishmania infantum isolated in 1985-99 from 17 patients with repeated cutaneous, mucosal or visceral leishmaniasis episodes in Catalonia (Spain) were examined by isoenzyme electrophoresis. Six zymodemes were revealed: MON-1, MON-24, MON-28, MON-29, MON-33 and MON-34. In 2 patients 2 different z...

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

authors： Gállego M,Pratlong F,Riera C,Muñoz C,Ribera E,Fisa R,Rioux JA,Dedet JP,Portús M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey for intestinal parasites was carried out in a homogenous rice cultivation area, in which people had equal opportunities of acquiring the local endemic helminthiases, including schistosomiasis mansoni. The numbers of Schistosoma mansoni eggs excreted in faeces were counted. Infections with S. mansoni, Ascaris ...

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

authors： Chamone M,Marques CA,Atuncar GS,Pereira AL,Pereira LH

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fever and myalgia are non-specific clinical manifestations of illness which commonly occur in patients with arboviral disease. In Egypt, such illness is often mis-diagnosed as "influenza". To determine arboviral aetiology in patients admitted with fever and myalgia, acute and convalescent sera samples were obtained fr...

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

authors： Darwish MA,Feinsod FM,Scott RM,Ksiazek TG,Botros BA,Farrag IH,el Said S

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:261 individuals were skin tested with leishmanin from Leishmania donovani and with an antigen from a lizard trypanosome isolated in an area endemic for kala-azar in Ethiopia. 83 of the 261 responded positively, with indurations of 5 mm or greater, to one antigen but negatively to the other, and 42 reacted positively t...

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

authors： Fuller GK,Lemma A,Haile T

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Turkey has a national tuberculosis (TB) control program that follows the standards set by the World Health Organization's (WHO) global TB control program. METHODS:In this record-based retrospective study, contact screening and chemoprophylaxis of 469 TB contacts registered at the Samsun Tuberculosis Dispens...

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

authors： Dundar C,Oztomurcuk D,Terzi O

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cohort of 250 Ghanaian schoolchildren aged 5-15 years was followed clinically and parasitologically for 4 months in 1997/98 in order to study the effect of asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infections on haematological indices and bone-marrow responses. Of the 250 children 65 met the predefined study criteria. Thus...

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

authors： Kurtzhals JA,Addae MM,Akanmori BD,Dunyo S,Koram KA,Appawu MA,Nkrumah FK,Hviid L

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacteria isolated on aerobic and anaerobic culture were compared in 80 unilateral ulcers in patients with homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease, 62 superficial skin lesions, and in 30 diabetic ulcers. In SS disease, the bacterial flora was predominantly aerobic and polymicrobial with Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomon...

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

authors： MacFarlane DE,Baum KF,Serjeant GR

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Out of 938 parasitologically confirmed patients with visceral leishmaniasis treated with amphotericin B (1 mg/kg bodyweight daily infused in 2 h for 20 days), 935 were cured clinically, 933 parasitologically and 931 ultimately (no relapse within 6 months). Two parasitologically 'not cured' and 4 relapsed patients were...

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

authors： Thakur CP,Singh RK,Hassan SM,Kumar R,Narain S,Kumar A

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neither high theoretical efficacy of disease control tools, nor diagnostic accuracy, nor good compliance, nor adequate coverage can lead on its own to the final goal of community effectiveness. There is a complex relationship between these factors. The different steps in the process leading to effective health care in...

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

authors： Tanner M,Lengeler C,Lorenz N

更新日期：1993-09-01 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：:The red fox is considered to be the main reservoir of the present European rabies epizootic which began in Poland in 1939-40. Its usual rate of spread is 20 to 60 km a year. Mortality among rabies-infected fox populations is estimated variously to be 20 to 60%. The infection spreads more rapidly among foxes in the aut...

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

authors： Lloyd HG

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews the application of epidemiological understanding of diarrhoeal disease to interventions in water and sanitation. Over the past 20 years, great efforts have been made to elucidate the relationships between water supply, sanitation and diarrhoeal disease. At the outset, it was hoped that improved unde...

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

authors： Kolsky PJ

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The market for antimalarial drugs consists of the 2.8 billion (2.8 x 10(9) people living in malaria endemic areas and about 20-30 million people, mainly Europeans and North Americans, who travel or live in malarious areas, and the wealthy elite of malarious developing countries. Some of the largest markets include Chi...

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

authors： Foster S

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study of 8 cases of envenoming by Chinese krait (Bungarus multicinctus) and one banded krait (B. fasciatus) in southern Myanmar is reported. Chinese krait bite produced minimal local reactions, except in one person bitten on the lip which resulted in local swelling. Onset of neurotoxic symptoms occurre...

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

authors： Pe T,Myint T,Htut A,Htut T,Myint AA,Aung NN

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A seroepidemiological and clinical study was performed in an area of West Africa (The Gambia) where Plasmodium falciparum is endemic with seasonal transmission. Plasma samples were tested by intermediate gel immunoelectrophoresis for antibodies against 7 soluble P. falciparum antigens. There were marked differences in...

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

authors： Jakobsen PH,Riley EM,Allen SJ,Larsen SO,Bennett S,Jepsen S,Greenwood BM

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:We aimed to investigate the outcome of children with Japanese encephalitis (JE) and to examine the predictors of the outcome. METHODS:We reviewed the medical records of children with laboratory-confirmed Japanese encephalitis hospitalized in Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University in 2010. At le...

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

authors： Ma J,Jiang L

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient rises in parasitaemia occur commonly during the treatment of falciparum malaria but their prognostic significance has not been well defined. Twelve-hourly parasite counts from 133 malaria patients who were ultimately cured were therefore compared with counts from 97 therapeutic failures to determine if incre...

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

authors： Watt G,Shanks GD,Phintuyothin P

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The commercial dot-blot enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay Dip-S-Ticks dipstick test was compared with the indirect immunoperoxidase (IIP) and Weil-Felix (WF) tests for the diagnosis of scrub typhus, using the indirect immunofluorescent antibody test (IFA) as the reference standard. With a panel of 117 positive and 75 ...

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

authors： Pradutkanchana J,Silpapojakul K,Paxton H,Pradutkanchana S,Kelly DJ,Strickman D

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:34 patients with tetanus were studied; all had normal serum proteins and albumin. Only 3 samples of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) contained cells (a few polymorphonuclear leucocytes). Protein levels in the CSF were elevated in 26 patients (76.5%); 11 cases with clinically mild tetanus had a mean CSF protein of 400 +/- 250...

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

authors： Idoko JA,Amiobonomo AE,Anjorin FI,Oyeyinka GO,Elechi C

更新日期：1990-07-01 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：: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：:This paper provides an overview of the methods in which geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing (RS) technology have been used to visualise and analyse data related to vectorborne diseases (VBD) in West Africa and to discuss the potential for these approaches to be routinely included in future studies ...

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

authors： Ratmanov P,Mediannikov O,Raoult D

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:WHO recommends that anthelmintic treatment be included in strategies to improve maternal nutrition in areas where hookworms are endemic and anaemia is prevalent. At present, few countries have adopted this recommendation, partly owing to the lack of data to support the adverse effects of hookworms on maternal health. ...

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

authors： Torlesse H,Hodges M

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00