An outbreak of typhoid due to multidrug resistant Salmonella typhi in Pondicherry.

abstract：:We performed a survey for taeniasis and cysticercosis among persons living in a Mexican village where Taenia solium infection in pigs was known to be enzootic. A standardized questionnaire was administered in all 577 households to obtain medical histories and information on demographic and environmental factors and on...

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

authors： Sarti E,Schantz PM,Plancarte A,Wilson M,Gutierrez OI,Aguilera J,Roberts J,Flisser A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective analysis of the medical records of 1970 patients admitted to the intensive care unit of the Clinical Research Centre in Dhaka, Bangladesh was made, to identify various complications and outcome. All patients were admitted with a history of diarrhoea. Children under 5 years old comprised 90% of these pa...

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

authors： Mitra AK,Khan MR,Alam AN

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The nematode Strongyloides stercoralis has a very particular autoinfection life-cycle which leads to chronic infections remaining undetected for decades. However, hyperinfection can occur in patients receiving immunotherapy resulting in high mortality rates. The main objective of this study was to assess the...

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

authors： Valerio L,Roure S,Fernández-Rivas G,Basile L,Martínez-Cuevas O,Ballesteros ÁL,Ramos X,Sabrià M,North Metropolitan Working Group on Imported Diseases.

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the global effort to eliminate lymphatic filariasis, annual mass treatments are conducted with diethylcarbamazine (DEC) or ivermectin, combined with albendazole. The success of this strategy depends on achieving high levels of drug coverage, which reduces the number of persons with circulating microfilariae so that...

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

authors： Mathieu E,Deming M,Lammie PJ,McLaughlin SI,Beach MJ,Deodat DJ,Addiss DG

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody responses were measured in a volunteer infected four times with Necator americanus over a 27-month period. The main source of antigen was culture fluid in which living adult N. americanus had been maintained for several days. Antibodies to worm acetylcholinesterase and IgE antibodies were detected only with t...

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

authors： Ogilvie BM,Bartlett A,Godfrey RC,Turton JA,Worms MJ,Yeates RA

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plasmodium vivax malaria has been recognised as an important cause of morbidity in several African countries. The prevalence was previously estimated as 2-5% in eastern Sudan. These estimates are observed to be rising and spreading continuously. The present study was undertaken to investigate the situation o...

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

authors： Elgoraish AG,Elzaki SEG,Ahmed RT,Ahmed AI,Fadlalmula HA,Abdalgader Mohamed S,Abdallah NI,Abdelgadir O,Ageep TB,El-Sayed BB

更新日期：2019-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1993 to 1996, an entomological survey was conducted in the village of Ndiop, Senegal, as part of a research programme on malaria epidemiology and the mechanisms of protective immunity. Mosquitoes were captured on human bait and by indoor spraying. Species from the Anopheles gambiae complex were identified using t...

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

authors： Fontenille D,Lochouarn L,Diatta M,Sokhna C,Dia I,Diagne N,Lemasson JJ,Ba K,Tall A,Rogier C,Trape JF

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:In Nigeria, little is known about the development of new or additional physical disability during leprosy treatment. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and evaluate factors associated with worsening of physical disability during leprosy treatment in Nigeria. Methods:This was a retro...

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

authors： Chukwu JN,Ekeke N,Nwafor CC,Meka AO,Alphonsus C,Mbah OK,Eze CC,Ukwaja KN

更新日期：2018-11-01 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：:Genetically identical Leishmania chagasi/infantum parasites cause both atypical cutaneous leishmaniasis and visceral leishmaniasis. In this report we have tested the first part of a hypothesis that states that the form of this disease that is manifested depends upon the adjuvant-like activity of aluminium of dietary o...

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

authors： Maingon R,Khela A,Sampson C,Ward R,Walker K,Exley C

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using IFAT, it has been shown that isolated egg-shells and uterine fluid of Dipetalonema viteae are the most potent antigens in heterologous systems using human sera from patients infected with Wuchereria bancrofti, Onchocerca volvulus and Loa loa, as well as in homologous systems using sera from animals infected with...

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

authors： Diesfeld HJ,Kirsten C

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultured stocks of Entamoeba hartmanni, Endolimax nana, Iodamoeba buetschlli and Dientamoeba fragilis were compared with the four Entamoeba histolytical groups already described (SARGEAUNT et al., 1978), by the electrophoretic patterns of three enzymes: glucose phosphate isomerase (GPI), phosphoglucomutase (PGM) and L...

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

authors： Sargeaunt PG,Williams JE

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is concern that crop irrigation that results in increased numbers of vector mosquitoes will lead to a rise in malaria in local communities. We evaluated the level of malaria experienced in 3 communities in northern Tanzania with different agricultural practices: rice irrigation, sugar-cane irrigation and traditi...

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

authors： Ijumba JN,Shenton FC,Clarke SE,Mosha FW,Lindsay SW

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leptospirosis has a mortality rate of 5-20%. Poor prognostic factors are older age; oliguria; elevated potassium, creatinine and/or bilirubin levels; and altered mental status. We conducted this retrospective study to analyse the predictors of mortality among Indian patients with leptospirosis. METHODS:Clin...

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

authors： Goswami RP,Goswami RP,Basu A,Tripathi SK,Chakrabarti S,Chattopadhyay I

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:To date, there is no consensus on ideal ways to measure antiretroviral treatment (ART) adherence in resource limited settings. This study aimed to identify markers of poor adherence to ART. Methods:Retrospective data of HIV-positive ART-naïve adults initiating standard first-line ART at Themba Lethu Clinic,...

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

authors： Nnambalirwa M,Govathson C,Evans D,McNamara L,Maskew M,Nyasulu P

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arboviruses are maintained and transmitted through an alternating biological cycle in arthropods and vertebrates, with largely incidental disease in humans and animals. As such, they provide excellent examples of One Health, as their health impact is inextricably linked to their vertebrate hosts, their arthropod vecto...

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

authors： Mackenzie JS,Lindsay MDA,Smith DW,Imrie A

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present the long-term outcome of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) patients. METHODS:An observational study of 291 MDR TB cases that were diagnosed from 1990 to 2011 at the Fukujuji Hospital in Japan. RESULTS:The frequency of relapse after cure was 3/168 (1.8%) during a mean follow-up of 4.4 year...

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

authors： Yoshiyama T,Morimoto K,Okumura M,Sasaki Y,Ogata H,Shiraishi Y,Kudou S

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency, intensity and clinical features of onchocerciasis in the two ethnic groups (Blacks and Chachilla--an indigenous tribe) in the endemic foci of the disease in Esmeraldas province (Ecuador) were evaluated. The incidence of infection and intensity of the disease seen in both groups were directly related to ...

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

authors： Molea J,Guderian RH,Proaño R,Carrillo R,Swanson WL

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The availability of a defined medium (STEIGER & STEIGER, 1976) has enabled studies on the nutritional requirements of promastigotes of L. donovani and L. braziliensis (STEIGER & STEIGER, 1977). As outlined elsewhere (STEIGER & MESHNICK, 1977), the present paper describes preliminary experiments dealing with the utiliz...

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

authors： Steiger RF,Meshnick SR

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Chronic hepatitis B infection affects 240 million people, with the highest prevalence in Africa and Asia, and results in 700 000 deaths annually. Access to diagnostics, particularly for hepatitis B virus viral load quantification (HBV DNA), is a major barrier to treatment. We aimed to test World Health Organ...

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

authors： Laing N,Tufton H,Ochola E,P'Kingston OG,Maini MK,Easom N

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：:A study was conducted in 1997 to compare the accuracy of presumptive diagnosis of malaria in children aged 1-9 years performed by caretakers of the children to that of health centre staff in 2 ecological zones in southern Ghana. Similar symptoms were reported in the children at home and at the health centre. In the ho...

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

authors： Dunyo SK,Afari EA,Koram KA,Ahorlu CK,Abubakar I,Nkrumah FK

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:After new analysis, Sanofi Pasteur now recommends their dengue vaccine (Dengvaxia) should only be given to individuals previously infected with dengue and the World Health Organization's recommendations regarding its use are currently being revised. As a result, the potential costs of performing large-scale ...

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

authors： Turner HC,Wills BA,Rahman M,Quoc Cuong H,Thwaites GE,Boni MF,Clapham HE

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new antihookworm compound, C.9333 Go./CGP 4540, was evaluated clinically in 65 adult patients with hookworm infection. Several dosage schedules were evaluated to determine an effective, well tolerated and convenient regime. The lowest effective dose was 125 mg administered at four-hourly intervals for three doses. T...

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

authors： Vakil BJ,Dalal NJ,Shah PN

更新日期：1977-01-01 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：:During February and March of 1998, 12 sudden deaths were reported among residents of a high-Andean community in Ecuador. All 12 fatalities were members of the same extended family and some had apparent exposure to sick guinea-pigs. Following an initial investigation by public health officials, an additional death was ...

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

authors： Gabastou JM,Proaño J,Vimos A,Jaramillo G,Hayes E,Gage K,Chu M,Guarner J,Zaki S,Bowers J,Guillemard C,Tamayo H,Ruiz A

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of early markers that predict the response to anti-tuberculosis treatment would facilitate evaluation of new drugs and improve patient management. This study aimed to determine whether selected acute phase proteins and micronutrients measured at the time of diagnosis and during the first weeks of tr...

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

authors： Almeida ML,Barbieri MA,Gurgel RQ,Abdurrahman ST,Baba UA,Hart CA,Shenkin A,Silva AM,de Souza L,Cuevas LE

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy and safety of single-dose ivermectin (150-200 micrograms/kg) and albendazole (400 mg) treatment administered separately or in combination for Wuchereria bancrofti infections were assessed in 1996-98 in a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled field trial in Ghana: 1425 individuals from 4 lymphatic fil...

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

authors： Dunyo SK,Nkrumah FK,Simonsen PE

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mapping an area at risk of epidemics of meningococcal meningitis in Africa has significant implications for their prevention and case treatment, through the targeted development of improved surveillance systems and control policies. Such an area was described using information obtained from published and unpublished r...

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

authors： Molesworth AM,Thomson MC,Connor SJ,Cresswell MP,Morse AP,Shears P,Hart CA,Cuevas LE

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolonged carriage of Plasmodium falciparum in humans during the dry season is critical for parasite survival, as the infected subjects constitute a major reservoir in the absence of transmission. Yet, very little is known about the host/parasite interactions contributing to parasite persistence. In order to study the...

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

authors： Zwetyenga J,Rogier C,Spiegel A,Fontenille D,Trape JF,Mercereau-Puijalon O

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00