A method for diagnosis of microsporidiosis adapted for use in developing countries.

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：: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：:Antibiotic resistance on account of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-PE) has become a major public health concern in developing countries. The presence of ESBL-PE is associated with increased morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs. There is no active antimicrobial surveillance mechan...

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

authors： Musa BM,Imam H,Lendel A,Abdulkadir I,Gumi HS,Aliyu MH,Habib AG

更新日期：2020-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Allopurinol and allopurinol ribonucleoside tested in vitro and in vivo for activity against Leishmania donovani. Activity in vitro was low against the amastigote form of this parasite with ED50 values of the order of 54 and 96 microM and 86 and 213 microM respectively for the two compounds. In vivo inhibition of up to...

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

authors： Neal RA,Croft SL,Nelson DJ

更新日期：1985-01-01 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：: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：:The aim of this study was to determine the exposure of child citizens of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Plasmodium vivax, and to elucidate if it was related to place of residence or previous international travel to malaria-endemic areas. Blood samples were collected from 1010 primary schoolchildren resident in 7 ou...

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

authors： Abu-Zeid YA,Alwash R,Shaheen HM,Bin-Othman SA,Lukic ML,Amiri KM,Charoenvit Y

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ochratoxin A (OA) is a naturally occurring mycotoxin with nephrotoxic properties that can contaminate plant food products. OA concentrations were assessed in commonly consumed food items in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka, where chronic kidney disease is diagnosed at epidemic proportions. Ninety-eight randomly...

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

authors： Wanigasuriya KP,Peiris H,Ileperuma N,Peiris-John RJ,Wickremasinghe R

更新日期：2008-07-01 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：: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：:Streptococcal infection remains almost the sole cause of the clinical syndrome of acute glomerulonephritis in African children. Evidence for this is in elevated levels of antistreptolysin "O" (ASO) titre in 93% of 28 patients and growth of Group Abeta haemolytic streptococci from the skin and throat in 32%. Spread of ...

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

authors： Hallett AF,Adhikari M,Cooper R,Coovadia HM

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review discusses three inter-related topics: (1) the immaturity of the neonatal and infant immune response; (2) heterologous immunity, where prior infection history with unrelated pathogens alters disease outcome resulting in either enhanced protective immunity or increased immunopathology to new infections, and ...

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

authors： Gil A,Kenney LL,Mishra R,Watkin LB,Aslan N,Selin LK

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were to identify individuals with symptomatic and/or asymptomatic infection due to Leishmania (L.) infantum chagasi; to study the two types of infection, both clinically and immunologically, and to determine the prevalence rate of infection at the beginning of the study. This was a cross-s...

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

authors： Crescente JA,Silveira FT,Lainson R,Gomes CM,Laurenti MD,Corbett CE

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of transmission of Schistosoma mansoni of a focal snail control programme was investigated over four years amongst approximately 1250 people living in five communities in the steep-sided Soufriere river valley, St. Lucia, West Indies. Bayer 6076 was applied from constant flow drip cans to 12 stream sections...

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

authors： Prentice MA,Jordan P,Bartholomew RK,Grist E

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Active community and self-reporting surveillance techniques have been used to describe the dynamics of febrile illness and associated malaria infection in children aged 2 to 15 years from a rural area of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea (PNG). Both history of fever and fever in association with parasitaemia appeared ...

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

authors： Cox MJ,Kum DE,Tavul L,Narara A,Raiko A,Baisor M,Alpers MP,Medley GF,Day KP

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) developed using Leishmania donovani promastigote soluble antigen gave positive responses in practically all the clinically and parasitologically diagnosed patients with kala-azar in a preliminary study. Healthy control subjects from non-endemic and endemic areas gave negati...

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

authors： Choudhry A,Guru PY,Saxena RP,Tandon A,Saxena KC

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We successfully detected dengue virus (DENV) genome in urine and saliva but not in plasma samples from a Japanese dengue fever patient. The results of the present study suggest that detection of DENV genome in urine and saliva can be an effective diagnostic method, particularly for children with viral hemorrhage. ...

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

authors： Mizuno Y,Kotaki A,Harada F,Tajima S,Kurane I,Takasaki T

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a lack of information on the disease burden due to Taenia solium taeniasis and its associated risk factors in pig farming communities throughout the world. The present study was conducted in a rural pig farming community of north India to estimate the prevalence of T. solium taeniasis and associated factors. ...

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

authors： Prasad KN,Prasad A,Gupta RK,Pandey CM,Singh U

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible depression of cell-mediated immunity by long-term Brugia malayi infection in jirds (Meriones unguiculatus) was investigated. Different groups of infected jirds were sensitized with dinitrofluorobenzene, sheep red blood cells, Dirofilaria immitis adult antigens and B. malayi adult antigens. The 24-hour del...

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

authors： Kwa BH,Mak JW

更新日期：1980-01-01 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：: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：:In 2000 we used a sensitive technique to examine 9 isolates from malaria patients in Muheza, Tanzania who had failed treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP). Three isolates carried, at low levels, the leucine to isoleucine change at amino acid 164 that is associated with clinical failure of SP. Numerous other hi...

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

authors： Hastings MD,Bates SJ,Blackstone EA,Monks SM,Mutabingwa TK,Sibley CH

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major cause of mortality despite availability of effective chemotherapy. This study was performed to identify contributing factors for poor outcome during anti-tuberculosis treatment at a teaching hospital chest clinic. Medical records of registered patients treated for TB between 1 January...

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

authors： Burton NT,Forson A,Lurie MN,Kudzawu S,Kwarteng E,Kwara A

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spread of HIV-1 infection among women of childbearing age has led to increasing numbers of children at risk of vertical transmission. This study aimed to assess child outcomes among HIV-positive (n=19) and AIDS (n=22) mothers from Central West Brazil. CD4(+) T-cell counts (FACScount, BD) and viral loads (HIV-1 RT-...

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

authors： Alcântara KC,Pereira GA,Albuquerque M,Stefani MM

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic echinococcosis (CE), caused by Echinococcus granulosus, and alveolar echinococcosis (AE), due to E. multilocularis, are endemic to large areas of north and northwest China. Here we review features of a severe focus of AE and CE in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (NHAR), northwest China. We describe for NHAR the r...

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

authors： Yang YR,Craig PS,Sun T,Vuitton DA,Giraudoux P,Jones MK,Williams GM,McManus DP

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The seroprevalence of hepatitis C virus was evaluated in blood donors and antenatal clinic attenders in Kumasi, Ghana and seropositive subjects were tested for hepatitis C virus ribonucleic acid by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The overall seroprevalence among Ghanaians was 2.8% but there was a significantly hi...

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

authors： Wansbrough-Jones MH,Frimpong E,Cant B,Harris K,Evans MR,Teo CG

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mebendazole, a benzimidazole carbamate compound, is currently in use for human medical practice against soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) and enterobiasis. However, it has been demonstrated that its spectrum of activity is broad and goes beyond those infections. Several studies provide evidence that this drug, take...

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

authors： Cañete R,Escobedo AA,Almirall P,González ME,Brito K,Cimerman S

更新日期：2009-05-01 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：:A 29-year-old Dutch tourist of the Caucasian race had to break her return journey from Indonesia as she developed dengue haemorrhagic fever. She appeared to have been infected on Bali. Serological investigation revealed very high antibody titres against dengue virus types 1 and 3 and a moderately high titre against ty...

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

authors： van Tongeren HA

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00