The fibre-web blood sampling technique applied to serological diagnosis of schistosomiasis mansoni.

abstract：:Microsporidiosis in AIDS patients has emerged as an important cause of morbidity, but diagnosis requires special stains, equipment and expertise. Here we describe a modification to an existing staining technique to allow more rapid preparation, without additional equipment, facilitating research in the tropics into th...

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

authors： Sianongo S,McDonald V,Kelly P

更新日期：2001-11-01 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：:The relationships between intestinal parasitism and excreta disposal technologies in Gaborone (Botswana), Ndola (Zambia) and Kumasi (Ghana) were investigated. Parasitic prevalence and intensity rates amongst groups of urban residents having similar socio-economic status and housing, but different excreta disposal tech...

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

authors： Feachem RG,Guy MW,Harrison S,Iwugo KO,Marshall T,Mbere N,Muller R,Wright AM

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) accounts for the majority of childhood malignancies seen in sub-Saharan Africa. In Malawi, cyclophosphamide (CPM), the mainstay of treatment for endemic BL, is effective in around 50% of cases. Evidence exists in support of an association between activation of replication of Epstein-Barr virus ...

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

authors： Phillips JA,Griffin BE

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serological testing of paired (i.e. admission and convalescent) sera from 103 fever patients in Kathmandu, Nepal, was performed to estimate the prevalence rates of scrub typhus, murine typhus, Leptospira and dengue virus antibodies and to determine their role in the cause of active infections. Blood cultures from 15 p...

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

authors： Blacksell SD,Sharma NP,Phumratanaprapin W,Jenjaroen K,Peacock SJ,White NJ,Pukrittayakamee S,Day NP

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:963 sera from contacts, persons from various localities, and blood donors were examined with a commercially produced kit for micro-immunofluorescence for the presence of antibodies to Rickettsia conorii. 10.6% of sera were serologically positive. The higher rates of positivity were observed in sera of contacts (19%) a...

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

authors： Mansueto S,Vitale G,Miceli MD,Tringali G,Quartararo P,Picone DM,Occhino C

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early identification of patients at risk of severe dengue disease (DD) is critical to guide its management. We evaluated whether the atypical lymphocyte count (ALC), generated from the Sysmex automated full blood count analyzer, is predictive of severe thrombocytopenia secondary to Dengue infection. METHODS...

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

authors： Abeysuriya V,Choong CSH,Thilakawardana BU,de Mel P,Shalindi M,de Mel C,Chandrasena L,Seneviratne SL,Yip C,Yap ES,de Mel S

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe here a method, potentially suitable for field applications, for semi-quantitative detection of Mycobacterium leprae antigens in skin scrapings, which are taken normally for smear microscopy. Thirty acid-fast bacilli-negative paucibacillary (PB) leprosy patients comprised the main study group; eight acid-fa...

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

authors： Chaturvedi V,Girdhar BK,Sengupta U,Sinha S

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In areas endemic for Plasmodium falciparum, clinical malaria is believed to be less common in infants than in older children, but specific case definitions have rarely been determined for this age group. As malaria case definitions are known to be both age- and site-specific, assessment of the risk of disease in infan...

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

authors： McGuinness D,Koram K,Bennett S,Wagner G,Nkrumah F,Riley E

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A serological survey was carried out to determine the frequency of distribution of hydatid antibodies in Pondicherry during 1981 to 1984. 1325 apparently normal sera and 109 sera from clinically suspected hydatid disease cases were screened by the indirect haemagglutination (IHA) test. Results showed a diagnostic titr...

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

authors： Parija SC,Sasikala A,Rao RS

更新日期：1987-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Despite the widespread use of multidrug therapy, leprosy remains an important public health concern in many regions. Detection is generally limited to clinical exam. METHODS:As a two-tiered active case finding strategy, we used the LID-1 (leprosy IDRI diagnostic-1), and PADL (protein advances for the diagno...

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

authors： de Souza MM,Netto EM,Nakatani M,Duthie MS

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Entamoeba histolytica has been separated in recent years into 2 morphologically identical species: the apathogenic E. dispar and the pathogenic E. histolytica, only the latter being pathogenic. Although various laboratory techniques allow discrimination between the 2 species there is a lack of field data about the sui...

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

authors： Heckendorn F,N'Goran EK,Felger I,Vounatsou P,Yapi A,Oettli A,Marti HP,Dobler M,Traoré M,Lohourignon KL,Lengeler C

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune response in a 49-year-old Italian nun affected by Tetrapetalomena (Dipetalonema) perstans following an eight-year stay in Cameroon is reported. On admission the patient presented with polyarthralgia, conjunctival pruritus and irritation, oedema of the limbs, generalized itching, hypereosinophilia and low to...

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

authors： Almaviva M,Galli M,Rizzi M,Simonelli E,Negri C,Vigevani GM

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii antibodies were found in the sera of 22.86% of people in the Jos area of Plateau State, Nigeria. The incidence of antibodies in Nigerian food animals was 17.40%, the highest being in sheep (21.92%) and lowest in goats (13.88%). Cattle and horses were roughly equally infected--about 17.0%. The zoonoti...

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

authors： Osiyemi TI,Synge EM,Agbonlahor DE,Agbavwe R

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The strain diversity of 100 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates collected over a period of 18 months from tuberculosis (TB) cases in Sri Lanka was studied by spoligotyping. When compared to the international spoligotyping database, 43 spoligotype patterns were identified, of which 20 were previously described. The maj...

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

authors： Rajapaksa US,Victor TC,Perera AJ,Warren RM,Senevirathne SM

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a disfiguring parasitic disease and one of the leading causes of disability in the world. This study aimed to assess the severity of lymphoedema, the physical restrictions and socio-economic impact on affected individuals living in an endemic community in Malawi. METHODS:In a si...

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

authors： Martindale S,Mkwanda SZ,Smith E,Molyneux D,Stanton MC,Kelly-Hope LA

更新日期：2014-12-01 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 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：: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 WHO's new End TB Strategy 2016-2035 has evolved from previous global strategies to respond to old and new challenges and take advantage of new opportunities. It frames the global fight against TB as a development, social justice and human rights issue, while re-emphasizing the public health and clinical fundaments...

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

authors： Lönnroth K,Raviglione M

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A serological study was undertaken to determine the role of arboviruses as etiological agents of encephalitis in the People's Republic of China (PRC). Paired sera were collected during mosquito seasons in 1988-1990 from 614 patients with possible viral encephalitis in 15 regions of PRC and tested for haemagglutination...

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

authors： Gu HX,Artsob H,Lin YZ,Wang DM,Zhao BY,Long QZ

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Healthcare-associated infections pose a major, yet often preventable risk to patient safety. Poor hand hygiene among healthcare personnel and unsanitary hospital environments may contribute to this risk in low-income settings. We aimed to describe hand hygiene behaviour and environmental contamination by sea...

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

authors： Tang K,Berthé F,Nackers F,Hanson K,Mambula C,Langendorf C,Marquer C,Isanaka S

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A community-based intervention trial was carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of alphamethrin-impregnated bed nets for control of Plasmodium vivax malaria and its vector in an area of moderate endemicity in southern Henan province, central China in 1990. Malaria incidence was significantly lower in the interventi...

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

authors： Luo D,Lu D,Yao R,Li P,Huo X,Li A,Wen L,Ge C,Zhang S,Huo H

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bacteria are sources of numerous molecules used in treatment of infectious diseases. We investigated effects of molecules produced by 26 Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains against infection of mammalian cell cultures with Trypanosoma cruzi, the aetiological agent of Chagas disease. METHODS:Vero cells were infec...

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

authors： Sass G,Miller Conrad LC,Nguyen TH,Stevens DA

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera were obtained from 119 Nigerian villagers two years after immunization with group A and group C meningococcal polysaccharide vaccines. Measurement of meningococcal antibody levels in individual serum samples by the haemagglutination technique showed that two years after vaccination the mean group A meningococcal ...

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

authors： Greenwood BM,Whittle HC,Bradley AK,Fayet MT,Gilles HM

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hypervariable deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) probe was isolated by screening a Leishmania donovani genomic DNA library with L. donovani total DNA. The probe was used to characterize L. donovani stocks on the basis of restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs). The molecular karyotype of the same stocks was exami...

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

authors： Bishop RP,Akinsehinwa F

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

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...

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

authors： Sabry M

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tracking the history of the discovery of mycetoma is not simple because identifying the roots of medical knowledge depends on utilising sources that employ imprecise and sometimes confusing descriptions when compared with those based on modern medical terminology. Ancient sources of information include writings, such ...

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

authors： Hay RJ

更新日期：2020-11-17 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