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Epidemiology and molecular characterization of the re-emerging measles virus among children and adults in the Haut-Ogooue, Gabon
BACKGROUND: Measles is one of the most infectious diseases with a high mortality rate worldwide. It is caused by the …
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CRYPTOCOCCAL meningitis in a HIV negative newly diagnosed diabetic patient: a CASE report
BACKGROUND: This case report emphasizes the need to recognize cryptococcus as a possible cause of meningitis in non-HIV patients in …
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Comparison of an in-house real-time duplex PCR assay with commercial HOLOGIC® APTIMA assays for the detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis in urine and extra-genital specimens
BACKGROUND: Extra-genital Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis infections are mostly asymptomatic, and important reservoir sites of infection as they often …
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Epidemiological description of a protracted cholera outbreak in Tonj East and Tonj North counties, former Warrap State, South Sudan, May-Oct 2017
BACKGROUND: On 18th May 2017, State Ministry of Health of former Warrap State received a report from Tonj East County …
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Prevalence and associated factors of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae among female commercial sex workers in Hawassa City, Southern Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae are the most common pathogens causing genital tract infections. Female commercial sex workers (FCSWs) …
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Missed pulmonary tuberculosis: a cross sectional study in the general medical inpatient wards of a large referral hospital in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Every year around 4 million people with tuberculosis (TB) are not detected. Thus may not get the medical care …
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Cost of three models of care for drug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Nigeria accounts for a significant proportion of the global drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) burden, a large proportion of which goes …
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Rates of hospitalization and death for all-cause and rotavirus acute gastroenteritis before rotavirus vaccine introduction in Kenya, 2010–2013
BACKGROUND: Rotavirus vaccine was introduced in Kenya immunization program in July 2014. Pre-vaccine disease burden estimates are important for assessing …
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Viral load detection and management on first line ART in rural Rwanda
BACKGROUND: To achieve the ambitious 90-90-90 UNAIDS targets, access to routine viral load (VL) is critical. To measure VL, Rwanda …
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Healthcare-associated infections: bacteriological characterization of the hospital surfaces in the University Hospital of Abomey-Calavi/so-ava in South Benin (West Africa)
BACKGROUND: Healthcare-associated infections have become a public health problem, creating a new burden on medical care in hospitals. The emergence …
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Influence of subinhibitory antifungal concentrations on extracellular hydrolases and biofilm production by Candida albicans recovered from Egyptian patients
BACKGROUND: Extracellular hydrolases (phospholipase, aspartyl protease and haemolysin) and biofilm production are considered as major virulence factors of the opportunistic …
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Viral species richness and composition in young children with loose or watery stool in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Stool consistency is an important diagnostic criterion in both research and clinical medicine and is often used to define …
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Time delay and associated mortality from negative smear to positive Xpert MTB/RIF test among TB/HIV patients: a retrospective study
BACKGROUND: The GeneXpert MTB/RIF Assay (Xpert®) is known to be a feasible, effective and a hopeful tool for rapid tuberculosis …
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Helicobacter pylori infection among patients presenting with dyspepsia at a primary care setting in Cameroon: seroprevalence, five-year trend and predictors
BACKGROUND: Almost half the world's population is infected with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) with the highest reported prevalence from Africa. …
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Investigating the virulence genes and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of Vibrio cholerae O1 in environmental and clinical isolates in Accra, Ghana
Cholera has been endemic in Ghana since its detection in 1970. It has been shown that long-term survival of the …
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Prevalence and incidence of genital warts and cervical Human Papillomavirus infections in Nigerian women
BACKGROUND: Genital warts are important causes of morbidity and their prevalence and incidence can be used to evaluate the impact …
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Effect of isoniazid preventive therapy on tuberculosis incidence and associated risk factors among HIV infected adults in Tanzania: a retrospective cohort study
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected individuals …
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Post-traumatic osteomyelitis in Middle East war-wounded civilians: resistance to first-line antibiotics in selected bacteria over the decade 2006–2016
BACKGROUND: War-wounded civilians in Middle East countries are at risk of post-traumatic osteomyelitis (PTO). We aimed to describe and compare …
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Bovine tuberculosis in eastern Ethiopia: prevalence, risk factors and its public health importance
BACKGROUND: Bovine tuberculosis is among the primary zoonotic disease caused by Mycobacterium bovis which has significant impact on the health …
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Common uropathogens and their antibiotic susceptibility pattern among diabetic patients
BACKGROUND: Urinary tract infection (UTIs) is a significant health problem in diabetic patients because of the multiple effects of this …