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Insecticide use pattern and phenotypic susceptibility of Anopheles gambiae sensu lato to commonly used insecticides in Lower Moshi, northern Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Evidence of insecticide resistance has been documented in different malaria endemic areas. Surveillance studies to allow prompt investigation of …
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Phenotypic prevalence of extended spectrum beta-lactamases among enterobacteriaceae isolated at Mulago National Referral Hospital: Uganda
OBJECTIVE: Enterobacteriaceae, common causes of health care associated and community acquired infections are mainly treated with beta-lactam agents. Our study …
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Prevalence and associations of microalbuminuria in proteinuria-negative patients with type 2 diabetes in two regional hospitals in Cameroon: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Microalbuminuria (MA) is the earliest clinical evidence of diabetic nephropathy, but most patients in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) only have …
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Impact of perioperative nutritional status on the outcome of abdominal surgery in a sub-Saharan Africa setting
BACKGROUND: Malnutrition is a clinical condition of multifactorial etiologies and it is associated with several adverse outcomes. In high-income countries, …
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Magnitude of the Cytomegalovirus infection among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in the city of Mwanza, Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Despite, Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection being associated with a potential risk to the fetus, there is limited data from Tanzania …
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Patients with acute poisoning presenting to an urban emergency department of a tertiary hospital in Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Poisoning is a major public health concern in sub-Saharan Africa, affecting patients of all age groups. Poisoned patients often …
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Antibody responses to P. falciparum blood stage antigens and incidence of clinical malaria in children living in endemic area in Burkina Faso
BACKGROUND: High parasite-specific antibody levels are generally associated with low susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum malaria. This has been supported by …
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Ten years analysis of stillbirth in a tertiary hospital in sub-Sahara Africa: a case control study
OBJECTIVE: Stillbirth measures provide means to assess adequacy of maternal and perinatal care in a given population. The aim of …
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Application of random survival forests in understanding the determinants of under-five child mortality in Uganda in the presence of covariates that satisfy the proportional and non-proportional hazards assumption
BACKGROUND: Uganda just like any other Sub-Saharan African country, has a high under-five child mortality rate. To inform policy on …
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Intestinal parasitic infections and risk factors: a cross-sectional survey of some school children in a suburb in Accra, Ghana
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the prevalence and establish some risk factors associated with the acquisition of gastrointestinal parasitic …
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Determinants of psychoactive substances use among Woldia University students in Northeastern Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Psychoactive substance use has become a major public health problem among students in Ethiopian universities. Hence, this study aimed …
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Factors influencing the practice of exclusive breastfeeding among nursing mothers in a peri-urban district of Ghana
BACKGROUND: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is one of the optimal infant and young child feeding practices. Globally, <40% of infants under …
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“I think it is right”: a qualitative exploration of the acceptability and desired future use of oral swab and finger-prick HIV self-tests by lay users in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
BACKGROUND: The uptake of HIV testing has increased in sub-Saharan Africa over the past three decades. However, the proportion of …
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Intestinal helminthic infection and anemia among pregnant women attending ante-natal care (ANC) in East Wollega, Oromia, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Ethiopia is a developing country where intestinal helminthic infections are major public health problems. The burden of intestinal parasites, …
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Erratum to: Severely deranged vital signs as triggers for acute treatment modifications on an intensive care unit in a low-income country
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Challenges in the diagnosis and management of anti-phospholipid syndrome: a case from Cameroon
BACKGROUND: Anti-phospholipid syndrome (APLS) is a condition characterized by the presence of raised plasma levels of anti-phospholipid antibodies associated with …
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Erratum to: Factors associated with malaria infection in Honde valley, Mutasa district, Zimbabwe, 2014: a case control study
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Cesarean sections in a secondary level care hospital of Cameroon: an analysis of their six-year trends and adverse neonatal outcomes
BACKGROUND: The objectives of this study were to determine the trends of CS in a regional hospital in Cameroon and …
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Fourteen simple-sequence repeats newly developed for population genetic studies in Prosopis africana (Fabaceae–Mimosoideae)
BACKGROUND: There is very limited genetic knowledge in Prosopis africana, an important sub-Saharan multi-purpose tree species. Availability of highly polymorphic …
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Immuno-diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum, and reduction of timelines for its positive cultures to within 3 h by pathogen-specific thymidylate kinase expression assays
Laboratory diagnosis of Tuberculosis (TB) is traditionally based on microscopy and or culture. Microscopy is however, only sensitive to a …