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Dog rabies data reported to multinational organizations from Southern and Eastern African countries
OBJECTIVE: Rabies is one of the viral diseases with the highest case fatality rate in humans. The main transmission route …
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A training manual for event history data management using Health and Demographic Surveillance System data
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this research note is to introduce a training manual for event history data management. The manual …
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Prevalence of antibodies to Brucella species in commercial raw bovine milk in Southwestern Uganda
OBJECTIVES: The purpose and objective of this research was to explore the prevalence of antibodies against Brucella species in raw …
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Analgesic effects of a hydro-ethanolic whole plant extract of Synedrella nodiflora (L.) Gaertn in paclitaxel-induced neuropathic pain in rats
BACKGROUND: Synedrella nodiflora is used by traditional healers in Ghana for the management of epilepsy and pain. The hydro-ethanolic extract …
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Adolescent deliveries in semi-urban Cameroon: prevalence and adverse neonatal outcomes
OBJECTIVES: Adolescent pregnancies are high risk due to the increased probability of adverse outcomes; as adolescents are usually considered to …
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Determinants of modern contraceptive practice in Yaoundé-Cameroon: a community based cross sectional study
BACKGROUND: Despite numerous efforts put in place to increase modern contraceptive use in Cameroon as a means to fight maternal …
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Helicobacter pylori cagA and vacA genes in dyspeptic Ghanaian patients
BACKGROUND: Helicobacter pylori infection is prevalent in Ghana. The development of gastro-duodenal disease is dependent on virulence of the infecting …
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High frequency of the recurrent c.1310_1313delAAGA BRCA2 mutation in the North-East of Morocco and implication for hereditary breast–ovarian cancer prevention and control
BACKGROUND: To date, a limited number of BRCA1/2 germline mutations have been reported in hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer in …
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Development and testing of Schisto and Ladders™, an innovative health educational game for control of schistosomiasis in schoolchildren
BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis remains a public health problem in many regions of the world, including Nigeria. Current control strategy involves mass …
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Specialty preferences among medical students in Botswana
BACKGROUND: With the establishment of a new medical college in Botswana to train generalist-doctors and specialists, we set out to …
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Prevalence and risk factors of poor immune recovery among adult HIV patients attending care and treatment centre in northwestern Tanzania following the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy: a retrospective study
BACKGROUND: Highly Active Antiretroviral therapy (HAART) reverses the effect of Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) by durably suppressing …
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Factors associated with mothers’ knowledge on infant and young child feeding recommendation in slum areas of Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia: cross sectional study
BACKGROUND: Malnutrition is a public health concern in Ethiopia. This might be correlated with inappropriate infant and young child feeding …
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Fatal monomorphic ventricular tachycardia in a semi-urban setting in Cameroon: a case report
BACKGROUND: Ventricular tachycardia is a life threatening cardiac arrhythmia. It needs management with defibrillation, without which, immediate death may occur. …
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SAR1a promoter polymorphisms are not associated with fetal hemoglobin in patients with sickle cell disease from Cameroon
BACKGROUND: Reactivation of adult hemoglobin (HbF) is currently a dominant therapeutic approach to sickle cell disease (SCD). In this study, …
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Ivermectin induced Steven–Johnsons syndrome: case report
BACKGROUND: Stevens-Johnson syndrome is one of the manifestations of mucocutaneous adverse drug reactions. Although antimicrobials are responsible for greater than …
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Improving care for people with heart failure in Uganda: serial in-depth interviews with patients’ and their health care professionals
BACKGROUND: The short prognosis of patients with advanced heart failure (HF) and the associated multidimensional distress as illustrated in literature …
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Prevalence of hyperglycaemia first detected during pregnancy and subsequent obstetric outcomes at St. Francis Hospital Nsambya
BACKGROUND: Women with hyperglycaemia detected during pregnancy are at greater risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes. Data on hyperglycaemia in pregnancy …
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Performance of Mycobacterium Growth Indicator Tube BACTEC 960 with Lowenstein–Jensen method for diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis at Ethiopian National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Bacteriological confirmed active case detection remains the corner stone for diagnosing tuberculosis. Non-radiometric liquid culture system Mycobacterium Growth Indicator …
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Situational analysis of communication of HIV and AIDS information to persons with visual impairment: a case of Kang’onga Production Centre in Ndola, Zambia
BACKGROUND: Despite the increases in health promotion and educational programs on HIV and AIDS, lack of information and communication on …
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Anticonvulsant effects of antiaris toxicaria aqueous extract: investigation using animal models of temporal lobe epilepsy
Antiaris toxicaria has previously shown anticonvulsant activity in acute animal models of epilepsy. The aqueous extract (AAE) was further investigated …