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    Month: May 2019

    29May2019

    Prevalence of Schistosomiasis in a neglected community, South western Nigeria at two points in time, spaced three years apart

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    Oluchi G Otuneme1, Oluwasola O Obebe2, Titus T Sajobi3, Waheed A Akinleye1, Taiwo G Faloye1 Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Babcock University, Ilishan Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria. Department of Veterinary […]

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    29May2019

    Review of Leishmaniasis in the Middle East and North Africa

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    Ahmed Tabbabi Department of Hygiene and Environmental Protection, Ministry of Public Health, Tunis, Tunisia Abstract Background: Cutaneous and visceral forms of leishmaniasis are the most important protozoan infection in the […]

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    29May2019

    Why oral antiseptic mouth rinsing before sputum collection cannot reduce contamination rate of mycobacterial culture in Burkina-Faso

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    Antoinette Kabore1,  Juliette Tranchot-Diallo1,2, Adama Sanou1,2, Hervé Hien3,4, Géraldine Daneau5, Michel Kireopori Gomgnimbou6, Nicolas Meda3,7, Lassana Sangaré7,8 Centre MURAZ, Department of biomedical Sciences. University of Nazi Boni, UFR/ST. Centre MURAZ, […]

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    29May2019

    IL-18 polymorphisms and tuberculosis susceptibility: a meta-analysis

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    Li-Bo Zhen,Ya-Ping Sun, Yuan-Yuan Chen, Liang-Sheng Yin Department of Tuberculosis, Hangzhou Red Cross Hospital, 208 East Road, Hangzhou Ring, Hangzhou, China. Abstract Objective: To investigate the association between IL-18 polymorphisms […]

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    10May2019

    Audit of insulin prescription patterns and associated burden among diabetics in a tertiary health institution in Nigeria

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    Michael A Olamoyegun1, Akinyemi T Akinlade2, Oluwabukola A Ala3 Department of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Unit, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, & LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, […]

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    10May2019

    Association of hyperuricemia with metabolic syndrome among university workers: sex and occupational differences

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    Maureen Jepkorir Cheserek1,2, Yonghui Shi1, Guowei Le1 State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China. Department of Human Nutrition, Faculty of […]

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    10May2019

    Progress in infections, reproductive health and non-communicable diseases

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    James K Tumwine Editor In Chief,  African Health Sciences. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v18i3.1 Cite as: Tumwine JK. Progress in infections, reproductive health and non-communicable diseases. Afri Health Sci. 2018;18(2): i-iv. https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v18i3.1   […]

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    10May2019

    Nodding syndrome- an Indian case

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    Rachna Sehgal, Neha Agarwal, Rani Gera Department of Pediatrics, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjang Hospital. Emails sehgal_rachna@hotmail.com nehagarwal@gmail.com drranigera@gmail.com Abstract Background: Although nodding syndrome is a catastrophic epileptic encephalopathy, […]

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    10May2019

    A study on visual, audio and tactile reaction time among medical students at Kampala International University in Uganda

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    Keneth Iceland Kasozi1, Ngala Elvis Mbiydzneyuy1,2, Sarah Namubiru3, Abass Alao Safiriyu1, Sheu Oluwadare Sulaiman4, Alfred O Okpanachi1, Herbert Izo Ninsiima1 Department of Physiology, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Kampala International University […]

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    10May2019

    Family physicians’ utility of social media: a survey comparison among family medicine residents and physicians

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    Karim Syed Irfan1, Irfan Farhana2,  Al Faris Eiad2,  Al Maflehi Nassr3, Al Qahtani Al Mohammed1, Nadeem Maya4, Al Hazmi Ali1, Ahmed Abdullah MA2,   Ponnamperuma Gominda5, Vleuten Cees van der6 Department […]

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