Aim: Trichomonas vaginalis infection is a neglected tropical parasitic infection affecting mostly women of child bearing age, especially those of low socio-economic status and those that have poor hygiene lifestyle. Unfortunately, the traditional wet mount microscopy routinely us...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2019/v2i230101
Introduction: Dengue fever has spread to be endemic in addition of 100 countries to a total estimate incidence of 50 – 100 million cases annually globally. About 0.7% of these cases become the complication that is dengue hemorrhagic fever which is severe and leads to about 22,000...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2019/v2i230100
Background: Most women regard any secretion from the vagina as abnormal discharge and the first task for primary health care giver is to confirm whether it is physiological or pathological. Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence rate of Candida infection among...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2019/v2i230099
Introduction: Central nervous system (CNS) manifestations in children with rickettsial diseases are increasingly being reported from various parts of India but still rickettsial disease, as a cause of central nervous system (CNS) infections are underdiagnosed because of lack of f...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2019/v2i230098
Ebola is one of the most deadly infectious diseases known to man. It is a viral disease which is transmitted from animal to man (zoonotic) . Ebola as a zoonotic disease for which no cure has been found, requires intensive efforts at prevention and control. Health inequalities due...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2019/v2i230097
Aim: To determine the prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of E. coli and Salmonella spp. associated with childhood diarrhoea in our locality. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: School of Medical Laboratory Science, Usmanu Danfodiyo Uni...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2019/v2i130096
Background: Floods are a type of natural phenomena, identified as the world most common natural disaster with a major ravaging impact claiming lives, causing property damage, destruction of environment and infrastructure, and increasing health impacts. Port Harcourt Metropolis, t...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2019/v2i130093
Introduction: Typhoid fever is a major public health issue in Pakistan. Variations in clinical manifestations make diagnosis a challenging task. Over use of antibiotics make the organism resistant. Antibiotic resistance is currently the most threatening issue as regards to infect...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2019/v2i130092
Aim: The problem of antibiotics resistance has assumed a global emergency status. Whereas Multidrug Resistant (MDR) E. coli infection is common among human population in Port Harcourt metropolis of Nigeria, the genetic background of E. coli isolates in our locality is not well el...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2019/v2i130091
Background: Intestinal parasitic infection is one of the major health issue in developing countries particularly in Sub -Saharan Africa. It has been estimated to affect about 3.5 billion people globally and 450 million people are thought to be ill as a result of such infections,...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2019/v2i129775
With thousands of people moving from one area to another day by day, in a chain of regions tightly more interconnected than other regions in a given large domain, an epidemic may spread rapidly around it from any point of borders. It might be sometimes urgent to impose travel res...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2018/v1i229772
Background: Immunisation drop-out rate measures the effectiveness of the immunisation programme. When drop-outs exceed 10 percent it indicates a problem of utilisation of services. Receipt of vaccines at the recommended ages and intervals will ensure that children are adequately...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2018/v1i229770
Background: Dengue infection is the common infectious disease in tropical countries caused by dengue virus, which has four serotypes (DEN 1, 2, 3 and 4). More data showed that dengue has caught worldwide attention due to its severe and fatal clinical outcome. This study aimed to...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2018/v1i229767
Aims: The study characterised some intestinal bacterial and parasitic infections involved in diarrhoea causation in contiguous communities between October 2013 and April 2014. Study Design: A total of 150 freshly-voided diarrhoeic samples of children attending PHC, Eket and Gener...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2018/v1i229766
Introduction: Dengue is the most prevalent viral mosquito-borne disease, with over 2.5 billion humans at risk given its endemicity in more than 100 countries. Globally, 50-100 million cases of dengue occur annually, with approximately 0.7% resulting in dengue haemorrhagic fever (...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2018/v1i229764