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Systematic review and meta-analysis of knowledge on PMTCT of HIV/AIDS and Association factors among reproductive age women in Ethiopia, 2022
BACKGROUND: Despite increased interventions implemented for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, There is still a vertical transmission. Hence, …
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Effect of malaria prevention education on bed net utilization, incidence of malaria and treatment seeking among school-aged children in Southern Ethiopia; cluster randomized controlled trial
BACKGROUND: School-aged children (SAC) have an increased risk to contract malaria and play a major role in its transmission dynamics. …
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Prevalence of five treatable sexually transmitted infections among women in Lower River region of The Gambia
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in sub-Saharan Africa is poorly described. We aimed to determine the prevalence …
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Perceptions of the roles, impact, challenges and needs of community drug distributors in the control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases in difficult-to-access communities in Ghana
INTRODUCTION: The success of mass drug administration (MDA) campaigns to control and eliminate neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in Ghana depends, …
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Use of unsupervised machine learning to characterise HIV predictors in sub-Saharan Africa
INTRODUCTION: Significant regional variations in the HIV epidemic hurt effective common interventions in sub-Saharan Africa. It is crucial to analyze …
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Sociodemographic and environmental factors associated with diarrhoeal illness in children under 5 years in Uganda, 2016: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Uganda is among the 10 countries in the sub-Saharan Africa region that have the highest prevalence of diarrhoeal disease. …
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Field evaluation of a point-of-care triage test for active tuberculosis (TriageTB)
BACKGROUND: To improve tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for a non-sputum based triage test to …
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Prevalence of tuberculosis and associated factors among presumptive TB refugees residing in refugee camps in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) causes significant morbidity and mortality in refugee populations. Although Ethiopia is the third largest refugee-hosting country in …
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High incidence of fosfomycin-resistant uropathogenic E. coli among children
Abstract Background There are few epidemiological or molecular data on Escherichia coli (E. coli ) strains resistant to fosfomycin. In …
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Memory B-cells are enriched in the blood of patients with acute Buruli ulcer disease: a prospective observational study
Abstract Background Buruli ulcer disease (BUD) caused by Mycobacterium (M.) ulcerans is characterized by necrotic skin lesions. As for other …
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SARS-CoV-2 infection and pulmonary tuberculosis in children and adolescents: a case-control study
BACKGROUND: The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has had an impact on the global tuberculosis (TB) epidemic but evidence …
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Closing the gap in our understanding of infectious diseases
Systematic reviews (SR) and meta-analyses (MA) have become important in addressing specific questions of clinical importance and presenting evidence from …
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Prevalence and factors associated with sputum smear non-conversion after two months of tuberculosis treatment among smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Rwanda: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Non-conversion of sputum smear prolongs the infectivity of pulmonary tuberculosis patients and has been associated with unfavorable tuberculosis (TB) …
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Incidence rate and predictors of COVID-19 in the two largest cities of Burkina Faso - prospective cohort study in 2021 (ANRS-COV13)
BACKGROUND: Early data on COVID-19 (based primarily on PCR testing) indicated a low burden in Sub-Saharan Africa. To better understand …
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Frequency of HIV serodifferent couples within TB-affected households in a setting with a high burden of HIV-associated TB
INTRODUCTION: Strong epidemiological links between human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB) may make household TB contact investigation an efficient …
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Bacterial shedding and serologic responses following an outbreak of Salmonella Typhi in an endemic cohort
BACKGROUND: Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (Salmonella Typhi) is the cause of typhoid fever. Salmonella Typhi may be transmitted through shedding …
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Ethiopian Plasmodium vivax hypnozoites formation dynamics and their susceptibility to reference antimalarial drugs
One of the key obstacles to malaria elimination is largely attributed to Plasmodium vivax's ability to form resilient hypnozoites in …
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Clonal diversity of Staphylococcus aureus isolates in clinical specimens from selected health facilities in Ethiopia
Staphylococcus aureus is among the top three causative agents of nosocomial infection in Ethiopia. The majority of studies in Ethiopia …
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Unravelling patient pathways in the context of antibacterial resistance in East Africa
BACKGROUND: A key factor driving the development and maintenance of antibacterial resistance (ABR) is individuals' use of antibiotics (ABs) to …
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Molecular characterisation of human adenoviruses associated with respiratory infections in Uganda
Human adenoviruses (HAdV) are a diverse group of viruses causing a broad range of infections of the respiratory, urogenital and …