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Predictors of virological treatment failure among adult HIV patients on first-line antiretroviral therapy in Woldia and Dessie hospitals, Northeast Ethiopia: a case-control study
BACKGROUND: Virological treatment failure is a problem that a Human Immune Virus patient faces after starting treatment due to different …
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Intestinal parasitosis in relation to CD4 count and anemia among ART initiated patients in St. Mary Aksum general hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: The geographical distribution of intestinal parasites with conditions of poverty in most countries of sub-Saharan Africa coincides with that …
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Human rabies post exposure prophylaxis at the Pasteur Institute of Dakar, Senegal: trends and risk factors
BACKGROUND: Rabies remains a major public health problem in developing countries. Most fatal rabies cases, especially in children, result from …
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Risk factors for death among children 0–59 months of age with moderate-to-severe diarrhea in Manhiça district, southern Mozambique
BACKGROUND: Despite major improvements in child survival rates, the number of deaths due to diarrhea remains unacceptably high. We aimed …
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The association between a detectable HIV viral load and non-communicable diseases comorbidity in HIV positive adults on antiretroviral therapy in Western Cape, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Past studies have found a relationship between detectable HIV viral load and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in HIV-infected individuals on …
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Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections and associated risk factors among Jawi primary school children, Jawi town, north-west Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) have been major public health problems in low income countries primarily affecting school children. Previous …
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Change in multidimensional problems and quality of life over three months after HIV diagnosis: a multicentre longitudinal study in Kenya and Uganda
BACKGROUND: Evidence on patient-reported outcomes of newly diagnosed HIV patients is scarce, and largely cross-sectional. This prospective cohort study describes …
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Schistosomiasis and HIV-1 viral load in HIV-infected outpatients with immunological failure in Tanzania: a case-control study
BACKGROUND: Schistosoma sp. infection has been shown to interact with HIV-1 by modifying susceptibility to the virus and impacting AIDS …
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Decrease in Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer) in the Lalo District of Bénin (West Africa)
BACKGROUND: Buruli ulcer (BU) is a chronic, necrotizing infectious skin disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. In recent years, there has …
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Rubella outbreak in the school children, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: February–April 2018
BACKGROUND: Rubella is a vaccine-preventable contagious disease causing an estimated 100,000 children to be born with congenital rubella syndrome each …
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Benefits of annual chemotherapeutic control of schistosomiasis on the development of protective immunity
BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis is a devastating parasitic disease. The mainstay of schistosomiasis control is by praziquantel treatment. The study aimed to …
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Magnitude and correlates of virological failure among adult HIV patients receiving PI based second line ART regimens in north western Tanzania; a case control study
BACKGROUND: With a growing access to free ART, switching of ART to second line regimen has also become common following …
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Challenges and clinical relevance of molecular detection of Bordetella pertussis in South Africa
We assessed the utility of a multi-target, real-time PCR assay for Bordetella pertussis detection and diagnosis in patients with severe …
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Efficacy and safety of ivermectin and albendazole co-administration in school-aged children and adults infected with Trichuris trichiura: study protocol for a multi-country randomized controlled double-blind trial
BACKGROUND: Soil-transmitted helminthiasis affects almost 2 billion people worldwide in tropical climates. Preventive chemotherapy, using the benzimidazoles (albendazole and mebendazole) …
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HIV-1 drug resistance testing is essential for heavily-treated patients switching from first- to second-line regimens in resource-limited settings: evidence from routine clinical practice in Cameroon
With the phase-out of stavudine (d4T), change to first-line regimens with zidovudine (AZT) or tenofovir (TDF) in resource-limited settings (RLS) …
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Exploring the complex relationship between women’s sanitation practices and household diarrhea in the slums of Nairobi: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Diarrheal disease kills over half a million people each year in sub-Saharan Africa; the majority are children under 5 …
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Health providers’ experiences, perceptions and readiness to provide HIV services to men who have sex with men and female sex workers in Uganda – a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Access to HIV services among men who have sex with men (MSM) and female sex workers (FSWs) remains suboptimal …
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Stigma and outness about sexual behaviors among cisgender men who have sex with men and transgender women in Eswatini: a latent class analysis
BACKGROUND: Men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women in Sub-Saharan Africa are subjected to high levels of …
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Incidence and predictors of major adverse drug events among drug-resistant tuberculosis patients on second-line anti-tuberculosis treatment in Amhara regional state public hospitals; Ethiopia: a retrospective cohort study
BACKGROUND: Second line anti-tuberculosis drugs are substantially complex, long term, more costly, and more toxic than first line anti-tuberculosis drugs. …
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The role of super-spreading events in Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission: evidence from contact tracing
BACKGROUND: In current epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB), heterogeneity in infectiousness among TB patients is a challenge, which is not well …