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Prevalence, predictors, and management of advanced HIV disease among individuals initiating ART in Senegal, West Africa
The WHO guidelines for the management of advanced HIV disease recommend a package of care consisting of rapid initiation of …
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Apparent overuse of antibiotics in the management of watery diarrhoea in children in Abakaliki, Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Diarrhoea remains an important cause of childhood mortality in Nigeria, with Rotavirus and Cryptosporidium reported to have the highest …
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Current status of intestinal parasitic infections and associated factors among primary school children in Birbir town, Southern Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Intestinal parasites still pose major public health problems in developing countries like Ethiopia. Local epidemiological data is indispensable in …
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Prevalence of diabetes mellitus among tuberculosis patients in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
Tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus are significant global public health challenges. In Sub-Saharan Africa, study findings regarding prevalence of diabetes mellitus …
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Hepatitis B virus sero-prevalence amongst pregnant women in the Gambia
BACKGROUND: Infection with Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a serious public health problem worldwide, with over 360 million carriers. Sixty …
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Correction to: Association of HIV-infection, antiretroviral treatment and metabolic syndrome with large artery stiffness: a cross-sectional study
Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported that they have provided the wrong caption.
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A comparative cross-sectional study of prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminthic infection between healthy and severe acutely malnourished pre-school aged children in Kano, Northern Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Soil-transmitted helminthic (STH) infections are common in Sub-Saharan Africa. One method used for control of these helminths is mass …
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Predictors of discordant latent tuberculosis infection test results amongst South African health care workers
BACKGROUND: The tuberculin skin test (TST) and interferon-gamma-release-assays (IGRAs) are utilized in screening programmes for presumed latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) …
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Mortality in the first six months among HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients empirically treated for tuberculosis
BACKGROUND: Empirical treatment of tuberculosis (TB) may be necessary in patients with negative or no Xpert MTB/RIF results. In a …
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Pooled PCR testing of dried blood spots for infant HIV diagnosis is cost efficient and accurate
BACKGROUND: Access to qualitative HIV PCRs for early infant diagnosis (EID) is restricted in resource-limited settings due to cost. We …
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Rate of viral load change and adherence of HIV adult patients treated with Efavirenz or Nevirapine antiretroviral regimens at 24 and 48 weeks in Yaoundé, Cameroon: a longitudinal cohort study
BACKGROUND: HIV-load decrease and suppression over time is associated with consistent adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART). Our study aimed to …
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Test and Treat TB: a pilot trial of GeneXpert MTB/RIF screening on a mobile HIV testing unit in South Africa
BACKGROUND: Community-based GeneXpert MTB/RIF testing may increase detection of prevalent TB in the community and improve rates of TB treatment …
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Schistosomiasis infection in pre-school aged children in Uganda: a qualitative descriptive study to identify routes of exposure
BACKGROUND: Prevalence of schistosomiasis is high among children under five years in Uganda. Schistosomiasis control efforts over time have included …
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Stepwise approach for the control and eventual elimination of Taenia solium as a public health problem
BACKGROUND: Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis is a public health and agricultural problem, especially in low-income countries, and has been ranked the …
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Evidence of sustained reductions in the relative risk of acute hepatitis B and C virus infections, and the increasing burden of hepatitis a virus infection in Egypt: comparison of sentinel acute viral hepatitis surveillance results, 2001–17
BACKGROUND: Egypt ranks fifth for the burden of viral hepatitis worldwide. As part of Egypt's renewed national strategy for the …
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Underestimated pyrazinamide resistance may compromise outcomes of pyrazinamide containing regimens for treatment of drug susceptible and multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis in Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death from an infectious disease and the roll-out of rapid molecular diagnostics …
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Prevalence and capsular type distribution of Streptococcus agalactiae isolated from pregnant women in Namibia and South Africa
BACKGROUND: Streptococcus agalactiae or Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is the leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality resulting in septicaemia, …
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Determinants of delayed or incomplete diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccination in parallel urban and rural birth cohorts of 30,956 infants in Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Delayed vaccination increases the time infants are at risk for acquiring vaccine-preventable diseases. Factors associated with incomplete vaccination are …
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Magnitude of Helicobacter pylori and associated risk factors among symptomatic patients attending at Jasmin internal medicine and pediatrics specialized private clinic in Addis Ababa city, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: More than 50% of the people are infected worldwide with H. pylori which causes significant public health morbidity and …
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Incidence and predictors of LTFU among adults with TB/HIV co-infection in two governmental hospitals, Mekelle, Ethiopia, 2009–2016: survival model approach
BACKGROUND: Lost to follow-up (LTFU) negatively affects the treatment success of Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) and thus, increases Tuberculosis-Human Immunodeficiency Virus …