Abdel Alem, Shereen El Garhy, Naeema El Khateeb, Engy Khalil, Mahmoud Cordie, Ahmed Elsharkawy, Aisha Fouad, Rabab Esmat, Gamal Abdelbary, Mohammad Salah
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Sofosbuvir (SOF) is authorized for hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients. The nephrotoxicity of SOF on HCV mono-infected and HCV-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) individuals receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) remains controversial. A prospective study including 159 HCV mono-infected and 124 HCV-HIV individuals (47 were ART naïve and 77 were tenofo...
Pongui Ngondza, B Koumba Lengongo, J V Mickala, P M'bondoukwé, N P Ndong Ngomo, J M Moutombi Ditombi, B C Mawili-Mboumba, D P Bouyou-Akotet, M K
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The level of blood filariasis parasitaemia as well as the frequency of and the relationship between cotrimoxazole prophylaxis (CTX-P), antiretroviral therapy (ART) intake and CD4 cell count among people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLHIV) in rural areas of Gabon were being studied. Sociodemographic data and recent biological tests of P...
de Miranda, Daniel A P Gomes, Sarah V C Filgueiras, Priscilla S Corsini, Camila A Almeida, Nathalie B F Silva, Raphael A Medeiros, Maria Izabella V A R C Vilela, Raquel V R Fernandes, Gabriel R Grenfell, Rafaella F Q
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A growing number of long COVID cases after infection have been reported. By definition, long COVID is the condition whereby affected individuals do not recover for several weeks or months following the onset of symptoms suggestive of COVID-19, the profile and timeline of which remains uncertain. In this work, in-home, outpatient and hospitalized CO...
Mudji, Junior Ackam, Nancy Amoako, Yaw Ampem Madinga, Blaise Mumbere, Pépé Agbanyo, Abigail Blum, Johannes Phillips, Richard Odame Molyneux, David Hurst
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The extent to which neuropsychiatric sequelae affects the mental health status and quality of life of former gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (gHAT) patients is not known. We assessed anxiety, depression and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in 93 patients and their age- and sex-matched controls using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression...
Rahul, Arya Saini, Prasanta Valamparampil, Mathew J Singh, Gurpreet Suresh, Meenu Maheswari Prajitha, Kannankottapilly Chandrasekhar... Jose, Merin Sara Nair, Anjana Nalina Kumari Kesavan Ananth, Mohan Sreekanth, Karthikeyan Balakrishnan
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In the context of the largest dengue outbreak in the state of Kerala, India in 2017, along with global evidence of changing epidemiology of dengue virus and its distribution, this study was planned to understand the epidemiological pattern of dengue infection and contemplate the clinical presentations of different serotypes. This cross-sectional st...
Feller, Liviu Lemmer, Johan Khammissa, Razia Abdool Gafaar
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Noma is a debilitating orofacial necrotizing bacterial disease that disproportionately affects impoverished malnourished persons, particularly young children, the vast majority of whom live in tropical and subtropical areas in sub-Saharan Africa. It has a very high mortality rate; causes significant physical and psychological morbidity, stigmatizat...
Nikbakht, Gordafarin Behrouzi, Maryam Mousavizadeh, Ali Pourabbas, Bahman Rezaei, Zahra Nouripour-Sisakht, Sadegh Arefkhah, Nasir
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The current study aimed to determine the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection among HIV-positive patients and healthy subjects. This study was carried out on HIV-positive patients and healthy individuals in Southwest Iran. Five millilitres of venous blood samples were collected aseptically from each individual. Sera and buffy coats were is...
Thakur, Vishal Ganeshkumar, Parasuraman Lakshmanan, Sundaramoorthy Rubeshkumar, Polani
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The feasibility of and advantages of using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for sputum transportation for TB in Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, India, were evaluated. We conducted a non-randomized interventional study and compared the advantages of sputum transport between UAVs and motorbikes (conventional). We completed 151 transportations. Transportati...
Omo-Imafidon, Evbogaghe S Adeogun, Adedapo O Babalola, Ayodele S Okefu, Philip O Akinyemi, Oluwaseun O
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Malaria is a severe health issue in Nigeria, particularly for pregnant women and children
Nkouayep, Vanessa R McManus, Donald P Mbida, Mpoame Gordon, Catherine A Nejsum, Peter
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In Cameroon, considerable research has been conducted on human ascariasis, but no studies have been undertaken to determine whether pigs contribute to the persistence of the infection in children or to unravel the evolutionary relationship between human-derived and pig-derived Ascaris. DNA was extracted from adult Ascaris worms collected from human...
