Antimony-resistant Leishmania donovani in eastern Sudan: incidence and in vitro correlationEastern Mediterranean Health Journal - Tập 9 Số 4 - Trang 837-843 - 2003
Mustafa Abdo, Nadia Hassan, Eltahir Awad Gasim Khalil, Maowia M. Mukhtar
A longitudinal study was done in a leishmaniasis -endemic region in eastern
Sudan during the period November 2001-February 2003 to determine the incidence
of failure of sodium stibogluconate treatment. We studied 820 confirmed visceral
leishmaniasis patients. All were treated with sodium stibogluconate, 20 mg/kg
body weight for at least 28 days. Parasites were isolated from lymph node
aspirates fr... hiện toàn bộ
Prevalence of diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance in a rural Palestinian populationEastern Mediterranean Health Journal - Tập 6 Số 5-6 - Trang 1039-1045 - 2000
Abdullatif Husseini
The prevalence of diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance was
investigated in a cross-sectional population-based study in a rural Palestinian
population of 500 females and males aged 30-65 years. The prevalence of diabetes
was 9.6% and 10.0% in females and males respectively. The prevalence of impaired
glucose tolerance was 8.6%; 10.3% in females, 6.2% in males. The prevalence of
total gl... hiện toàn bộ
Epidemiological and clinical patterns of diabetes mellitus in Benghazi, Libyan Arab JamahiriyaEastern Mediterranean Health Journal - Tập 5 Số 1 - Trang 6-13 - 1999
O. A. Kadiki, R. B. Roaed
The clinical characteristics and prevalence of non-insulin-dependent diabetes
mellitus [NIDDM]diagnosed in Benghazi are reported. Data were based on the
analysis of records for the period 1981 to 1990. A total of 8922 NIDDM cases
[4081 males, 4841 females]were registered during the study period. The overall
prevalence rate of NIDDM was 0.19%; it was significantly higher in females
[0.21%]than male... hiện toàn bộ
Prevalence of tobacco use among the adult Lebanese populationEastern Mediterranean Health Journal - Tập 7 Số 4-5 - Trang 819-828 - 2001
Rafic Baddoura, C. Wehbeh Chidiac
To determine the prevalence of smoking in Lebanon, 727 individuals aged > or =
19 years were randomly selected for study using Emile Roux and Fagerstrom
questionnaires. Smokers were defined as those answering “yes” to the question,
“Do you currently smoke?” A Fagerstrom score > or = 6 indicated strong nicotine
addiction. The prevalence of smoking was 53.6%. The male/female ratio was 1.23,
with 67.... hiện toàn bộ
Dental caries among schoolchildren: report of a health education campaign in Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaEastern Mediterranean Health Journal - Tập 6 Số 2-3 - Trang 396-401 - 2000
M B Gandeh, Waleed A. Milaat
The study describes a dental health education campaign and reports the
epidemiology and prevalence rates of dental caries among male and female
primary-school children in Jeddah. Over a 2-year period, all 296 public primary
schools in Jeddah were visited by dentists conducting a health education
campaign. A total of 82 250 children in the first and fourth grades were
screened. The rate of detected... hiện toàn bộ