Tropical Medicine and International Health

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Early determination of the reproductive number for vector‐borne diseases: the case of dengue in Brazil
Tropical Medicine and International Health - Tập 11 Số 3 - Trang 332-340 - 2006
Charly Favier, Nicolas Dégallier, María Goreti Rosa-Freitas, J. P. Boulanger, José Rubens Costa Lima, José Francisco Luitgards-Moura, Christophe Menkès, Bernard Mondet, C. Oliveira, E. T. S. Weimann, Pantelis Tsouris
SummaryObjective To evaluate a new method of deriving the reproductive number for vector‐borne diseases from the early epidemic curves for vector‐borne diseases with incubations in the vectors and in the hosts.Method We applied the model to several dengue epidemics in different climatic regions of Brazi...... hiện toàn bộ
Contraceptive use among HIV‐positive women in Quang Ninh province, Vietnam
Tropical Medicine and International Health - Tập 17 Số 10 - Trang 1227-1234 - 2012
Bùi Kim, Tine Gammeltoft, Nguyễn Thị Thúy Hạnh, Vibeke Rasch
AbstractObjective  To investigate contraceptive use among HIV‐positive women in Ha long city and Cam Pha town of Quang Ninh, a Northern province of Vietnam.Methods  Cross‐sectional questionnaire study among HIV‐positive women identified through the district HIV/AIDS register. Information on socioeconomi...... hiện toàn bộ
Effect of motorcycle rider education on changes in risk behaviours and motorcycle‐related injuries in rural Thailand
Tropical Medicine and International Health - Tập 3 Số 10 - Trang 767-770 - 1998
Witaya Swaddiwudhipong, Chid Boonmak, P Nguntra, Pranee Mahasakpan
A community‐based programme for motorcycle rider education was provided for motorcyclists in all villages of 3 randomly selected subdistricts in Mae Sot District, Tak Province, northern Thailand, between January and March 1995. To determine the extent of changes in risk‐taking behaviours, we conducted an interview survey of motorcyclists in 3 villages selected by systematic sampling from t...... hiện toàn bộ
The magnitude of diabetes and its association with obesity in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya: results from a cross‐sectional survey
Tropical Medicine and International Health - Tập 18 Số 12 - Trang 1520-1530 - 2013
Samuel Oti, Steven J. M. van de Vijver, Charles Agyemang, Catherine Kyobutungi
AbstractObjectivesTo assess the prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of diabetes and to examine the relationship of obesity with raised blood glucose in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya.... hiện toàn bộ
The impact of educational videotapes on water contact behaviour of primary school students in the Dongting Lakes region, China
Tropical Medicine and International Health - Tập 5 Số 8 - Trang 538-544 - 2000
Liping Yuan, Lenore Manderson, Ma Sandra B. Tempongko, Wangyuan Wei, Pen Aiguo
SummaryMultimedia has become increasingly important in educational programmes in schools in all societies, and has potential value for health education. We developed a video and a comic book on the transmission and prevention of schistosomiasis for use in primary schools in endemic areas of China. The material was designed to increase children’s knowledge of schist...... hiện toàn bộ
Schistosomiasis screening and health education for children: action research in Nile delta villages
Tropical Medicine and International Health - Tập 3 Số 8 - Trang 654-660 - 1998
Samiha El Katsha, Susan Watts
In Egypt an important component of the national schistosomiasis control policy is the regular screening of school children through the rural health units. In the Nile delta, a major challenge for the programme is the increasing predominance of Schistosoma mansoni, as compared to Schistosoma haematobium over the past 20 years, and the ne...... hiện toàn bộ
A school‐based approach to the control of urinary schistosomiasis and intestinal helminth infections in children in Matuga, Kenya: impact of a two‐year chemotherapy programme on prevalence and intensity of infections
Tropical Medicine and International Health - Tập 2 Số 9 - Trang 825-831 - 1997
Pascal Magnussen, Eric M. Muchiri, Peter Mungai, Malick Ndzovu, John H. Ouma, Saidi Tosha
A school‐ and chemotherapy‐based urinary schistosomiasis and intestinal helminth infection control programme was conducted in Matuga Division, Kwale District, Coast Province with teachers taking care of diagnosis, treatment and health education. More than 12 000 children in 36 primary schools were included in the 2‐year programme. Results for 20 evaluation schools are presented. Children w...... hiện toàn bộ
Birth prevalence of congenital talipes equinovarus in low‐ and middle‐income countries: a systematic review and meta‐analysis
Tropical Medicine and International Health - Tập 22 Số 3 - Trang 269-285 - 2017
Tracey Smythe, Hannah Kuper, David Macleod, Allen Foster, Christopher Lavy
AbstractObjectiveCongenital talipes equinovarus (CTEV), or clubfoot, is a structural malformation that develops early in gestation. Birth prevalence of clubfoot is reported to vary both between and within low‐ and middle‐income countries ( hiện toàn bộ
Needle stick injuries among nurses in sub‐Saharan Africa
Tropical Medicine and International Health - Tập 10 Số 8 - Trang 773-781 - 2005
Fredrich M. Nsubuga, Maritta S. Jaakkola
SummaryObjectives  Despite a heavy burden of HIV/AIDS and other blood borne infections, few studies have investigated needle stick injuries in sub‐Saharan Africa. We conducted a cross‐sectional study at Mulago national referral hospital in Kampala, Uganda, to assess the occurrence and risk factors of needle stick injuries among nurses and mid...... hiện toàn bộ
Species diversity of Leishmania (Viannia) parasites circulating in an endemic area for cutaneous leishmaniasis located in the Atlantic rainforest region of northeastern Brazil
Tropical Medicine and International Health - Tập 14 Số 10 - Trang 1278-1286 - 2009
Maria Edileuza Felinto de Brito, Maria Sandra Andrade, Mitzi G. Mendonça, Cláudio J. Silva, Éricka Lima de Almeida, Bruna Santos Ferreira Lima, Simone Marta Félix, Frederico G. C. Abath, Grazielle Cardoso da Graça, Renato Porrozzi, Edna Aoba Yassui Ishikawa, Jeffrey Jon Shaw, Elisa Cupolillo, Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho
SummaryObjectives  To identify the aetiological agents of cutaneous leishmaniasis and to investigate the genetic polymorphism of Leishmania (Viannia) parasites circulating in an area with endemic cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in the Atlantic rainforest region of northeastern Brazil.Methods...... hiện toàn bộ
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