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CHAGAS GASTROINTESTINAL AND CARDIOMYOPATHY DISEASES: IS IT ONE OF THE NEGLECTED INFECTIOUS DISEASES GLOBALLY [PDF]

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology
Chagas disease is a protozoan parasite caused by Trypanosoma cruzi (Trypanosomatidae) infects man, domestic and wild animals and even birds. Transmission occurs primarily by bloodsucking triatomine (Hemiptera), bug or kissing bug or winged bug’s feces ...
AHMED DARWISH, NAHLA SHOUKRY
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Building Epidemiological Capacity for Health Security in Liberia

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health, 2021
Liberia was the worst affected country in the 2014 Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa. The outbreak exposed the systemic weaknesses in the healthcare system in the country.[1] One of the urgent gaps that needed to be quickly addressed was ...
Muhammad Shakir Balogun, Maame Amo Addae, Himiede Wede Wilson   +2 more
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Seropositivity rates for toxoplasmosis, rubella, syphilis, cytomegalovirus, hepatitis and HIV among pregnant women receiving care at a Public Health Service, São Paulo State, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2010
Infectious and parasitic diseases affecting women during their reproductive age may result in vertical transmission. The aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence for TORSCH among pregnant women receiving care at a university hospital ...
Márcia Aparecida dos Santos Gonçalves, Cinara de Cássia Brandão de Matos, Lígia Cosentino Junqueira Franco Spegiorin, MD, Denise Cristina Mós Vaz-Oliani, Antonio Hélio Oliani, Luiz Carlos de Mattos   +5 more
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Enfrentando um flagelo silencioso e negligenciado na saúde sexual e reprodutiva na África Subsaariana através do desenvolvimento de competências de treinamento para melhorar a prevenção, diagnóstico e tratamento da esquistossomose genital feminina (EGF) para trabalhadores de saúde

Reproductive Health, 2022
Plain Language Summary Schistosomiasis belongs to the group of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) found in tropical and subtropical countries, disproportionately affecting poor populations with limited access to safe water and adequate sanitation. Female
Julie Jacobson, Anastasia Pantelias, Megan Williamson, Eyrun Floerecke Kjetland, Alison Krentel, Margaret Gyapong, Pamela Sabina Mbabazi, Amadou Garba Djirmay   +7 more
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Food Contamination and Safety in Nigeria: A Systematic Synthesis of Heavy Metals, Microbial Pathogens, and Health Risk Metrics

Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.
This is an infographic driver of food contaminants and health effects. ABSTRACT Food safety remains a critical challenge in Nigeria due to rapid urbanization and weak regulatory enforcement. This systematic review synthesizes empirical evidence from 2015 to 2025 to characterize food contaminant profiles and associated human health risks in Nigeria ...
Cecilia Nwadiuto Obasi, Naomi A. Mogborukor, Baridoo Donatus Dooka, Polycarp Dauda Madaki, Chiara Frazzoli, Mohamed Haddad, Orish Ebere Orisakwe   +6 more
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Evaluating predictive values of umbilical cord arterial lactate for adverse newborn outcomes among term‐births in northern Uganda: A cross sectional analytical study

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, Volume 169, Issue 1, Page 408-420, April 2025.
Abstract Objective Birth asphyxia is one of the leading causes of death for neonates worldwide. Lack of an objective cost effective test to predict poor newborn outcomes at birth affects the ability to respond appropriately. This study determined predictive values of umbilical cord arterial lactate in relation to adverse neonatal outcomes. Methods This
Elizabeth Ayebare, James K. Tumwine, Jolly Nankunda, Anna Hjelmstedt, Wibke Jonas, Grace Ndeezi, Nicola Orsini, Claudia Hanson   +7 more
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Assessing the Impact of Maternal Anemia on Pregnancy Outcomes in a Community Health Centre in Hapur District, Uttar Pradesh, India

Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth
Background: Maternal anaemia affects approximately 37% of pregnant women worldwide and is associated with negative pregnancy outcomes. The burden is similarly high in Hapur district, India.
Rajesh Sharma, Niraj K. Yadav, Mehnaz B. Siddique, Shazia Shafi, Nitin K. Pathak, Vaishali Gautam   +5 more
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Clinical progress note: Rotavirus

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Rotavirus is a vaccine‐preventable cause of acute, viral gastroenteritis typically characterized by diarrhea, vomiting, and fever. Prior to rotavirus vaccine introduction, nearly all children worldwide had been infected by 5 years of age. Severe rotavirus gastroenteritis causes dehydration and electrolyte derangements, and infants and young ...
Kelsey Thetford, Meghan Hofto
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Seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in aborted women in Babylon Province, Iraq

Medical Journal of Babylon, 2019
Background: Toxoplasmosis is considered as one of the most prevalent human parasitic infections that can be transmitted from mother to the fetus. The onset of toxoplasmosis during pregnancy has clinical complications, including spontaneous abortion ...
Lawhedh Jasim Mohammed, Mohammed Salih Al-Janabi   +1 more
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Hydroxamic Acids as HDAC Inhibitor Drug Leads for Malaria

Medicinal Research Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Malaria is a global health threat, with an estimated 282 million cases and 610,000 malaria‐associated deaths reported in 2024. Most mortality is due to infection by Plasmodium falciparum parasites, with the highest burden occurring in Sub‐Saharan Africa.
Wisam A. Dawood, Jacinta R. Macdonald, Christian Anzenhofer, Tina S. Skinner‐Adams, Robert C. Reid, Thomas Kurz, David P. Fairlie, Katherine T. Andrews   +7 more
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