BACKGROUND To confirm presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, some tuberculosis culture laboratories still rely on para-nitrobenzoic acid (PNB), a traditional technique that ...
BACKGROUND Malaria in pregnancy is a preventable disease which results in poor pregnancy outcomes. The use of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) and long-lasting i...
Nganga M, Matendechero S, Kariuki L, Omondi W, Makworo N, et al.
2016-10-01 • East African Medical Journal
2016-10-01 • East African Medical Journal
BACKGROUND Soil-transmitted helminthiases cause a substantial yet under-appreciated public health burden. School age children harbour the heaviest burden. Infected children experienc...
Legros D, McCormick M, Mugero C, Skinnider M, Bek'Obita DD, et al.
2000-07-01 • East African Medical Journal
2000-07-01 • East African Medical Journal
OBJECTIVE To provide epidemiological description of the cholera outbreak which occurred in Kampala between December 1997 and March 1998. DESIGN: A four-month cross-sectional survey. ...
Zachariah R, Harries AD, Nkhoma W, Arendt V, Spielmann M P, et al.
2002-02-01 • East African Medical Journal
2002-02-01 • East African Medical Journal
OBJECTIVES: To estimate HIV prevalence in various blood donor populations, to identity sociodemographic risk factors associated with prevalent HIV and to assess the feasibility of offeri...
