African Health Sciences
Journal / African Health Sciences / Vol. 18 No. 4 (2018) / Articles
 Open Access

Published: 2018-12-03

Articles

Screening for diabetes among tuberculosis patients: a nationwide population-based study in Egypt

Mohsen Gadallah, Wagdy Amin, Magdy Fawzy, Alaa Mokhtar, Amira Mohsen

884-890

Diagnostic performance of several biomarkers for identification of cases of non-communicable diseases among Central Africans

Charles Bitamazire Businge, Benjamin Longo-Mbenza, Oladele Vincent Adeniyi, Moise Mvitu Muaka, Georges Mvumbi Lelo, Mireille Solange Nganga Nkanga, Jean-Marie Kavembe, Baudoin Buassa-bu-Tsumbu, Jean-Rene’ M’buyamba Kabangu, Daniel Ter Goon

909-916

GATA4 molecular screening and assessment of environmental risk factors in a Moroccan cohort with tetralogy of Fallot

Ihssane EL Bouchikhi, Khadija Belhassan, Fatima Zohra Moufid, Mohammed Iraqui Houssaini, Laila Bouguenouch, Imane Samri, Mohamed Bouhrim, Karim Ouldim, Samir Atmani

922-930

Prevalence and knowledge of hypertension among people living in rural communities in Ghana: a mixed method study

Peter Agyei-Baffour, Georgiette Tetteh, Dan Yedu Quansah, Daniel Boateng

931-941

Prevalence and pattern of cardiovascular-related causes of out-of-hospital deaths in Lagos, Nigeria

Oluseyi Adegoke, Nicholas Awodele Awolola, Jayne Ngozi Ajuluchukwu

942-949

Prevalence of autonomic dysfunction among pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease patients in a tertiary hospital, South East Nigeria

Obinna Onodugo, Ejikeme Arodiwe, Julius Okoye, Birinus Ezeala, Nkiru Onodugo, Ifeoma Ulasi, Chinwuba Ijoma

940-957

Breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP) gene expression in a cohort of adult Egyptian patients with acute myeloid leukemia

Manal W El-Masry, Heba M Gouda, Iman A Shaheen, Wael Edesa, Naglaa M Hassan, Rehab Ramzy

950-957

Knowledge and perceptions on childhood asthma among care-takers of children with asthma at a National Referral Hospital in Western Kenya: a descriptive study

Justus Simba, Irene Marete, Rebecca Waihenya, Yeri Kombe, Ann Mwangi, Patrick Mburugu, Francis Ogaro

965-971

CA 125 is a better marker to differentiate endometrial cancer and abnormal uterine bleeding

Nithin U Kumar, M G Sridhar, K Srilatha, S Habebullah

972-978

The predictive role of haematological parameters in the diagnosis of osteoarticular brucellosis

Şafak Özer Balın, Ayşe Sağmak Tartar, Ayhan Akbulut

988-994

Single tube allele specific PCR: a low cost technique for molecular screening of sickle cell anaemia in Nigeria

Emuejevoke T Toye, Guido van Marle, Wendy Hutchins, Olayinka Abgabiaje, Joy Okpuzor Okpuzor

995-1002

A comparative study of carbohydrate antigen 19-9 in sickle cell disease subjects and controls in Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Nigeria

Patrick Manafa, Chide Okocha, Benedict Nwogho, John Aneke, Paul Smith Davis Okpara, Nancy lbeh, George Chukwuma, Vera Manafa, Ejike Nwane

1003-1009

Decomposing disparity in adult individual’s mental health in Tehran among lower and higher economic groups; an Oaxaca- Blinder analysis on urban HEART Survey- round 2

Gholamreza Ghaedamini Harouni, Mohammad Reza Vaez Mahdavi, Seyran Naghdi, Bahram Armoon, Ali Akbar Fazaeli, Hesam Ghiasvand, Mehdi Noroozi, Elaheh Ahounbar

1018-1026

Is Khat chewing habit a risk factor for occlusal caries progression?

Khaled Rashad Al-Alimi, Abdul Aziz Abdul Razak, Roslan Saub

1036-1045

A comparative assessment of caries risk using cariogram among smokers and smokeless tobacco users in india – a cross-sectional study

Nandini Sen, Kailash Asawa, Nagesh Bhat, Mridula Tak, Pratibha Sultane, Tulip Chakravarty

1046-1056

E-Selectin and markers of HIV disease severity, inflammation and coagulation in HIV-infected treatment-naïve individuals

Madelein Hoffman, Hayley Ipp, Dineo V Phatlhane, Rajiv T Erasmus, Annalise E Zemlin

1066-1075

Feeding difficulties in infants with unrepaired cleft lip and palate and HIV-exposure

Erantia E Visser, Esedra E Krüger, Aletta Margaretha AM Kritzinger

1098-1108

Tuberculosis prevalence among university freshmen in Zhengzhou, China, during 2004-2013

Yu-Hong Wang, Ye Tian, Jin-Xin Gao, Chao-Kuan Lei, Yan-Wen Liu, Zhong-Min Han, Hua Xing, Can Yan, Le Zhou

1109-1116

Genetic diversity of hepatitis B co-infection with hepatitis C, D and E viruses among Malaysian chronic hepatitis B patients

Shuaibu Abdullahi Hudu, Mohd Taib Niazlin, Syafinaz Amin Nordin, Soek Siam Tan, Haniza Omar, Hamiza Shahar, Noor Aliza Mutalib, Zamberi Sekawi

1117-1133

Integrated approach to malaria prevention at household level in rural communities in Wakiso district, Uganda: impact evaluation of a pilot project

David Musoke, George Karani, Keith Morris, Rawlance Ndejjo, Edwinah Atusingwize, David Guwatudde, Miph Boses Musoke

1144-1156

Resistance status to deltamethrin pyrethroid of Culex pipiens pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae) collected from three districts of Tunisia

Ahmed Tabbabi, Jabeur Daaboub, Raja Ben Cheikh, Ali Laamari, Mohamed Feriani, Chokri Boubaker, Ibtissem Ben Jha, Hassen Ben Cheikh

1182-1188

Predictor variables for post-discharge mortality modelling in infants: a protocol development project

Brooklyn R Nemetchek, Li(Danny) Liang, Niranjan Kissoon, Mark J Ansermino, Jerome Kabakyenga, Pascal M Lavoie, Susan Fowler-Kerry, Matthew O Wiens

1214-1225

Geophagia, nutrition and health of women with pregnancy-induced hypertension

Deborah Sakua Sackey, Christopher Larbie, Faustina O Mensah

1243-1254

The immunomodulatory peptide bursopentin (BP5) enhances proliferation and induces sIgM expression in DT40 cells

Xiang-Bo Ji, Jun Luo, Xiu-Li Feng, Qiu-Liang Xu, Teng Man, Dong Zhao, Xin-Feng Li, Gai-Ping Zhang, Pu-Yan Chen

1292-1302

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