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2023 | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH IN CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 30-39
The study was done to determine the prevalence of rotavirus diarrhea among children 3 to 24 months old at FortPortal Regional Referral hospital.This was a hospital based cross sectional, descriptive and analytical study design todetermine the prevalence, dehy...
2023 | IDOSR JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH | Pp. 161-166
Neonatal sepsis (NS) is a leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality and is considereda global public health challenge. The organisms and pathogens most commonly associatedwith neonatal sepsis vary by country. Pathogens range from Gram-positive and Gra...
2023 | IDOSR JOURNAL OF APPLIED SCIENCES | Pp. 108-121,
By delivering quick, sensitive, and targeted detection methods that have dramaticallyimproved the diagnosis and treatment of bacterial illnesses, nanotechnology hasrevolutionized the field of bacterial diagnosis. This abstract seeks to provide a conciseovervi...
2023 | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH IN CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 40-44
Ectopic pregnancy is a life-threatening gynecological emergency and a major cause of maternal mortality andmorbidity all over the world. It accounts for 75% of maternal deaths in early pregnancy thus in most developingcountries including Uganda, ectopic pregn...
2023 | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH IN CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 45-48
The factors including low iron intake haemolysis, malaria, sickle cell malaria and low education level with the riskfactors most likely to cause diet being malaria and sickle cell.Red cell distribution width performs well as a screeningdiagnostic test for ide...
2023 | South Asian Journal of Research in Microbiology | Pp. 26-31,
Chlamydia trachomatis also known as the “Silent Epidemic” is a major threat to the reproductive health of women. This study was aimed at determining the seroprevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis based one demographic factors among women attending clinics in Zar...
2023 | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH IN CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 24-29
The body mass index is one of the commonly used indicators of body fat composition and has been applied into publichealth and clinical practice. The index is obtained by dividing a person's weight by the square of the heightexpressed in kg/m2. Academic perfor...
2023 | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH IN CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 40-47
Monkey pox is more prevalent in a subgroup of people who also have HIV, most likely because to sexualtransmission and the level of immunosuppression that these patients may display at different stages of their illness.Although monkey pox can spread to everyon...
2023 | IDOSR JOURNAL OF APPLIED SCIENCES | Pp. 143-151
Medicinal plants contain numerous biologically active compounds such as minerals which have physiological actions on the human body. This work was designed to analyse the mineral composition of Datura stramonium (D. stramonium) leaf and seed extracts. Dry lea...
2023 | Academic Journal of Health Science | Pp. 104-110
Antecedentes: Se estudió la asociación entre el antígeno HLA-DR y la diabetes mellitus en pacientes diabéticos conocidos quereciben medicación en el University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital de Enugu. El estudio se realizó para caracterizar el antígeno HLADRen...