ABSTRACT Background: Early diagnosis and prompt treatment of childhood febrile conditions are essential for reducing the progression of the illness to severe disease and, therefore, decrease mortality among under five children. This study aimed to assess the health-seeking behavioural patterns and self-medication practices of caregivers on managing childhood febrile conditions in Singida Region. Methods: A community-based cross-sectional analytical study was conducted in Singida Region at Ir...
Abstract This descriptive retrospective cross sectional study was carried out in Omdurman teaching hospital, during the period from March to October 2015, to detect the association between human papilloma virus infection and non-melanoma skin cancers. The study included 40 formalin fixed paraffin embedded blocks previously diagnosed as skin cancers , 20 samples were diagnosed as squamous cell carcinoma and 20 samples were basal cell carcinoma. From each block only one section with 3µm in di...
Abstract Kidneys may be exposed to many pathological conditions due to Diabetes mellitus which is a common multi-systemic disease with serious effects on the urinary system and was considered the main causes of chronic renal failure in worldwide . This disease may lead to some renal changes in morphology and function, The aim of this study was to evaluate the renal changes in diabetic patient using ultrasound scan . This cross-sectional –case control study was done in Khartoum and north ku...
Abstract This study was conducted among blood donors in Central Blood Bank of Khartoum. On a total of ninety tow samples were collected, during the period from March to May 2018, to demonstrate the frequency of syphilis and to compare between different diagnostic methods for detection of syphilis. All samples were tested from ELISA, ICT and RPR. The seroprevalence of syphilis revealed from ELISA method was 7(7.6 %), which was equal to ICT but was slightly increase in RPR 8 (8.7%). The high f...
Abstract Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an important enteric human pathogen worldwide distribution. It can cause sporadic cases as well as large epidemics of acute hepatitis. Many studies proved that HEV infection in pregnancy leads to poor maternal and fetal outcome, especially in the third trimester of pregnancy. The current study is descriptive cross-sectional study aimed to determine the prevalence of HEV among pregnant women attending El Ribat University Hospital in Khartoum, during the per...
ABSTRACT Background: There is a significant increase of drug abuse especially injection in Tanzania. Injection behaviors have been known to facilitate the transmission of HIV. Injecting drug users are among the population with an increased risk of contracting HIV. Understanding their perceived risk is a significant factor in determining the behaviors of this group Objective: This study wanted to assess the perceived risk of HIV infections among injecting drug users in Zanzibar. Methods: A c...
Abstract Background: Pregnancy associated hypertensive disorder and intrauterine growth restriction are common complication responsible for neonatal and maternal morbidity. Most current hypothesis regarding the pathophysiologic mechanisms of pregnancy induced hypertention point to early placenta abnormalities. The production of hCG by the placenta in early pregnancy is critical for implantation and maintainance of the blastocyst. Since it is postulated that preeclampsia is likely a trophobla...
Abstract Toxoplasmosis, caused by Toxoplasma gondii, is a significant disease in livestock and human. Because of medical and veterinary importance it is essential to study the seroprevalence of T. gondii infection among human and animals in various area of the world. The aim of this study was to estimate seroprevalence of T. gondii in cattle in Gedarif state . A three hundred serum samples were collected from four localities :100 from Baldeyat El- Gedarif ,60 from Glabat El-Shargea ,90 from ...
Part of this work has been accepted for publication as paper entitled: 1. Nuha Abu Elabbas Dia Alnaeim, Hisham Ismail Seri, Siham Elias Suliman, Omar Ibrahim Omar Ali (2019). Evaluation of Efficacy of four anthelmintics and possible multiple-Drug Resistance in Sheep in Sudan. SUST Journal of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, 20(1): (Accepted)
ABSTRACT Background Premalignant cervical lesions that precede cervical cancers are the highest in low income countries. However, in 2007 Tanzania had reported to have as high as 17 % with 9972 incident cases and 6695 deaths of cervical cancer. There is limited documented close association between individual risk factor(s) and prevalence of the pre-malignant cervical cancer. Objectives: This study was conducted to determine prevalence of premalignant cervical lesions and associated risks fac...
Abstract Heart diseases are major health problem and greatly affecting the economic and social status of such patients. The objective of this study to measure of prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time and platelets count in heart disease patients compared to control, and compared between heart disease patients them self according to age and gender to observe change which can occur. The study was carried out at the Sudan Cardiac Center, at Khartoum state, Sudan. One hundred b...
Abstract Whipping ritual during Sudanese wedding ceremonies could be associated with blood-borne infection that results from viruses such as hepatitis B virus, HCV and HIV. This study was aimed to investigate hepatitis B virus infection among men whipped during Sudanese wedding ceremonies using enzyme-linked immunesorbant Assay (ELISA) for detection of HBs Ag. This was a comparative cross-sectional study which was carried out during the period from January to April 2017. A total of hundred r...
Abstract Osteoporosis is disease characterized by low bone mass and microarchitectural deterioration of bone tissue leading to enhanced bone fragility and a consequent increase in fracture incidence. The osteoporosis is becoming public health problem in Sudan and neighboring countries and worldwide. As the environmental risk factors for osteoporosis in women are similar, the study aim to evaluate 25-OH vitamin D, total calcium and phosphorus levels among Sudanese post-menopausal osteoporotic...
Abstract Background: According to the theory of planned behavior, an intention to carry out a certain behavior facilitates action. In the context of birth in health facility, the intention to use health facilities for childbirth may better ensure better maternal and neonatal survival. Little is known on the influence of the domains of theory of planned behavior on birth in health facility intention. The study aimed to determine the influence of the domains of theory of planned behavior on bi...
Abstract Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a systemic metabolic disorder, Diabetic nephropathy (DN), is a common cause of end stage renal disease worldwide. Cystatin C has been identified as a new, promising, and easily measurable marker for detecting mild decrease in GFR with highly specificity and sensitivity. Study aims to evaluate serum cystatin C among type 2 DM during a period of March-August 2015 in Khartoum state. A hundred and twenty subjects classified as 60 healthy apparently as control g...