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 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-461X/1710021

Causal Relationship of Wastewater Management and Morbidity of Diseases Related to Wastewater in Colombia

Juan Pablo Rodríguez Miranda

Article Type: Short Communication | First Published: May 30, 2019

The causal relationship between environmental pollution and specifically the lack of adequate environmental sanitation, in the context of the elimination of excreta and solid waste disposition on site guaranteed for this purpose, conceives a high risk in the proliferation of vectors and therefore proportional generation morbidity in diseases of a hydric nature that directly or indirectly affects the population....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-461X/1710020

Use of an Antigen Excreted (Sode) in the Search for Antibodies Anti-Trypanosoma Cruzi in Sera from Pediatric Population of the State of Queretaro, Mexico

Maria Elena Villagran-Herrera, Manuel Sanchez-Moreno, Jose Alejandro Martinez-Ibarra, Ricardo Francisco Mercado-Curiel, Adriana Jheny Rodriguez-Mendez, Javier Avila-Morales, Maria del Carmen Aburto-Fernandez, Nicolas Camacho-Calderon and y Jose Antonio de Diego-Cabrera

Article Type: Research article | First Published: May 10, 2019

The acute phase of Chagas disease can occur at any age, however the pediatric population is usually the most affected (from one to 15 years), so it is very important to detect and treat it as soon as possible to try to eliminate the circulating parasite. The main objective of this research is to present the first seroepidemiological study of the infection by Trypanosoma cruzi, carried out to students of school age of both urban and rural primary schools in the State of Querétaro and at the same...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/IJTD-2017/1710019

Plasmodium falciparum Infection among Febrile Patients Attending a Tertiary Healthcare Facility in Central Nigeria: Prevalence, Hematologic and Sociodemographic Factors

Yohanna Jemimah, Oti Victor, Amuta Elizabeth, Philip Akpu and Anizoba Lynda

Article Type: Research article | First Published: April 04, 2019

Plasmodium falciparum infection remains a leading cause of global morbidity and mortality, causing about 3,000 daily deaths. This study intended to document the prevalence, and the associated factors of P. falciparum infection among febrile patients attending Federal the Medical Centre Keffi, Nigeria. After ethical clearance, 400 whole blood samples were collected from patients who gave informed consent and completed a self-structured questionnaire from July 2015 through January 2016. The blood ...

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