Vol. 13 No. 4 (2013) | African Health Sciences

Published: 2014-02-11

Editorial: Infections and non-communicable diseases that just refuse to go away

KJ Tumwine

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.

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Impact of moderate versus mild aerobic exercise training on inflammatory cytokines in obese type 2 diabetic patients: a randomized clinical trial

SM Abd El-Kader, AM Gari, AEM Salah El-Den

857-863

DOI:

10.4314/ahs.v13i4.1

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Differential expressed genes in ECV304 Endothelial-like Cells infected with Human Cytomegalovirus

Yali Zhang, Wenli Ma, Xiaoyang Mo, Haiquan Zhao, Huanying Zheng, Changwen Ke, Wenling Zheng, Yanyang Tu, Yongsheng Zhang

864-879

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.2

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Compliance with iron-folic acid (IFA) therapy among pregnant women in an urban area of south India

P Mithra, B Unnikrishnan, T Rekha, K Nithin, K Mohan, V Kulkarni, V Kulkarni, D Agarwal

880-885

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.3

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Clinical and audiometric features of presbycusis in Nigerians

OA Sogebi, OO Olusoga-Peters, O Oluwapelumi

886-892

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.4

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Care of terminally-ill patients: an opinion survey among critical care healthcare providers in the Middle East

M ur Rahman, S Abuhasna, FM Abu-Zidan

893-898

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.5

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Prevalence of noise induced hearing loss among employees at a mining industry in Zimbabwe

A Chadambuka, F Mususa, S Muteti

899-906

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.6

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A review of the management of perforated duodenal ulcers at a tertiary hospital in south western Nigeria

AC Etonyeaku, EA Agbakwuru, AA Akinkuolie, CA Omotola, AO Talabi, CU Onyia, OA Kolawole, OA Aladesuru

907-913

DOI:

10.4314/ahs.v13i4.7

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Counselling at primary health facilities and level of knowledge of antenatal attendees and their attitude on prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV in Dar-es salaam, Tanzania

PJT Wangwe, M Nyasinde, DSK Charles

914-919

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.8

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Roles of family dynamics on adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy among people living with HIV/AIDS at a tertiary hospital in Osogbo, south-west Nigeria

BA Afolabi, MO Afolabi, AA Afolabi, MA Odewale, SA Olowookere

920-926

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.9

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Decompensated cirrhosis-related admissions in a large urban hospital in Uganda: prevalence, clinical and laboratory features and implications for planning patient management

BS Apica, P Ocama, E Seremba, KC Opio, MM Kagimu

927-932

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.10

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In vivo hypoglycemic effect of methanolic fruit extract of Momordica charantia L

W Nkambo, NG Anyama, B Onegi

933-939

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.11

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The effects of maternal haemoglobin as an indicator of maternal nutritional status on, maternal measles antibodies of mother-infant pairs at birth

UA Baba, GM Ashir, Y Mava, MS Gimba, R Abubakar, JP Ambe

940-946

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.12

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The response effect of pheochromocytoma (PC12) cell lines to oxidized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (o-MWCMTs)

CL Phillips, CS Yah, SE Iyuke, V Pillay, K Rumbold, Y Choonara

947-954

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.13

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Seroprevalence of HBV and HIV co-infection in children and outcomes following highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in Uyo, South-South Nigeria

EE Ikpeme, OM Etukudo, UE Ekrikpo

955-961

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.14

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Utilisation of insecticide treated nets among pregnant women in Gulu: a post conflict district in northern Uganda

JH Obol, S Ononge, CG Orach

962-969

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.15

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Synergistic effect of aqueous extract of Telfaria occidentalis on the biological activities of artesunate in Plasmodium berghei infected mice

OM Adegbolagun, BO Emikpe, IO Woranola, Y Ogunremi

970-976

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.16

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Causes and outcome of hospitalization among HIV-infected adults receiving antiretroviral therapy in Mulago hospital, Uganda

AMN Namutebi, MRK Kamya, P Byakika-Kibwika

977-985

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.17

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Stereotypes on Nodding syndrome: responses of health workers in the affected region of northern Uganda

B Mutamba, C Abbo, J Muron, R Idro, AD Mwaka

986-991

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.18

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Factors influencing urban malaria: a comparative study of two communities in the Accra Metropolis

RC Brenyah, DNM Osakunor, RKD Ephraim

992-998

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.19

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Effects of intravenous diclofenac on postoperative sore throat in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery at Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi: A prospective, randomized, double blind controlled trial

P Thang’a, D Kamya, V Mung’ayi

999-1006

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.20

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Risk factors for un-investigated dyspepsia among primary care patients in northern Nigeria

OA Solomon, AO Ajayi

1007-1011

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.21

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Determinants of HIV testing among young people aged 18 – 24 years in South Africa

K Peltzer, G Matseke

1012-1020

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.22

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Factors associated with injuries among first-division Rwandan female soccer players

JD Niyonsenga, JS Phillips

1021-1026

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.23

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Knowledge, attitudes & barriers to condom use among female sex workers and truck drivers in Uganda: a mixed-methods study

JKB Matovu, NB Ssebadduka

1027-1033

DOI:

10.4314/ahs.v13i4.24

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Evaluation of some anthropometric indices for the diagnosis of obesity in pregnancy in Nigeria: a cross-sectional study

CE Okereke, UB Anyaehie, CC Dim, EE Iyare, UI Nwagha

1034-1040

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.25

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Knowledge about the research and ethics committee at Makerere University, Kampala

BR Ibingira, J Ochieng

1041-1046

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.26

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Sexually transmitted infections and their diagnoses: Bapedi experience

SS Semenya, MJ Potgieter

1047-1053

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.27

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Assessment of psychological barriers to cervical cancer screening among women in Kumasi, Ghana using a mixed methods approach

M William, G Kuffour, E Ekuadzi, M Yeboah, M ElDuah, P Tuffour

1054-1061

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.28

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The effect of experimental streptococcus infection in myocarditis on some biochemical and inflammatory markers in albino rats

SR Kholoud, MKA Iman, EH Rasha, SSA Soha

1062-1070

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.29

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Knowledge and attitudes of infection prevention and control among health sciences students at University of Namibia

J Ojulong, KH Mitonga, SN Iipinge

1071-1078

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.30

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Changes in platelet functional parameters and CD62 P expression in liver cirrhosis

G Xianghong, C Guanping, Y Fenghua, W Jiayin

1079-1083

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.31

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Antihypercholesterolemic activity of ethanolic extract of Buchholzia coriacea in rats

CO Olaiya, TO Omolekan

1048-1090

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.32

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Antibiogram and plasmid profiling of carbapenemase and extended spectrum Beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Abeokuta, South western, Nigeria

BO Motayo, PA Akinduti, FA Adeyakinu, PO Okerentugba, JC Nwanze, CC Onoh, HC Innocent-Adiele, IO Okonko

1091-1097

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.33

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Enteroviruses as a possible cause of hypertension, dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and hypertensive heart failure (HHF) in South western Nigeria

IO Okonko, AA Adebiyi, OS Ogah, FD Adu

1098-1106

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.34

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Dyslipidaemia and dysglycaemia in HIV- infected patients on highly active anti-retroviral therapy in Kumasi Metropolis

RA Ngala, K Fianko

1107-1116

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.35

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Attitude of Lesotho health care workers towards HIV/AIDS and impact of HIV/AIDS on the population structure

JA Belle, SB Ferriera, A Jordaan

1117-1125

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.36

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The pattern and challenges of infertility management in Lagos, Nigeria

O Adegbola, MO Akindele

1126-1129

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.37

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Vitamin D intake and type 2 diabetes risk: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies

Li-min Zhao, Xiao-qin Tian, Jia-pu Ge, Xu Yan-cheng

1130-1138

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.38

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Hepatitis B surface antigenemia (HBsAg) among pregnant women in southern Nigeria

BT Utoo

1139-1143

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.39

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Demographic profile and epidemiology of injury in Mthatha, South Africa

A Dhaffala, B Longo-Mbenza, JH Kingu, M Peden, A Kafuko-Bwoye, M Clarke, EL Mazwai

1144-1148

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.40

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Use of antibiotics among non-medical students in a Nigerian university

TE Sanya, OF Titilayo, R Adisa, JS Segun

1149-1155

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.41

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Bacteriological and physico-chemical quality of drinking water sources in a rural community of Ethiopia

N Tsega, S Sahile, M Kibret, B Abera

1156-1161

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.42

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The Obstetrics Gynecology and Children’s Hospital Emergency Room waiting time before hospitalization

T Ocak, M Bekdas, A Duran, SB Göksügür, B Küçükbayrak

1162-1169

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.43

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Stray dog trade fuelled by dog meat consumption as a risk factor for rabies infection in Calabar, southern Nigeria

EE Ekanem, KI Eyong, EE Philip-Ephraim, ME Eyong, EB Adams, AA Asindi

1170-1173

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10.4314/ahs.v13i4.44

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