African Health Sciences
Journal / African Health Sciences / Vol. 20 No. 3 (2020) / Articles
 Open Access

Published: 2020-10-07

Articles

Remembering Dr. Elizabeth Hillman

Donna M Staton

1011-1012

Remembering Dr. Peter Kazembe

Heather Haq

1013-1014

Prevalence and associated factors of intestinal parasite infection by HIV infection status among asymptomatic adults in rural Gabon

Jeanne Vanessa Koumba Lengongo, Bedrich Pongui Ngondza, Bridy Moutombi Ditombi, Noé Patrick M’Bondoukwé, Jacques Mari Ndong Ngomo, Arnaud Mongo Delis, Princilia Bouyi Lekounga, Marielle Bouyou-Akotet, Denise Patricia Mawili-Mboumba

1024- 1034

Contributions of malaria, helminths, HIV and iron deficiency to anaemia in pregnant women attending ante-natal clinics in SouthWest Nigeria

Olawunmi R Rabiu, Hannah Dada-Adegbola, Ayokulehin M Kosoko, Catherine O Falade, Olatunbosun G Arinola, Alexander B Odaibo, Olusegun G Ademowo

1035- 1044

Capacity assessment for provision of quality sexual reproductive health and HIV-integrated services in Karamoja, Uganda

Claudia Marotta, Peter Lochoro, Damiano Pizzol, Giovanni Putoto, Walter Mazzucco, Annalisa Saracino, Laura Monno, Francesco Di Gennaro, Jerry Ictho

1053-1065

Evaluation of the effect of an educational intervention on knowledge and adherence to HIV guidelines among frontline health workers in Alex-Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Nigeria

Ifeyinwa Chizoba Akamike, Ijeoma Nkem Okedo-Alex, Chigozie Jesse Uneke, Henry Chukwuemeka Uro-Chukwu, Onyedikachi Echefu Chukwu, Ngozi Immaculata Ugwu, Urudinachi Nnenne Agbo, Abel Ebeh Ezeoha

1080-1089

Vancomycin intermediate resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the nasal cavity of asymptomatic individuals: a potential public health challenge

Morenike Adeoye-Isijola, Olufunmiso Olajuyigbe, Kehinde Adebola, Roger Coopoosamy, Anthony Afolayan

1109-1117

An evaluation of six-year Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infections in a university hospital

Nevin Ince, Dilek Yekenkurul, Ayşe Danış, Emel Çalışkan, İdris Akkaş

1118-1123

Epidemiological study of bacterial meningitis in Tunisian children, beyond neonatal age, using molecular methods: 2014-2017

Sondes Haddad-Boubaker, Marwa Lakhal, Cyrine Fathallah, Samar Mhimdi, Aida Bouafsoun, Amel Kechrid, Hanen Smaoui

1124-1132

Detection, quantification and genotype distribution of HCV patients in Lahore, Pakistan by real-time PCR

Muhammad Umer Khan, Haleema Sadia, Asma Irshad, Atif Amin Baig, Sana Ashiq, Beenish Zahid, Rozeena Sheikh, Sadia Roshan, Azam Ali, Shazia Shamas, Munir Ahmed Bhinder, Rais Ahmad

1143-1152

Hemorrhagic fever in Saudi Arabia: challenge to public health, effective management and future considerations

Taha A Kumosani, Abdulrahman L Al-Malki, Syed S Razvi, Maha J Balgoon, Mohammed Kaleem, Etimad A Huwait, Maryam A Alghamdi, Soonham S Yaghmoor, Khalid O Abualnaja, Elie K Barbour, Khalid A AL-Madani, Majdi H AlToukhi, Afnan T Kumosani, Said S Moselhy

1153-1163

Distribution and molecular analysis of Blastocystis subtypes from gastrointestinal symptomatic and asymptomatic patients in Iran

Asma Delshad, Mehrzad Saraei, Safar Ali Alizadeh, Soheila Rahimi Niaraki, Mahmood Alipour, Bahram Hosseinbigi, Arezoo Bozorgomid, Elham Hajialilo

1179- 1189

Determinants of early marriage among female children in Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Abay Kassa Tekile, Ashenafi Abate Woya, Garoma Wakjira Basha

1190-1195

Socio-demographic predictors of gender inequality among heterosexual couples expecting a child in south-central Uganda

Caroline J Vrana-Diaz, Jeffrey E Korte, Mulugeta Gebregziabher, Lauren Richey, Anbesaw Selassie, Michael Sweat, Harriet Chemusto, Rhoda Wanyenze

1196-1205

Mental and personality disorders in infertile women with polycystic ovary: a case-control study

Mostafa Ahmadi, Mahbobeh Faramarzi, Zahra Basirat, Farzan Kheirkhah, Mohammad Chehrazi, Fatemeh Ashabi

1241-1249

Epidemiology and survival analyses of 333 adult glioma patients from Eastern Algeria (2008-2016)

Sabrina Touati, Rachid Djekkoun, Mohamed El-Hadef El-Okki, Dalila Satta

1250-1258

Prostate hyperplasia in St Mary’s Hospital Lacor: utility of prostate specific antigen in screening for prostate malignancy

Ronald Okidi, Cyprian Opira, Vanusa Da Consolação Sambo, Caroline Achola , David Martin Ogwang

1259-1263

Frequency of IL-10+CD19+ B cells in patients with prostate cancer compared to patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia

Nazmabadi Roya, Taheri Fatemeh, Mohammad-Alibeigi Faramarz, Sabzevary-Ghahfarokhi Milad, Sanaei Mohammad-Javad, Salehi-Vanani Najmeh, Mirzaei Yousef, Bagheri Nader

1264-1272

Determination of expression profile of p53 gene in different grades of breast cancer tissues by real time PCR

Haleema Sadia, Munir Ahmad Bhinder, Asma Irshad, Beenish Zahid, Rais Ahmed, Sana Ashiq, Kausar Malik, Muhammad Riaz, Tariq Nadeem, Kanwal Ashiq, Ali Akbar

1273-1282

Detection of miR-1246, miR-23a and miR-451 in sera of colorectal carcinoma patients: a case-control study in Cairo University hospital

Mona Salah, Iman Shaheen, Pakinam El-Shanawany, Nagwa Eid Saad, Rasha Saad, Mahmoud El Guibaly, Nouran Momen

1283-1291

Effects of miR-489 targeting on SOX4 gene on proliferation and apoptosis of human hepatocellular carcinoma cells

Bing Wang, Wang-Xun Jin, Yun-Li Zhang, Ling Huang, Hai-Bin Ni, Dilong Fang

1292-1298

Association of Rs61764370 polymorphism within let-7 microRNA-binding site with lung cancer in Iranian population

Neda Farokhzad, Sayed Mostafa Hosseini, Houri Edalat, Morteza Sadeghi

1299-1303

Acute leukemia in sickle cell disease patients in a tertiary health facility in Nigeria: a case series

Oladapo W Aworanti, Foluke A Fasola, Taiwo R Kotila, John A Olaniyi, Biobele J Brown

1304-1312

Telepathological evaluation of paediatric histological specimens in support of a hospital in Tanzania

Hans-Ullrich Voelker, Laura Poetzl, Annette Strehl, Hans-Konrad Mueller-Hermelink, Ansgar Stuefe, Gerhard Stauch

1313-1321

A quality improvement project to improve diabetes self-management and patient satisfaction in a low-resourced central Kenyan hospital

Tsitsi Muhoma, Margaret W Waruiru, Olayemi Sanni, Linda D Knecht, Marilyn McFarland

1322-1328

Weight reduction ameliorates inflammatory cytokines, adipocytokines and endothelial dysfunction biomarkers among Saudi patients with type 2 diabetes

Shehab M Abd El-Kader, Osama H Al-Jiffri, Ziyad A Neamatallah, Afnan M AlKhateeb, Saad S AlFawaz

1329-1336

Research of anti-GAD and anti-IA2 autoantibodies by ELISA test in a series of Moroccan pediatric patients with diabetes type 1

O Belhiba, Z Aadam, L Jeddane, R Saile, H Salih ALJ, AA Bousfiha, F Jennane

1337-1343

Socio-demographic and modifiable risk factors of diabetes and hypertension among resource constrained patients from rural areas in Mdantsane Township in South Africa

Lettilia Xhakaza, Zainonesa Abrahams-October, Mohammedmekin Mohammedseid Mohammednur, Brendon Pearce, Oladele Vincent Adeniyi, Rabia Johnson, Mongi Benjeddou

1344-1354

Adherence to drug therapy among hypertensive patients attending two district hospitals in Ghana

Emmanuel Sarkodie, Daniel Kwame Afriyie, Araba Hutton-Nyameaye, Seth Kwabena Amponsah

1355-1367

Association of apoE gene polymorphisms with lipid metabolism in renal diseases

Tianbiao Zhou, Hongyan Li, Hongzhen Zhong , Zhiqing Zhong , Shujun Lin

1368-1381

Nephroprotective effect of methanol extract of Moringa oleifera leaves on acute kidney injury induced by ischemia-reperfusion in rats

Akinleye Stephen Akinrinde, Olusegun Oduwole, Fadeyemi Joseph Akinrinmade, Folusho Bolawaye Bolaji-Alabi

1382-1396

Effective school-based preventive interventions for alcohol use in Africa: a systematic review

Sachi Tomokawa, Kimihiro Miyake, Takeshi Akiyama, Yuka Makino, Akihiro Nishio, Jun Kobayashi, Masamine Jimba, Irene Ayi, Sammy M Njenga, Takashi Asakura

1397-1406

Physical activity participation is associated with higher quality of life scores in men with alcohol use disorders: a study from Uganda

Davy Vancampfort, Mats Hallgren, Byamah Brian Mutamba, Tine Van Damme, Michel Probst, Ruud van Winkel, Inez Myin-Germeys, Marc De Hert, James Mugisha

1407-1415

Depression among medical students in Alexandria, Egypt

Wafaa Ihab Hafez Elsawy, Aida Aly Reda Sherif, Medhat Salah El Din Attia, Nessrin Ahmed El- Nimr

1416-1425

Test-retest reliability and correlates of the Simple Physical Activity Questionnaire in Ugandan out-patients with psychosis

Davy Vancampfort, David Basangwa, Simon Rosenbaum, Philip B Ward, James Mugisha

1438-1445

From genes polymorphisms to mucosal expression of cytokines: evaluating IL-23/IL-17 axis in adult patients with gastritis

Fatemeh Azadegan-Dehkordi, Ardeshir Abbasi, Amin Talebi Bezmin Abadi, Khaled Minooie, Parya Aslani, Razieh Sadat Hosseini, Farid Zandi

1452-1462

Clinical predictors and outcome of bowel resection in paediatric intussusception

Akinlabi E Ajao, Taiwo A Lawal, Olakayode O Ogundoyin, Dare I Olulana

1463-1470

Factors associated with discrepancies between poor dyspnea perception and abnormal lung function in 65 asthmatic patients

Asmaa Jniene, Leila Achachi, Mustapha El Bakkali, Laila Herrak, Aziza Rhanim, Souad Aboudrar, Taoufiq Dakka, Mustapha El Ftouh

1471-1477

Improving healthcare: a guide to roll-out best practices

Wilma ten Ham-Baloyi, Karin Minnie, Christa van der Walt

1487-1495

Magnetic resonance imaging in chronic headache: our experiences and perspectives

Ukamaka Dorothy Itanyi, Philip Chinedu Okere, Nneka Ifeyinwa Iloanusi, Felix U Uduma

1496-1506

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