ABSTRACT This study was conducted to investigate the effect of Actellic Super (pirimiphos-methyl) in Oreochromis niloticus (Nile tilapia) in Mvomero District, Morogoro, Tanzania. Field surveys using questionnaire interviews were used to collect sociological data from households that own fish ponds. The response of Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and Pseudocholinesterase (BuChE/PChE) activities in O. niloticus as a result of Organophosphates (OPs) and carbaryl waterborne exposure was determined i...
Abstract Objective: To determine markers of HBV infection and detect the presence of its occult infection in serum of a cohort of adult Nigerians. Methodology: The study involved 28 adult Nigerians with viral hepatitis (Group 1) and 28 apparently healthy adult Nigerians as controls (Group 2). Their sera were assayed for HBsAg, HBeAg, anti-HBe, anti-HBc, anti-HBs, and anti-HCV, while HBV DNA was determined in 15 patients with chronic hepatitis. Significance of differences between the patie...
SUMMARY Objective: To determine the time flow of service uptake JS assessed by patients in the eye clinic of UCll with the view of identifying delays in service uptake, the reasons [or such delays and ways lo improve services. Materials and methods: Fa ticals at lending the eye clinic of ihe University College II ospita I(VCr f) were selected (( scculively and interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire on the amount of time ihcy spent w(liting for the various services uIhc eye clinic a...
INTRODUCTION Foreign body impaction in the oesophagus is a quite common occurrence but 90% of such foreign bodies pass through the digestive tract to be eliminated in stools. The incidence of complications following ingestion of foreign bodies is surprisingly low. It was 10% in a study of 2400 cases by Nanchi and Ong. Presented below is a case of a young boy who accidentally swallowed a drawing pin and in whom plain radiographs confirmed the presence and location of the foreign body. Endosc...
ABSTRACT Objective of this study is to determine the pattern of eye diseases amongst drivers of College of Medicine, University of Ibadan (UI) and the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan. Cross sectional study of (99) drivers employed by the two institutions using a semi structured questionnaire and through eye examination at the eye clinic of UCH. Our results show that age range of respondents was from 39-60 years, mean 50.1 +/- 4.78 years. Driving experience ranged from 5 to 43 years, ...
ABSTRACT This study was carried out to establish the prevalence of porcine cysticercosis (caused by Taenia solium), hydatidosis and ascariosis in slaughter pigs, and assess the state and distribution of pig slaughter slabs in Dar es Salaam city, Tanzania, between November 2007 and January 2008. All 24 official slaughter slabs located in the three municipalities of Dar es Salaam city (Kinondoni, Ilala, Temeke), were included in the study. A geographical positioning system (GPS) was used to m...
ABSTRACT Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease that causes a great socio-economic as well as a public health concern worldwide. Limited studies have been conducted to determine the prevalence of brucellosis in small ruminants kept in the pastoral and agropastoral grazing systems of Tanzania. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of Brucella infections and risk factors for its transmission to human in Morogoro region, Tanzania. A cross sectional study was conducted in nine wards of...
Abstract Introduction: Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) in pregnancy.with 'adverse pregnancy outcome , hasjbderi well documented with Escherichia coli and other gram-negative rods being the common organisms associated. However, most of these studies were done in patients without additional immunosuppressant except for pregnancy. However; the additional risk of HiV infection in pregnant woman necessitates. the evaluation of the microbial isolates and antibiotic sensitivity pattern froififthe ur...
This study is analytic and descriptive study done in the Western Kordofan Town of Elnohud in the period from June 2016 to September 2016, to evaluate first trimester pregnancy with vaginal bleeding by using gray scale ultrasound. The main purpose of this study is to determine the causes of first trimester vaginal bleeding and to correlate between patient age ,gravids and ultrasound findings. This study used the Universal Protocol in the work of ultrasound for first trimester pregnancy...
Spleen is enlarged in a variety of clinical conditions including infectious, infiltrative, immunologic and malignant states. Evaluation of splenic size is important in every physical examination of the abdomen by a physician.Determination of its size by palpation can be extremely inaccurate because spleen is never palpable till it is enlarged 2 to 3 times its own size. The accurate diagnosis of splenic enlargement is a matter of considerable importance as it is a useful guide for arrivin...
This is prospective, analytical and cross- sectional study carried out in Medical Army hospital in Khartoum State, during April 2015 - July 2015. Forty sickle cell disease patients were studied, 18 were males and 22 were females, their ages 1-13 years, 23(58%) were sickle cell anemia (HbSS), 17(42%) were sickle cell trait (HbAS) as known cases by hemoglobin electrophoresis. The aim of this study to measure the level different hemoglobin types in the study group and comparison of this he...
ABSTRACT This study explored the problem of sexual coercion from the perspectives of 77 young people aged 14- 2 7 in Ibodan, Nigeria, the behaviours they perceive to be sexually coercive and the con texts in which these occur through four narrative workshops. Participants were drawn from two secondary schools and 15 apprentice workshops. All four groups identified similar coercive behaviours and developed narratives of the events that typically lead up to them. Behaviours included rape, unwan...
ABSTRACT Every profession considers the development and application of the Professional Code of Ethics and Conduct (PCEC) as a means of maintaining acceptable professional standards. As for the teaching profession, teachers are supposed to exhibit high level of professionalism by showing high ethical and moral standards in their relationships with other educational stakeholders. This is also imperative for PE teachers since their work involves close interactions with students in and outside ...
Sanitation is one of the issues that the world cares about lately because of its negative effects on the environment and society especially when it is discharged into rivers and seas without treatment where it affects the fish, agricultural and animal resources. In addition, waste water from hospitals contains many infectious and dangerous compounds, which must be properly treated and then disposed of within the sewerage network. The study aimed to address the problem of the sewage syst...
Across- sectional study was carried from April 2015 to October 2015 to determine the prevalence of, and to identify Risk factor for Brucellosis infection in camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Gadarrif State, Sudan. A total of 252 camels from 60 camel herds were included in this study, The Study was conducted in four selected locality in Gadarrif State. From Algadarrif (109), Butana (93), Wast Algadrrif (15), and Alshwak (35) Localities. Of these, 8.4 % (215 out of 252), and 13.5% (37 out ...