Pub Date : 2017-09-25DOI: 10.12980/APJTD.7.2017D7-95
J. C. Hernández, S. A. G. Ochoa, Kihara Alejandra Jerez Torra
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Pub Date : 2017-09-25DOI: 10.12980/APJTD.7.2017D6-472
A. Ansari-Moghaddam, H. Adineh, Mehdi Mohammadi, S. Tabatabaei, I. Zareban, M. Ranjbar, A. Salimi, A. Raeisi
*Corresponding author: Hossein Ali Adineh, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Iranshahr University of Medical Sciences, Iranshahr, Iran; Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran. Tels: +98 9156388799, +98 5437222230 E-mail: Payam.health@yahoo.com This study protocol was performed according to the Helsinki Declaration and was assessed for ethic issues and approved by Ethical Committee of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Written informed consent was obtained from the heads of households. Foundation Project: Supported by World Health Organization (EMRO/TDR Small Grant with ID No. SGS 14/20), Deputies of Health and Research and Health Promotion Research Center in Zahedan University of Medical Sciences. The journal implements double-blind peer review practiced by specially invited international editorial board members.
*通讯作者:Hossein Ali Adineh,伊朗伊朗沙赫尔医学大学流行病学和生物统计学系;伊朗扎黑丹医科大学健康促进研究中心。电话:+98 9156388799,+98 5437222230 E-mail: Payam.health@yahoo.com本研究方案根据《赫尔辛基宣言》执行,并由伊朗扎黑丹医科大学伦理委员会进行了伦理问题评估和批准。获得了户主的书面知情同意。基金项目:由世界卫生组织(EMRO/TDR小额赠款,ID:。SGS 14/20),扎黑丹医科大学卫生与研究和健康促进研究中心代表。本刊实行双盲同行评议,特邀国际编委会成员参与。
{"title":"Prevalence of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency in malaria endemic region of Iran (Sistan and Baluchestan Province): Epidemiological profile and trends over time","authors":"A. Ansari-Moghaddam, H. Adineh, Mehdi Mohammadi, S. Tabatabaei, I. Zareban, M. Ranjbar, A. Salimi, A. Raeisi","doi":"10.12980/APJTD.7.2017D6-472","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12980/APJTD.7.2017D6-472","url":null,"abstract":"*Corresponding author: Hossein Ali Adineh, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Iranshahr University of Medical Sciences, Iranshahr, Iran; Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran. Tels: +98 9156388799, +98 5437222230 E-mail: Payam.health@yahoo.com This study protocol was performed according to the Helsinki Declaration and was assessed for ethic issues and approved by Ethical Committee of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Written informed consent was obtained from the heads of households. Foundation Project: Supported by World Health Organization (EMRO/TDR Small Grant with ID No. SGS 14/20), Deputies of Health and Research and Health Promotion Research Center in Zahedan University of Medical Sciences. The journal implements double-blind peer review practiced by specially invited international editorial board members.","PeriodicalId":8561,"journal":{"name":"Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease","volume":"7 1","pages":"587-591"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47792491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-09-25DOI: 10.12980/APJTD.7.2017D7-149
P. Mahesh, Suriyakumara Mahendra Arnold, M. W. Gunathunga, A. Lathaharan, Atapattu, Mudiyanselage Nalin Ariyarathne, N. Pannilahetti
Pasyodun Koralage Buddhika Mahesh, Suriyakumara Mahendra Arnold, Moraendage Wasantha Gunathunga, Alagiah Lathaharan, Atapattu Mudiyanselage Nalin Ariyarathne, Nimalka Pannilahetti Office of Regional Director of Health Services, Colombo, Sri Lanka Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka Office of Provincial Director of Health Services, Eastern Province, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka Office of Regional Director of Health Services, Gampaha, Sri Lanka National Dengue Control Unit, Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka Asian Pac J Trop Dis 2017; 7(10): 582-586
{"title":"Knowledge on fever and its associated factors among the parents of the children who were treated as cases of dengue fever or dengue hemorrhagic fever in a tertiary care setting of a lower middle income country","authors":"P. Mahesh, Suriyakumara Mahendra Arnold, M. W. Gunathunga, A. Lathaharan, Atapattu, Mudiyanselage Nalin Ariyarathne, N. Pannilahetti","doi":"10.12980/APJTD.7.2017D7-149","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12980/APJTD.7.2017D7-149","url":null,"abstract":"Pasyodun Koralage Buddhika Mahesh, Suriyakumara Mahendra Arnold, Moraendage Wasantha Gunathunga, Alagiah Lathaharan, Atapattu Mudiyanselage Nalin Ariyarathne, Nimalka Pannilahetti Office of Regional Director of Health Services, Colombo, Sri Lanka Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka Office of Provincial Director of Health Services, Eastern Province, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka Office of Regional Director of Health Services, Gampaha, Sri Lanka National Dengue Control Unit, Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka Asian Pac J Trop Dis 2017; 7(10): 582-586","PeriodicalId":8561,"journal":{"name":"Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease","volume":"7 1","pages":"582-586"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47516559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-09-25DOI: 10.12980/APJTD.7.2017D7-156
S. Kitvatanachai, Pochong Rhongbutsri
{"title":"Using Mini Parasep襆 SF to determine intestinal parasitic infections comparing to conventional methods in gardener of Chanthaburi Province, Thailand","authors":"S. Kitvatanachai, Pochong Rhongbutsri","doi":"10.12980/APJTD.7.2017D7-156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12980/APJTD.7.2017D7-156","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8561,"journal":{"name":"Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease","volume":"7 1","pages":"596-600"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49190363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-09-03DOI: 10.12980/APJTD.7.2017D7-4
Maryam Mollaiizadeh, J. Rafinejad, M. Oshaghi, H. Bakhshi, S. S. Hashemi, Sahereh Gholami, M. Sedaghat
{"title":"Molecular investigation on Iranian widow spider Latrodectus tredecimguttatus based on DNA barcode analysis","authors":"Maryam Mollaiizadeh, J. Rafinejad, M. Oshaghi, H. Bakhshi, S. S. Hashemi, Sahereh Gholami, M. Sedaghat","doi":"10.12980/APJTD.7.2017D7-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12980/APJTD.7.2017D7-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8561,"journal":{"name":"Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease","volume":"7 1","pages":"560-563"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46596430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-09-03DOI: 10.12980/APJTD.7.2017D7-142
P. Suntaravitun, A. Dokmaikaw
*Corresponding author: Amornrat Dokmaikaw, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Science and Technology, Rajabhat Rajanagarindra University, 422 Marupong Road, Na Mueang, Mueang Chachoengsao District, Chachoengsao Province, 24000, Thailand. Tel/Fax: +66 (0) 3856 8184 E-mail: amornrat8006@gmail.com The study was conducted according to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki, and all procedures involving human subjects were approved by the Ethics Committee of Rajabhat Rajanagarindra University, Thailand (approval number: RRUPH 602001). Written informed consent was obtained from parents and legal guardians on behalf of their children before data collection. The journal implements double-blind peer review practiced by specially invited international editorial board members.
{"title":"Prevalence of intestinal protozoan infections among schoolchildren in Bang Khla District, Chachoengsao Province, Central Thailand","authors":"P. Suntaravitun, A. Dokmaikaw","doi":"10.12980/APJTD.7.2017D7-142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12980/APJTD.7.2017D7-142","url":null,"abstract":"*Corresponding author: Amornrat Dokmaikaw, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Science and Technology, Rajabhat Rajanagarindra University, 422 Marupong Road, Na Mueang, Mueang Chachoengsao District, Chachoengsao Province, 24000, Thailand. Tel/Fax: +66 (0) 3856 8184 E-mail: amornrat8006@gmail.com The study was conducted according to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki, and all procedures involving human subjects were approved by the Ethics Committee of Rajabhat Rajanagarindra University, Thailand (approval number: RRUPH 602001). Written informed consent was obtained from parents and legal guardians on behalf of their children before data collection. The journal implements double-blind peer review practiced by specially invited international editorial board members.","PeriodicalId":8561,"journal":{"name":"Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease","volume":"7 1","pages":"523-526"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46653485","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-09-03DOI: 10.12980/APJTD.7.2017D7-66
Anil Saini, A. Aggarwal
{"title":"Clinicopathological presentation of cutaneous leishmaniasis and its diagnostic algorithm","authors":"Anil Saini, A. Aggarwal","doi":"10.12980/APJTD.7.2017D7-66","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12980/APJTD.7.2017D7-66","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8561,"journal":{"name":"Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease","volume":"7 1","pages":"573-576"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46306198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-09-03DOI: 10.12980/APJTD.7.2017D7-123
V. Giacomet, L. Cococcioni, S. Pisanelli, A. Benincaso, P. Nannini, Teresa Genoni, G. Zuccotti
Management of newborns at risk of neonatal and perinatal tuberculosis Vania Giacomet, Lucia Cococcioni, Stefania Pisanelli, Anna Rita Benincaso, Pilar Nannini, Teresa Genoni, Gian Vincenzo Zuccotti Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, L. Sacco Hospital, University of Milan, via G.B. Grassi 74, 20157, Milan, Italy Pediatric Department, “V. Buzzi” Children’s Hospital, University of Milan, Via Castelvetro 32, 20154 Milan, Italy Asian Pac J Trop Dis 2017; 7(9): 569-571
{"title":"Management of newborns at risk of neonatal and perinatal tuberculosis","authors":"V. Giacomet, L. Cococcioni, S. Pisanelli, A. Benincaso, P. Nannini, Teresa Genoni, G. Zuccotti","doi":"10.12980/APJTD.7.2017D7-123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12980/APJTD.7.2017D7-123","url":null,"abstract":"Management of newborns at risk of neonatal and perinatal tuberculosis Vania Giacomet, Lucia Cococcioni, Stefania Pisanelli, Anna Rita Benincaso, Pilar Nannini, Teresa Genoni, Gian Vincenzo Zuccotti Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, L. Sacco Hospital, University of Milan, via G.B. Grassi 74, 20157, Milan, Italy Pediatric Department, “V. Buzzi” Children’s Hospital, University of Milan, Via Castelvetro 32, 20154 Milan, Italy Asian Pac J Trop Dis 2017; 7(9): 569-571","PeriodicalId":8561,"journal":{"name":"Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease","volume":"7 1","pages":"569-571"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41519213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-09-03DOI: 10.12980/APJTD.7.2017D7-136
Mohd Aiman Barudin, M. Isa, N. Othman, A. Yusof
Objective: To identify 18S ribosomal RNA partial sequences from three different points, namely downstream, midstream and upstream of two water rivers in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia Methods: In this study, a total of six water samples were collected from three different points of both Kuantan River and Balok River. Each water sample was processed and concentrated using continuous flow centrifuge (CFC) machine and purified using immunomagnetic separation (IMS) technique. Nested Polymerase Chain Reaction (nPCR) was applied to detect 18S ribosomal RNA sequence in those samples after DNA extraction. Genotyping and phylogenetic analysis were performed on the basis of 18S rDNA gene sequence of Cryptosporidium. Results: A total of five samples from six different points of both Kuantan River and Balok River were contaminated with Cryptosporidium. Only river water sample from the upstream point of Kuantan River was negative for Cryptosporidium. In this study, the sequencing results of five samples from both Kuantan River and Balok River belonged to Cryptosporidium parvum (C. parvum). Conclusions: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of C. parvum genotyping in both Kuantan River and Balok River by using molecular approach nested polymerase chain reaction (nPCR) on 18S ribosomal RNA gene.
{"title":"First molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium from three different points of two main rivers in Kuantan, Malaysia using 18S rRNA gene nested PCR","authors":"Mohd Aiman Barudin, M. Isa, N. Othman, A. Yusof","doi":"10.12980/APJTD.7.2017D7-136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12980/APJTD.7.2017D7-136","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: To identify 18S ribosomal RNA partial sequences from three different points, namely downstream, midstream and upstream of two water rivers in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia Methods: In this study, a total of six water samples were collected from three different points of both Kuantan River and Balok River. Each water sample was processed and concentrated using continuous flow centrifuge (CFC) machine and purified using immunomagnetic separation (IMS) technique. Nested Polymerase Chain Reaction (nPCR) was applied to detect 18S ribosomal RNA sequence in those samples after DNA extraction. Genotyping and phylogenetic analysis were performed on the basis of 18S rDNA gene sequence of Cryptosporidium. \u0000Results: A total of five samples from six different points of both Kuantan River and Balok River were contaminated with Cryptosporidium. Only river water sample from the upstream point of Kuantan River was negative for Cryptosporidium. In this study, the sequencing results of five samples from both Kuantan River and Balok River belonged to Cryptosporidium parvum (C. parvum). \u0000Conclusions: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of C. parvum genotyping in both Kuantan River and Balok River by using molecular approach nested polymerase chain reaction (nPCR) on 18S ribosomal RNA gene.","PeriodicalId":8561,"journal":{"name":"Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease","volume":"7 1","pages":"548-552"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41745793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-09-03DOI: 10.12980/APJTD.7.2017D7-7
I. Idika, Ugochinyere J. Njoga, I. Eze, C. N. Iheagwam, E. Ezenduka, E. O. Njoga, D. N. Onah
Taenia solium (T. solium) taeniasis/cysticercosis is an important zoonosis of considerable public health concern that mainly affects poor communities, especially in countries of Africa, Asia and South America[1]. Man, the only known natural host of adult T. solium in which it causes human taeniasis, acquires the infection by the ingestion of uncooked or undercooked pork containing viable cysticercus of T. solium. Pigs being the main intermediate host in which the cysticerci of T. solium develop become infected by eating viable T. solium eggs or whole gravid proglottids voided in human faeces into the environment by infected individuals[2]. Absence or improper meat inspection as well as clandestine slaughter and sale of pig carcases contribute significantly to the maintenance and transmission of the infection in man[1]. Porcine cysticercosis is usually prevalent in under-developed or developing countries with limited economic resources, extensive (free range) or poor pig husbandry systems[3-5]. Although the environmental and pig management conditions in Nigeria (especially where open-air defecation is rampant) appear favourable for the transmission of taeniasis/cysticercosis complex, records of the prevalence appear few and far-between. For instance, in this study area, the only published study on porcine cysticercosis and human taeniasis was carried out two decades ago[4]. Consequently, it has become necessary to re-evaluate the status of the infection in slaughter pigs due to the great economic and public health implication of the parasite and the increasing pig production and pork consumption in the area. ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT
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