BACKGROUND Good-quality artemisinin drugs are essential for malaria treatment, but increasing prevalence of poor-quality artemisinin drugs in many endemic countries hinders effective management of malaria cases. METHODS To develop a point-of-care assay for rapid identification of counterfeit and substandard artemisinin drugs for resource-limited areas, we used specific monoclonal antibodies a...

Introduction: Our study focused on the evaluation of renal function in children with sickle cell disease compared to without at pediatric emergency unit Donka National Hospital and SOS Drepano-Guinea center. Patients Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive analytical lasting 3 months (October 1 December 31, 2020). Were included, all non-sickle aged 0 15 received an outpatient basis had ...

Rising thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels in patients being treated for primary hypothyroidism usually indicate poor compliance with thyroxine therapy. In rare instances, drugs or diseases affecting absorption of thyroxine or drugs that accelerate thyroxine metabolism can manifest in a similar fashion. Nephrotic syndrome is a rare cause of such a presentation though its presence can rapid...

هدف: این پژوهش با هدف بررسی اثر آموزش برنامه هوش موفق استرنبرگ بر افزایش خلاقیت و تحمل ابهام دانش‌­آموزان انجام شد. روش: روش ­آزمایشی طرح پیش ­آزمون پس پیگیری گروه کنترل بود. جامعۀ آماری را 15842 نفر ازدانش‌­آموزان پسر کلاس چهارم در سال تحصیلی1399-1400 شهر اصفهان تشکیل دادند که30 نمونه‌­گیری تصادفی چند مرحله­‌ای انتخاب به صورت دو آزمایش (15 نفر) گمارده شدند. ده جلسه برنامه‌­ی دریافت نمود. داده­...

هدف: این پژوهش با هدف آزمون مدل روابط بین سبک‌های مقابله و خودکارآمدی حرفه‌ای استرس ادراک شده ناشی از حرفه‌های سلامت در گروهی پرستاران انجام شد. روش: همبستگی، 151 نفر شاغل بخش‌های اونکولوژی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران به پرسشنامه باورهای شغلی برای (پیسانتی، لامباردو، لوسیدی، لازاری برتینی، 2008)، نسخة کوتاه سیاهه موقعیت‌های استرس‌زا (کوهن، جانگ استین، 2006) (ولفگانگ، 1988) پاسخ دادند. مفروض روش آم...

The presence of Vibrio cholerae in the environment is key to understanding the epidemiology of cholera. The gold standard for laboratory confirmation of V. cholerae from water is a culture method, but this requires laboratory infrastructure. A rapid diagnostic test that is simple, inexpensive, and can be deployed widely would be useful for confirming V. cholerae in samples of environmental wate...

A study was conducted in four villages in Attapeu Province, Lao PDR in 2002 to determine malaria endemicity. The study villages were Mixay, Beng Phoukham, Phou Vong and Pier Geo. Mass blood surveys were conducted in May, August, and October. Finger prick blood was collected for thick and thin blood film as well as for dipstick. The slide positivity rate was highest in Phou Hom in October (41.7%...

Microbiological analysis of amniotic fluid obtained by amniocentesis is increasingly employed in preterm premature rupture of the membranes (PPROM) to predict those patients at increased risk of chorioamnionitis. Although liquor culture appears the most accurate predictor, a role exists for rapid but slightly less accurate testing. In this study, a dipstick (Cytur-test) which predicts the prese...

In a pesticide manufacturing and formulating facility, 10 employees out of 48 were shown to have haematuria on dipstick testing. They included seven of the 27 production workers, all of whom had worked in both of two particular areas prior to the commencement of the routine urine testing. Five of the seven production workers with haematuria underwent further investigations, and in all five the ...

We evaluated the field use of two serologic tests for visceral leishmaniasis (VL), the direct agglutination test (DAT) and rK39 dipstick test, in the context of a case-control study. Most VL cases in Nepal are currently diagnosed on clinical grounds and with relatively non-specific tests such as the formol-gel test. Among 14 newly diagnosed VL patients with bone-marrow slides confirmed positive...