Viral hepatitis during pregnancy is associated with high risk of maternal complications and has become a leading cause of fetal death. So the main objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of hepatitis C viral infections among pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic in Bahir Dar health institutions, Ethiopia. This was institutional based cross-sectional study that included 31...

We report the results of a joint human-animal health investigation in a Dene community in northern Saskatchewan, where residents harvest wildlife (including moose, bear, elk, and fish), live in close contact with free roaming dogs, and lack access to permanent veterinary services. Fecal analysis of owned and free-roaming dogs over two consecutive years (N = 92, 103) identified several parasites...

BACKGROUND To assess the acceptability of intrapartum HIV testing and determine the prevalence of HIV among labouring women with unknown HIV status in Cameroon. METHOD The study was conducted in four hospitals (two referral and two districts hospitals) in Cameroon. Labouring women with unknown HIV status were counselled and those who accepted were tested for HIV. RESULTS A total of 2413 wom...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) prevalence is highest in Sub-Saharan Africa including Ethiopia. HBV genotypes have distinct geographic distributions and play a role in course of infection and treatment management. However, in Ethiopia there is paucity of information about distribution of HBV genotypes. This study was done to determine genotype, mutation and sero-virological profiles of HBV isolates in ...

Evidence suggests that the intracellular bacterial pathogen Coxiella burnetii (which causes Q fever) is widespread, with a near global distribution. While there has been increasing attention to Q fever epidemiology in high-income settings, a recent systematic review highlighted significant gaps in our understanding of the prevalence, spatial distribution and risk factors for Q fever infection a...

BACKGROUND There have been suggestions of an association between Chlamydia pneumoniae, chlamydial heat shock protein (Ch-hsp) 60 and human heat shock protein (h-hsp) 60 infection sero-status and development of secondary cardiovascular events. Patients with diabetes might be at higher risk since they are prone to infections. The objective of this study was to investigate prospectively the role o...

BACKGROUND HIV counselling and testing (HCT) services can play an important role in HIV prevention by encouraging safe sexual behaviours and linking HIV-infected clients to antiretroviral therapy (ART). However, regular repeat testing by high-risk HIV-negative individuals is important for timely initiation of ART as part of the 'treatment as prevention' approach. AIM To investigate HCT use du...

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is endemic in Kenya affecting cloven-hoofed ruminants. The epidemiology of the small ruminants (SR) not documented. We carried out a cross-sectional study, first Kenya, to estimate sero-prevalence FMD SR and associated risk factors nationally. Selection animals be sampled used multistage cluster sampling approach. Serum samples totaling 7564 were screened for antibo...

Background: Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are one of the most disastrous events human health causing huge psychosocial and economic morbidity in young sexually active adults. Population explosion, migration from rural to urban areas, commercial sex lack awareness has all led enormous spread STIs community. Their epidemiological profile varies country region another within a country. Th...

Co-endemicity of SARS-CoV-2 and dengue virus (DV) infection is becoming a matter serious concern as it has been already reported that antibodies (Ab) elicited by can produce false-positive results in IgG IgM rapid tests vice versa . Here we communicate five thirteen DV antibody-positive serum samples from Kolkata, archived 2017 (predating the COVID-19 outbreak), produced IgG/IgM lateral flow-ba...