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Infection with HIV ultimately results in profound immunodeficiency, in which patients may present with various AIDS – defining clinical conditions.The CD4+T-cell count is an important parameter to understand HIV-related opportunistic infections. In poor countries and populations with limited...

Introduction There is a shortage of systematically collected data on gastric cancer in Zambia. An audit carried out as preliminary work showed that there was a change in the epidemiology of gastric cancer since the early 1980s, and it was hypothesised that this change was linked to HIV infection....

Disclosure of a positive Human Immunodeficiency Virus result to a partner is an important step towards prevention of infection, early diagnosis and optimum care especially in the context of Prevention of Mother To Child Transmission. Little is known about the disclosure patterns of postnatal...

In malaria diagnosis, peripheral parasitaemia is used as an indicator of malaria severity. However, this does not quantify central sequestration, which is important in the pathogenesis of severe malaria. Intraleukocytic malaria pigment or haemozoin, recognizable within the cytoplasm of phagocytic...

The study looked at the associations of limestone dust and occurrence of respiratory conditions among the stone crushers in Lusaka, Zambia. There have been some reports that inhalation of limestone dust might cause respiratory conditions such as cough, phlegm production, breathlessness and chest...

Lumbar puncture (LP) acceptability is a problem at Arthur Davison Hospital, Ndola Central and Kitwe Central Hospitals, evident by a growing trend of lumbar puncture refusals over a four year period (2003-2006). Obtaining Cerebral Spinal Fluid by LP for microscopic examination is essential in the...

Neonatal meningitis is a devastating disease, and its mortality and morbidity is high. At the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka, however, no study has looked specifically at the disease, and controversy exist on whether neonates admitted to the General Paediatric Wards should be...

The aim of the study was to explore barriers experienced by adult Pulmonary Tuberculosis patients in accessing Directly Observed Therapy Short course in Ndola Urban district. A randomized cross section study of 198 patients on the TB register was conducted in Ndola urban. Data was collected using...

A total of 239 isolates of beta-haemolytic streptococci were grouped serologically using the "Streptex" rapid latex test kit (Wellcome Reagents Limited, England).The age, sex, type of the clinical specimen, and clinical diagnosis of the patients from whom the isolates were obtained were recorded,...

Breast cancer is a significant health threat for women and is currently the second- leading cause of cancer related deaths in women. Breast cancer is the second most common cancer of women in Zambia. Breast cancer screening has been shown to reduce mortality. Thus early detection is crucial....