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Rapid detection of the malaria parasite and early treatment of infection still remain the most important goals of disease management. This study was conducted to evaluate the diagnostic performance of the Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) Paracheck Malaria Pfm a Zambian circumstance and its objective...

Trypanosomosis is an economically important parasitic disease of almost all domesticated animals in Zambia. However, very little work has been done to estabUsh the pathophysiology of the disease in animals in Zambia. The changes in haematological and blood biochemical parameters of infected...

The seroprevalence of human immunodeficiency virus type l(HIV-l) among paediatric admissions were studied at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) Lusaka, Zambia during the period from 22nd November to 15th December, 1995. This was at a time when the number of admissions to the department of...

The study comprises 15 male patients between the ages of 20 and 29 years. Bacteriological examination established a definite diagnosis of early syphilis. Baseline studies like full blood count, ESR and random blood sugar, blood urea and electrolytes, serum creatinine and liver function tests were...

Persistent diarrhoea leads to malnutrition and the malnutrition that develops predisposes to further persistent diarrhoea. This becomes a persistent diarrhoea-malnutrition - persistent diarrhoea vicious cycle which is a complex of infection and host immune dysfunction that involve protein,calorie...

The Siavonga District in the Southern Province has one of the highest prevalence of schistosomiasis in Zambia. The objective of this community based cross-sectional study was to determine the prevalence of liver disease due to Schistosoma mansoni infection amongst the population of Game Village,...

Fever, which is a feature of many childhood illnesses, is the commonest presentation of falciparum malaria, a common and potentially serious disease.To determine the prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum infection in febrile children, it's clinical presentation and outcome, a study was conducted at...

One hundred Trypanosomiasis infected cattle were selected from a sample of 240 cattle located in Petauke district using the haematocrit woo method. This gave an overall trypanosomiasis prevalence of 41.7% in the area. These selected animals were further examined by the stained thin blood...

In the last two decades, Cryptosporidium infection has increasingly become important as a cause of diarrhoea in humans especially in children under the age of 5 years and in the immuno-compromised, particularly those with Human Immunodeficient Virus or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome...

The Siavonga District in the Southern Province has one of the highest prevalence of schistosomiasis in Zambia. The objective of this community based cross-sectional study was to determine the prevalence of liver disease due to Schistosoma mansoni infection amongst the population of Game Village,...