| improvement of clinical algorithms for the diagnosis of neisseria gonorrhoeae and chlamydia trachomatis by the use of gram-stained smears among female sex workers in accra, ghana. | screening for cervical infection is difficult in developing countries. screening strategies must be improved for high-risk women, such as female sex workers. | 2000 | 10949431 |
| cryptosporidium spp., a frequent cause of diarrhea among children at the korle-bu teaching hospital, accra, ghana. | this report presents the results of a study conducted at the child health department, korle-bu teaching hospital, accra, ghana, between the months of october 2001 and june 2002. stool samples from 227 children with diarrhea and 77 children without diarrhea, aged less than 5 years, were tested for cryptosporidium spp. prevalence rates were 27.8 and 15.6% in children with and without diarrhea, respectively. cryptosporidium infection was found to be high in children between the ages of 6 and 24 mon ... | 2004 | 15507781 |
| characterization of dominant microbiota of a ghanaian fermented milk product, nyarmie, by culture- and nonculture-based methods. | to characterize the predominant micro-organisms in a ghanaian traditional fermented dairy product, nyarmie, made from cows' milk, using both culture- and nonculture-based methods. | 2006 | 16696684 |