| chancroid, primary syphilis, genital herpes, and lymphogranuloma venereum in antananarivo, madagascar. | ulcer material from consecutive patients attending clinics in antananarivo, madagascar, was tested using multiplex polymerase chain reaction (m-pcr) to detect treponema pallidum, haemophilus ducreyi, and herpes simplex virus. sera were tested for syphilis and for igg and igm antibodies to chlamydia trachomatis by microimmunofluorescence testing (mif). by m-pcr, 33% of 196 patients had chancroid, 29% had syphilitic ulcers, and 10% had genital herpes; 32% of the ulcer specimens were m-pcr negative ... | 1999 | 10479178 |
| incidence of childhood haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis in sri lanka. | to demonstrate the burden of haemophilus influenzae type b (hib) disease in sri lanka and provide information for decision-making in public health planning and vaccine introduction. | 2010 | 19736031 |
| "antivaccine lobby" replies to the bmj. | | 2010 | 20663821 |
| improving child survival through immunisation. | unicef decided to achieve the 1977 world health organization objective health for all by the year 2000 through primary health care, utilizing growth monitoring, oral rehydration therapy, breast-feeding, immunization, family planning, and education of women. since the 1960s bcg (bacillus calmette-guerin) vaccination, dpt (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus) and opv (oral polio vaccine) have been available in sri lanka. the expanded program of immunization has almost eliminated diphtheria, pertussis, ... | 1993 | 8143330 |
| possible prevalence and transmission of acute respiratory tract infections caused by streptococcus pneumoniae and haemophilus influenzae among the internally displaced persons in tsunami disaster evacuation camps of sri lanka. | the objective of this prospective study was to investigate the status of acute respiratory tract infections caused by haemophilus influenzae and streptococcus pneumoniae in tsunami disaster evacuation camps. | 2007 | 17827838 |
| [haemophilus influenzae, the second cause of bacterial meningitis in children in madagascar]. | the haemophilus influenzae b is one of the main germs causing bacterial meningitis in children in countries where the vaccine anti-haemophilus influenzae b is not widely used. in madagascar, no epidemiological study on this germ has been carried out. the objective of this research is to assess the role of haemophilus influenzae meningitis in antananarivo and to determine its epidemiological aspects and evolution. a multicentric study coordinated by the institut pasteur de madagascar included all ... | 2004 | 15255350 |
| [non-tubercular bacterial meningitis in children in antananarivo, madagascar]. | to determine the bacterial causal agents of meningitis and their pattern of resistance, in children more than one month to 14 years of age. | 2002 | 12387168 |